Stampin’ Up! Sand & Seashells Birthday Card with Video Tutorial

Good morning! And happy Sunday!  Well?  Did you do the clock thing last night or this morning?  You either had to think “Darn, I’m going to bed awfully late”.  Or…”Darn, it’s already time for lunch and I just got up!”  Which one are you – a before bed or when you get up springer-forwarder??

If you were able to spend some of your slightly shorter weekend with me on my Facebook Live video last night, I appreciate it!  If not, here’s the replay on YouTube!

I know that you know that the star of this card is the Seaside Seashells die cut piece that is embossed in the amazing Seashells 3D Embossing Folder.  A sentiment from the bundled Friends Are Like Seashells set and some Sand & Sea DSP bring it all together!  Take a look-see:

The layout for this one is from this week’s Global Design Project sketch challenge.

I started with a piece of the Sand & Sea DSP cut to the same size as the front of my Seaside Spray card base (this 2019-2021 In Color is going away soon, and supplies are depleting, so…be sure to stock up soon!!) and adhered it with Liquid Glue.  I adhered a second piece to a Blushing Bride mat and then to the card front with Liquid Glue.

Using the big bold die cut in the Seaside Seashells die set, I cut a piece of Pearlescent Specialty Paper.  Then I placed the die cut into the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder and ran it thru my Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.

I popped the die cut onto the card front using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.  A LOT of Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals – whole and small pieces!  Seriously – how gorgeous is that Pearlescent paper embossed to look like REAL seashells??!

I stamped the Friends Are Like Seashells sentiment in Sahara Sand on another piece of the Sand & Sea DSP (the same design I’d used on the front) and cut it with a Stitched So Sweetly die.  I also used the same die to cut a piece of the Seaside Spray Sand & Sea DSP.

I adhered the sentiment die cut to the Seaside Spray Die cut to make a “matted” sentiment.

I looped some Linen Thread twice around my hand and made a figure-8 bow, which I adhered with a Glue Dot.

I popped the matted sentiment on with Stampin’ Dimensionals – added a few Champagne Rhinestones and the card front was done.

On the inside, I stamped a second Friends Are Like Seashells sentiment in Sahara Sand on a Very Vanilla panel – then I added some seagrass from the set in stamped-off-once Blushing Bride.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Blushing Bride mat and into the card base and the card was done.

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got the Friends Are Like Seashells grasses in full-strength Blushing Bride on the front…

…and more of the Sand & Sea DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  This Friends Are Like Seashells set, and bundled Seaside Seashells dies, are gorgeous on their own – but the fact that SU created the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder to BAMM-ify that big die cut is… purely genius!  Do all that to some Pearlescent Specialty Paper and you’ve got BIG style in a heartbeat!!

I hope you like!

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!

TTFN

P.S.  There’s only a couple days left to pick up my Butterfly Bouquet Special Bundle and get all the goods while saving a little green!  Like…just in time for Saint Paddy’s day!  The Special Bundle is only available thru 15 March!

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Use this host code when you order $50 or greater and receive a free gift (AND the Monthly Card Tutorial) from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift.  The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in any active Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets!  See my Customer Rewards page for full details. You’ll also be getting a link to my ZOOM The Craftroom (an exclusive TWICE-A-WEEK online event for my customers) and the monthly Online Tutorial.   The March Tutorial features the Simply Succulents Bundle!  

Y’all have started to figure out that much of our day (and a good portion of our evening!) revolves around getting Katy (our old kitty – realized she’s 18 years old! 🙁 ) to eat.  To that end we try to have all different kinds of enticing food available at all times – often setting out a veritable buffet!

The other day, I went to Walmart – the only place I’ve found the foods that are currenly in vogue with her – and stocked up.  Note:  one of the “new” things I got – “Salmon Gravy” was a huge and dismal failure.  Just so you know.

Anywho – when I got home, I set the bag of CANS and POUCHES….

…on the trunk in our kitchen….

…and then forgot about it being there.

A little later, sitting in my craft room – I started to hear suspicious “clicking” sounds coming from the living room.

Now – I don’t have a picture of what I discovered when I went to investigate the noise – I was too busy prying it away from “him”.

But – here’s the results of his efforts.

Apparently the cat gets ALL the GOOD food!! 👀👀👀👀

TTFN

M