Hi, friends! It's design team member Walter on the blog with you today. The design team's theme for the month of August is Summer Fun. What's more fun that time at the beach? My card today celebrates the beauty of summer, the beauty of the beach, and the beauty of being with someone special. Let's jump into the design process!
Here's what I used to make it:
Here's how I made it:
I started by spraying some of the Dusk and Ocean Waves inks onto my glass craft surface. Using a baby wipe, I applied each color to the white card panel. I applied the Dusk halfway down the panel, switched to the clean end of the baby wipe, and applied Ocean Waves down the remainder. This technique is an easy way to apply inks when you're not looking for even coverage. The sky and the coean have natural variations to them and the blotted effect looks great for each.
I could now begin to later in the rest of the background. I created it using a layered stamping approach using different colors to build up the color. I wanted this image to be more like a silhouette since the couple stamp for the scene is also a silhouette and this will give that effect. I first stamped the beautiful Lighthouse and Ocean stamp using Altenew Silver Lake Crisp Dye Ink to create the base silhouette layer. I then stamped it with Hazelnut ink to add some lighter brown into the beach area and then stamped just the lighthouse and terrain level with Milk Chocolate ink to darken the farther area on the horizon.
I cleaned the stamp, inked the cloud area of the stamp with Yeti white pigment ink and stamped it. I repeated this a couple of times until I had white cloud formations in the sky.
I was so happy with the background came together! I used a white gel pen to add some wave foam caps and a black fine tip marker to darken the seagulls in the sky.
It was now time to stamp the couple. I carefully applied black pigment ink to the couple while trying to avoid the flowers on the stamp. I was okay with getting the grass in the image since there is sea grass on many beaches. I stamped them a couple of times to get a nice black impression. Once stamped, I added additional sea grass with a fine tip black marker. I then position my sentiment and stamped it with black ink. The panel was now complete! I set it aside and let it dry for a while to avoid smudging any ink as I applied the panel to the card base.
I'm truly happy with how this card turned out! The landscape is beautiful, and couple looks very natural in it. This is what I love about Blank Page Muse stamps . . . you can combine various stamps to create a beautiful scene!
Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog. I'll see you again next week for more stamping fun. Until then . . . be well!
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