A New Series…

Hello, Gemma here. Today I’m excited to share the first card in a new series here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog called “Create A Scene”. I’ll be sharing how to create different scenes using a mix of older and newer sets from Pretty Pink Posh. For my first scene card, I’m heading to the beach!

I began by stamping images from Summer Friends, Summer Surfboards and Tropical Birds stamp sets. I coloured the images with copic markers, choosing a colour palette of pink, blue, orange and turquoise. Having a limited colour palette to work with really helps me when creating scenes as I know all the images will look great together.

Once all the images were die cut with the coordinating dies, I started working on my background.

On a slimline card base, I added some tumbled glass and speckled egg distress oxide inks to the top portion. I also stamped a sentiment from the Tropical Birds stamp set. The slimline card format gives me lots of room to build my scene.

For the sand, I blended antique linen and frayed burlap distress oxide inks onto white card. I flicked the panel with water and some of the frayed burlap ink to add lots of sandy looking texture. Once the panel was dry, I used a die from the Stacked Edges 1 die set to cut 6 borders, layering them on my card for the sand dunes.

I used a similar method to create the waves. I used distress oxide inks in blueprint sketch, peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon. I added lots of water droplets too. Using another die from the Stacked Edges 1 die set, I cut out 3 waves and adhered them to my card with liquid glue. I made sure to leave space to tuck in some images between the waves.

I added my images to the card, some flat on the card base with liquid glue, and others with foam tape for dimension. As a finishing touch, I added some white and black gel pen details.

I hope that you enjoyed this card and are excited for this series. Thanks for stopping by!