Good Monday morning, y’all! Well – the day is finally here! We’re on our way West! Whoo-hoo!
Today’s card – coincidentally – brings me to the waterside – to a Waterside Retreat, in fact!! I hope there ARE Adirondack chairs where we’re headed! The Relaxing Waterside bundle DOES have them and it looks great and like right-where-I-hope-to-be soon!! Take a look-see:
And I decided on this card – not because of my destination today – but from the challenge at The Card Concept! I’d call this Clean and Layered.
I did a quick video on how to make this card – which is posted on Instagram. If you’d like to give that a watch – click here!
I started with a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2 ” piece of Gray Granite wood-grain paper from the Waterside Retreat DSP that I adhered to the front of my Gray Granite card base using Liquid Glue.
Next, I adhered a 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock – on an angle – using Liquid Glue.
I trimmed one of the cool scene-panels from the Waterside Retreat DSP down to 3″ x 4 1/2″ and adhered it over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the Relaxing Waterside chair in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I colored it with a Pecan Pie Watercolor Pencil and used a Blender Pen to soften the pencil strokes.
I used the die in the set to cut out the chair and adhered it to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On Basic White cardstock, I stamped the Relaxing Waterside book and mug images in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I colored the book with the Light Misty Moonlight and Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends and the mug with the Light Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blend.
I used the dies in the set to cut out the two images and adhered them to the chair with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied a little bow from two lengths of Linen Thread and adhered it with Liquid Glue.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the Relaxing Waterside sentiment in Peaceful Pine ink and cut it out with a small banner die from the Fragrant Layers die set. 
I adhered the sentiment over the bow with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a second Relaxing Waterside sentiment in Peaceful Pine ink on a Basic White panel. In the corner, I stamped the larger cattails image from the set twice (without re-inking) in Peaceful Pine ink. I colored the tops of the cattails with the Pecan Pie Watercolor Pencil.
Using Liquid Glue, I adhered the panel to the inside of the Gray Granite card base and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Relaxing Waterside cattails on the front…
…and more of the Waterside Retreat DSP on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! I love how this Waterside Retreat suite lets you create beautiful scenes – ones that you’d like to be right inside! The Waterside Retreat DSP is for sure the starting point for that – with all it’s watery designs – and two sheets of “scenic” panels to cut up and use on your projects! Add chairs and books and mugs and cattails with the sentiments and images from the Relaxing Waterside bundle and…the sky is the limit!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And as mentioned above, I posted a quick video on how to make it out on Instagram. Here ’tis on YouTube if you’d like to take a look-see.
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
Missed any tutorials? You can check out my past projects right here!
TTFN
M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Gray Granite Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Misty Moonlight Cardstock: 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ (Angled mat panel on front)
Basic White Cardstock: Fragrant Layers banner die cut (sentiment); Stamped & Die Cut Relaxing Waterside chair, book, mug; 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
Waterside Retreat DSP: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (card front panel); 3″ x 4 1/2″ (front panel): 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Finn Fan Fix 
On the way to camp!
And – since camp has the technology…
Here’s the link to watch them on the cameras at Pet Paradise while they’re on vacay!
And – hopefully this will work, too – here’s the Finn-a-Vision in to their Suite!
https://abckam.com/petparadisepeachtreecity/vip3/
User: VIP3
Password: pppcvip3
Enjoy!
TTFN
M
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