Inky Paws Challenge 74: Beach-Themed Easel Card

Hi there!  I’m sharing an easel card inspired by Inky Paws Challenge 74.  The focal images are from Newton’s Summer Vacation by Newton’s Nook Designs.  I stamped all of the images with Versafine Onyx Black and colored them with Zigs and a waterbrush.  I cut them out and added some highlights with a white gel pen.

For the waves, I blended Mermaid Lagoon and Evergreen Bough distress inks and flicked on some water.   I die-cut the waves with NND’s Sea Borders Die Set and added texture paste to some of them.  The sky was inked up with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean.  I added a sentiment from Simply Sentimental and a die-cut sun, onto which I brushed some clear sparkle.

I used Brushed Corduroy for the sand and added some of the blue inks to the top of the sand panel.  To create the illusion of waves breaking on shored, I  went over the blue with a damp paintbrush.  The sentiment on the sand panel is from Cosmic Newton.

To create my cardbase, I trimmed white cardstock to 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and scored it at 2 1/8″ and 4 1/4″.  I adhered the bottom half of the sky to the first fold (2 1/8″) and the first wave directly on top.  I popped up the second wave with dimensional adhesive and tucked in that cute kitty.  The sand panel was adhered to the inside of the card, and the kitty was attached with foam tape.  To help the easel stay open enough to show where the waves break on the sand, I added some seashells and a starfish from Neat & Tangled’s Mermazing set with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!  If you’d like a chance to win $20 to spend in the Newton’s Nook Designs‘ shop, be sure to link up a project by Friday, June 22nd, at midnight CST.

3 COMMENTS

  1. M Strach | 18th Jun 18

    Fabulous card 🙂 great scene and coloring

  2. Maria Shehan | 18th Jun 18

    Love the little cat on vacation

  3. Jen | 18th Jun 18

    I love this easel card! Such a fun idea and the scene is amazing!
    -Jen {Newton’s Nook Designs}

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