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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
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