Ride the Wave

For today's card, I made a beach scene using the Hero Arts Beach Heroscape stamp set.  I used a variety of different inks to create this scene.

I started out by stamping the first layer of the water using Ocean ink by Close to My Heart.  The top layer was inked using It's A Boy ink by Catherine Pooler.  I used VersaFine ink to stamp the surfer within the water.  I used Antique Linen Distress Ink for the base of the rocks and stamped the top layer in Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I fussy cut around the water and rocks.

I used Distress Oxide inks to create the sky.  I started by blending Broken China to the top of a white card base.  I blended a little bit of Squeezed Lemonade underneath Broken China to give the effect of a sunset.  I used VersaFine ink to stamp the sentiment, sea gulls, and parasailer in the sky.

To create the sand, I swiped VersaMark ink on white cardstock and embossed it with Stamp On It Powder Keg Desert Sand Embossing Powder.  I adhered the wave to the left of the sand-embossed paper.  I also stamped the larger surfer using VersaMark ink in order to heat emboss the surfer with black embossing powder.  I wanted this surfer to have a glossy appearance to match the gloss of the sand embossing powder.

To assemble the card, I adhered the water piece to the ink blended card base. I arranged the three sea stacks near the top of the water, putting two of them just within the water.  I used a small strip of foam adhesive to pop these two sea stacks off the page.  I adhered the larger surfer just underneath the sentiment. To finish the card, I glued the scene to a white card base, leaving a small white border around the scene.

I experimented with other color combinations to create the sky, rocks, and water.  I also experimented with heat embossing the elements in the sky and the surfer in the water, but the embossing caused a loss of details in the images.  I also experimented with using Stazon Ink to stamp on top of the sand embossed glossy panel.  Here is a photo of one of these experiments.

It was fun to create the scene and experiment with a variety of different inks.

Ride the Wave
Supplies:

• Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
• Hero Arts Beach Heroscape Stamp Set
• Close to My Heart Ink - Ocean
• Catherine Pooler Ink - It's A Boy
• Distress Oxide Ink - Squeezed Lemonade and Broken China
• Distress Ink - Antique Linen and Walnut Stain
• VersaMark Ink
• VersaFine Ink
• Jet Black StaZon Ink
• Recollections Ebony Embossing Powder
• Stamp On It Powder Keg Desert Sand Embossing Powder
• Darice Adhesive Foam Strips