Sunshine and Sand, CAS386, CC592, #thedailymarker30day

This card is for two SCS challenges, the CAS challenge and the color challenge both for this week.
A very easy card with lots and lots of blending and sponging and that's about all. The CAS challenge can be found HERE
The two photos below show up the glitter mist much better, I've used the same spray on the card inside and just sponged around the edges with a little SU - So Saffron.

The sparkle is homemade glimmer mist

The color challenge was to use SU color of So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral, or similar colors if you don't have that brand.
SCS wants everyone to play so all you ever need to do for the challenges is us the SU colors as a guide. I will have to admit shamefaced that I have every color that Stampin Up produced since 2006 when I was first introduced to the company.
I am however starting to be more discerning and this year I'm not getting Emerald Envy as it is very close to Glorious Green a retired color
The card is made out of one sheet of A4 X-Press It blending paper.
The color challenge can be found HERE

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After cutting a strip of the A4 that measured 11 cm x 14 cm once folded, I took the remaining strip of card and cut it to fit the front of the card base leaving about a half centimeter border all round, that is to say the front panel is half a centimeter smaller all round.
I then stamped the little bucket onto the front panel and masked this with a mask made from a post it note (see previous post on how to do this)
I then took a larger post it note and tore this to resemble the sand edge.
See photo opposite  

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I sponged the bottom edge of the panel with SU So Saffron quite heavily to get the color I wanted then misted the area with a home made glimmer mist.
To make the mist fill a Ranger Mini Mister or other fine spray bottle almost to the top then add about 1/4 teaspoon of perfect pearls powder, I used Sunflower Sparkles which gave me a lovely yellow gold sparkle / glimmer, shake the bottle and spray.
The further away from the area you want to spray the finer the mist, however a word of warning you can get a lovely glimmer on everything including yuor laptop and mouse lol, I was able to wipe it off before it dried.
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Once I had put the glimmer on and with the masks still in place I took a shaving brush loaded it with So Saffron and starting halfway down the panel blending the color out towards the sand.
I then did the same thing with the Crisp Cantaloupe making sure I didn't blend too far into the So Saffron and repeated the whole process again with the Calypso Coral, I then went over all of the colors with the So Seafront to blend everything in.
​Once this was done I removed the masks Stamped the greeting in Calypso Coral then over stamped with Versa Mark and embossed with clear embossing powder. I really wanted this to pop and be dimensional so I went over the words again with my Zig emboss writer pen and added more clear embossing powder and again while this was still hot added more embossing powder.
To give even more dimension to the card I mounted the front panel on some craft foam with X-Press It High Tack Double Sided tape.

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Supplies and Equipment used;
Stamps: Verve Stamps - Sunshine VSPJ-0019, SU Just Beachy
Paper: X-Press It blending paper
Ink: SU - Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe & So Saffron, Memento - Rich Cocoa, Versa Mark - Watermark
Accessories: Spong applicator, shaving brushes, post it note pads, clear embossing powder, Copic markers; YR82, R02, R05. Zig emboss writer, Perfect Pearls - Sunflower Sparkle, Mini Mister, craft foam, X-Press It high tack double sided tape, SU Stamp-a-ma-jig.
This was a quick and easy card to make, sadly the photo doesn't do it justice.

Cheers
​Marg  

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