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Relaxation vibes

Seize the Birthday #283-Beach Theme

At first, I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for this challenge so I checked out a few different posts to give myself some ideas. I saw one idea using a frame that I quite liked so in a way I’ve CASE’d it with this card. Mine is, however, quite different because I didn’t have the same style of frame so using what I have became the mantra.

The stamps used are from a couple of older sets, the frame from GKD, the rest mainly from Inspired by Stamping, and the sentiment is from Kokorosa. I started by inking the the background and for this I used a wave stencil and distress oxides. I masked off the horizon line so I could sponge the sky and then promptly messed it up after I had removed the mask. These days I don’t get so fazed over a mistake and to fix it I added a second horizon line and made a wash of darker colour to cover the mistake. I quite like the cover up. The beach chairs were stamped, pencil coloured and fussy cut as was the lighthouse. Then I took the frame stamp and stamped it in Black Soot, added black embossing and heat set. Even though I had carefully dried the inks and used an anti static quite liberally I still have specks here and there. I decided to embrace them instead of fretting. I realized that fussy cutting the lighthouse with the little lines and birds wasn’t possible, so I figured out the position and stamped it directly onto the panel before adding the cut piece over the top. I added a few white lines on the darker section of the ocean so it looks more like waves, cut the panel down to the correct size and added it to the card front.

We tried to stay awake the other night, so we could see the Aurora Borealis but simply couldn’t do it. For night owls like our friends it is doable, but we are up so early in the morning that staying awake after 9pm is almost impossible. They got some great photos and seeing it in person remains on my bucket list. I’m sharing 3 of their photos here.

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  1. Your card definitely gives off a relaxation aura. Love how you used that GKD frame for your scene. The photos from the northern lights have been amazing. We may be able to view them again tonight in Pennsylvania.

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    1. Thanks Gayle. I left a window blind open last night so that when I got up (happens at least twice) I could check but we weren’t lucky.

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  2. Lovely card! I like the lighthouse in the frame as well as the chairs. I didn’t see the lights as I live in the city and we would have had to stay up late and drive. I enjoy the photos.

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    1. Thanks a lot. I think if you have to drive to a location and they don’t show up, it would be disappointing.

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  5. Beautiful!!! Just looking at it relaxes me. Great job on the water and horizon. Thanks for sharing the beautiful Aurora Borealis.

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  7. What a peaceful beach scene. I haven’t used that frame for a long time but it works great with your scene. Thanks for the pictures. Like you, I go to bed too early, but I didn’t see them when I got up in the night. I think we are too close to the city to see them.

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    1. Thanks a lot. We don’t face north from our home but if we had gone down to the water we may have managed it. The issue is how tired we are.

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  9. Such a great beach scene, and I love the added dark water under the horizon, it’s added lots of depth as well as being a great save 🙂 The framing sets it all of perfectly too, thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

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