"sending oceans of love" Scene Card by Anne Thompson

I was inspired by the Wonderful Whale Frame to create an ocean scene card to send to my son and his family. They have just confirmed a trip to Maine this summer and we'll be staying in a coastal town, with views much like this one.

materials used

pale blue notecard
WONDERFUL WHALE FRAME 94228
OCEANSIDE LIGHTHOUSE AND WAVES 99736
SOARING SWALLOW 99995
"sending oceans of love" stamp from OCEANSIDE TYPEWRITER SENTIMENTS CL5240
blue cardstock just a shade darker than the notecard to shadow many of the images
white cardstock
a small scrap of yellow cardstock
Hero Arts Cornflower ink
glue pen and one foam pop-dot for the swallow

to assemble this scene

Cut the Wonderful Whale Frame twice, once from the blue cardstock and once from the white cardstock.
Layers the pieces together using a glue pen, offsetting them a bit for a blue shadow behind the white frame and the waves.
Adhere this to the front of the notecard, near the top.
Cut the Oceanside Lighthouse and Waves from white cardstock.
Cut the lighthouse again from the scrap of yellow cardstock. Place this piece behind the white one for lights in the windows.
Cut the waves again from the same blue cardstock used before. Glue these behind the white waves, offsetting them a bit.
Add the lighthouse and the waves to the scene.
Cut the Soaring Swallow from white cardstock. Secure it to the card using a foam pop-dot.
Stamp the sentiment "sending oceans of love" using the Hero Arts Cornflower ink.

This scene was so much fun to create, combining new dies and stamps with the older lighthouse/waves die. Hmmm...this gets me thinking about creating more scenes representative of places I've been.

Happy Crafting!