Cards from the Sea

My cards today were prompted by the August Twofer Card Challenge: Nautical. At first I thought it meant boats, lighthouses and the beach but later realized it included sea life. I have a couple PTI sets teeming with turtles, fish, sea horses and reef flora found on the ocean floor. In my stack of hoarded papers I found an ombre piece which looks like expert ink blending and perfect for a CAS ocean background. 

Card #1 

PTI Salt Air: Fauna and Sentiments, Reef Builder dies

Top folding A2 white card base

pattern paper has DI Antique Linen blended sandy bottom

Card #2

PTI Salt Air: Fauna and Sentiments, Shape Shifters: Circle 1 die

The Greetery: Sentiment Suite Basics die

Spellbinders: Circles Nestabilities

As long as the sea creatures and reef dies were 

out I made a third card similar to the first.

Card #3

PTI Salt Air: Fauna and Sentiments, Reef Builder dies, Pierced Feature Frames die

Side folding A2 aqua mist card base

Linking first two cards - Twofer Card Challenge: Nautical,

All three cards - SS Monday/SS Wednesday - both Midsummer Blues. 

           

 

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Happy Birthday

Yesterday I shared three cards made with my recent PTI purchase of Grand Botanicals dies. Today I have a birthday card using the large bloom die cuts as the feature with leaves (PTI Songbirds) and striped pattern paper cut framing it. An older wood stamp from Impress provided the wispy birthday greeting.  The bloom shimmers with a clear Wink of Stella covering and yellows stickles for the center. I finished the envelope with a stenciled "hello" from PTI's Envelope Envy and included a sticker from Just Add Sunshine with the card.

Linking this to Seize the Birthday #171 Flowers, 

SSS Monday: Bright and Cheerful,

SSS Wednesday: Anything Goes

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Mostly Die Cut Cards

After waiting a year for the Grand Botanicals dies to be restocked, I was thrilled to order them in late May. I cut the dozen dies from a variety of plain and patterned papers. The largest floral image and two leaves are the focus of two cards made from die cuts with no additional stamping. 

 PTI dies: Envelope Envy (hello), Grand Botanicals,
Noted: Scalloped A2,  Shape Shifters: Oval 1

PTI dies: Grand Botanicals, Scripted

The third card in the set features a smaller GB floral cut from three different colors. They look like paint splats on top of a panel found in my "maybe" bin which had been stamped with several Watercolor Wonder stamps. 

 PTI dies: Grand Botanicals Tipped Tops

PTI stamps: Scripted, Watercolor Wonder

Entering these in SSS Wednesday

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