Slimline Surf-themed Birthday Card

Happy Hump Day!  Raise your hand if you wish you were at the beach.  Yeah, me too.  Well, if I can’t be there, I can at least have fun creating beach-themed cards, and Newton’s Nook Designs’ latest release has so many wonderful products for this theme!

Slimline Surf Day Card by Andrea Shell | Newton's Perfect Wave and Corgi Beach stamps by Newton's Nook Designs

Slimline cards are all the rage on social media, and these images from Newton’s Perfect Wave and Corgi Beach are purr-fect for this card style.  I stamped all of those adorable images with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored them with my Zigs.  After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I added highlights with a white gel pen.

Slimline Surf Day Card by Andrea Shell | Newton's Perfect Wave and Corgi Beach stamp by Newton's Nook Designs

To create that fun background, I combined distress inks with the Hills & Grass and Clouds Stencils.  For the water I blended Mermaid Lagoon over the Hills & Grass Stencil.  After cleaning and moving the stencil, I used Antique Linen and Scattered Straw for the sand.  For the sky I blended Tumbled Glass over the Clouds Stencil.  I masked the sky before flicking water droplets over the sand and water.  With the sky and water covered, I added droplets of Scattered Straw to the sand.  For extra dimension to the waves, I sponged on white paint.

Slimline Surf Day Card by Andrea Shell | Newton's Perfect Wave and Corgi Beach stamp by Newton's Nook Designs

After trimming the panel to 3 1/4″ x 8 1/4″, I adhered it to a 3 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ white card.  I stamped a sentiment from Newton’s Perfect Wave with Versafine Onyx Black and popped up my colored images with foam tape.  I finished the card with a scattering of clear sequins.

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1 COMMENT

  1. Michael | 7th Aug 19

    This card is adorable on so many levels! Great card….great set….need to add it to my stash.

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