Tips tricks and techniques Tuesday Beach Day

 Do you dream of sitting in a deak chair just watching the sea at the beach? If you do today's card is right up your street! Using the dies from the Beach Day dies that coordinate with the the stamps today's card is a peaceful scene.

For today's card I created a simple appature through which you are drawn to the beautiful paper representing the sea. The paper is from the Thoughtful Journey pattern paper. With it's watercolour effects it's perfect for such cards.

The soft colours are delightful and  set the colour palette for the card.

Cut the circle through the mat first then place the mat over the card front with the die still in place. Now put it through your machine. If your machine doesn't cut the circle completely you will at least have the grooves into which you can place the die once the mat is removed. 

Next create 2 circular frames using white cardstock . The inner circle is the same die as the appature then use a slightly larger die and line them up together so that they cut the frame out. 

Adhere the front mat after embossing with the So Swirly embossing folder. This is a fun folder that works well for so many styles.

 

The next step is to adhere the pattern paper to the inside of the card.

Now time to decorate.  I kept it relatively simple as I wanted to invoke a sense of peaceful calm.

Dies can certainly be a useful tool to create easy cards especially if you're not keen on fussy cutting 😉