It is another gorgeous summer day here today and as it is the holiday weekend…we’re all off swimming at the beach! I thought today would be the perfect time to post this cute little Gina K design…
Just Keep Swimming
I had so much fun making this card. If you’ve ever seen Finding Nemo, you’ll know that a pelican rescues one of the fish and one of the themes is….just keep swimming. I just had to put them all together in this card design. The pelican was stamped and watercolored and then punched out with my Mega circle punch by Marvy. I also used Gina K’s darling scalloped circle stamp set that coordinates perfectly with the punches…so cute! The Wild Wasabit was stamped with one of these stamps and then punched out with my Giga Scalloped circle punch.
The card base of this design was layered with a piece of Flair’s beach line patterned paper and then an acetate layer with the stamped fish was stitched on top of that. The fish and the sentiment were stamped with Black Stazon directly on the acetate.
Quick Tip: When adhering paper on top of acetate, use a piece of sticky strip to get good adhesion.
Supply List:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Blue – SU
Patterned Paper: Flair Designs
Stamps: Just Keep Swimmin, Fish, Pelican, Scalloped circle set – Gina K Designs
Ink: Black Stazon – Tsukineko, Groovy Guava, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky – SU
Other: transparency – Staples, punches – Marvy Uchinda, sewing machine,
I also thought I’d share a few pics from the beach on Saturday. It was an awesome sailing day. Sunny, windy and gorgeous…my favorite kind! On of my favorite things to do is sail on our catamaran. DH and I actually managed to get out by ourselves and have a perfect sail. I love it when it is wild enough to have a little adventure but not so much so that I’m nervous! 🙂 The yellow one is ours… We had a bit of a joke about it calling it the Banana Split.
DH and friend on his Hobiecat
Both Boats on the Beach
Benjamin & Friend (she’s almost two years older but he is quite sure he is going to marry her! 🙂 )
