Adventure on the Curling Waves by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate the future and adventures awaiting someone moving up in life with a nautical slimline design. The new Curling Waves 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies create a backdrop for the Grand Spiral Shell. Hi, Jean Okimoto sharing an idea for July's Waving Hello Challenge of water-themed cards.

Diecut, VersaMark-ed and embossed cardstock creates swirly waves for summer designs. Cut a sheet from the Stormy Blue Collection with the Curling Waves die - leave the diecuts in the die. Use Full-Stick Post-It Notes on the reverse side to keep the diecuts intact. Use the dies as stencils - daub or sponge VersaMark onto the diecuts. Heat-emboss them with detail clear powder. (photo shows what's left after the diecuts are heat-embossed, cooled and removed)

Place the heat-embossed diecuts in the Curling Waves 3D Embossing Folder and pressure-emboss them to add dimension to your design.

Cut white cardstock with the 2-½" x 7-½" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.

Stamp the greeting - from the You Anchor Clear Stamps and Die Set - on white cardstock with Paradise VersaFine Clair. Dry the ink, then trim the greeting with the 1.1" x 6.1" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.

Watercolor or blend blue inks on heavy white cardstock. I used the inks from the Blue Breeze Kaleidacolor multi-color inkpad. Cut it with the Grand Spiral Shell background.

Cut the detailed Grand Spiral Shell from the white 6x6 in the Polished Foil Pad. Assemble the shell.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½"). For contrast - I attached one of the small wave diecuts showing the reverse side - it's layered over a larger die, below the center of the greeting. Add Fairy Drops. Cut a slimline-size piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great long weekend if you're celebrating the Fourth of July!