Be The Good by the Seashore with Cardz 4 Galz

Hello and welcome to the next challenge at Cardz 4 Galz! It’s a great one for summer – “Seashells.” I love shells and have a huge collection of them from all of our vacations plus living in Florida for a number of years. I don’t know why I keep them now and don’t dare pick one more up! That’s the life of a pack rat, I guess. And, speaking of collecting stuff, I had lots of stamps to choose from for this challenge. The biggest problem was choosing which one to use. I used By the Seashore for the shells and So Many Shells for the sentiment.

• The finished size of this card is 5 1/2″ square.
• I cut the Blushing Bride cardstock at 5″ on all sides, then added Seaside Spray on top, cut at 4 7/8.”
• After choosing the By the Seashore and So Many Shells stamps, I went through the retired Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack. That’s where I found the laser cut background as well as the lighthouse. The background was trimmed to fit onto the Seaside Spray after I sprayed it with adhesive.
• I couldn’t resist using the new die in the Freezin’ Fun bundle from the new August-December (holiday) catalog! The two “dunes” were cut, stamped with a sand stamp from Seaside Notions in Crumb Cake ink.
• Since there’s always tall grass close to the beach, I went on the hunt for one and found two. The one in the retired Basket Bunch bundle worked best so I cut it with Crumb Cake cardstock.
• I fussy cut the lighthouse out from one of the Memories & More cards.
• Then, the shells were stamped, colored with Stampin’ Blends (colors listed below) and sponged Seaside Spray ink onto the Sea Star.
• Finally, the sentiment from So Many Shells was stamped, cut with a square die, backed with black and Blushing Bride cardstocks. Then, it was popped up with dimensionals.

• Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge: No Patterned Paper
• Double D Challenges: Let’s Go to the Beach
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday Challenge: Summertime
• Use Your Stuff Challenge: Summer Fun

By The Seashore Clear Stamp Set [126532] $16.95	So Many Shells Photopolymer Stamp Set [143695] $26.00	Seaside Notions Cling Stamp Set [149278] $23.00	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198] $8.75	Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150883] $8.75
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $8.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $9.00
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $9.00	Layering Squares Dies [151772] $35.00	Basket Builder Framelits Dies [143228] $31.00	Freezin' Friends Dies [153561] $29.00	Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack [149552] $11.00