Experience Bliss

It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. The theme this week is "Anything Goes". There's been some ick at my house, so I made a card that shows my happy place using the Pelican Galleon Clear Stamp Set 1186,  Quirky Post Die Set DI87, and the Motivation Station Ephemera Die Cuts 55 all by AALL and Create.

Here it is:

 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Pelican Galleon Clear Stamp Set 1186 by AALL and Create

Quirky Post Die Set DI87 by AALL and Create

Motivation Station Ephemera Die Cuts 55 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Mosaic Textured Cardstock by My Colors

Copic Markers:

 Boat: B45, B32, B21, E25, E23, E21, Y32, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21, R35, R32, R30

 Pelicans: C0, C00, YR07, YR04, YR02, E77, E74, E71, E70

 Island: YG91, YG17, YG05, YG03, YG01, E44, E43, E42

 Fish: YG45

 Ocean: B52, B04, B02, B00000, BG57, BG53

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Prisma Marker by Sakura

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Place white cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform and secure with low-tack tape and/or magnets. 
2. Place the large postage die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI87 atop the paper. 
3. Position the galleon stamp from the Pelican Galleon Clear Stamp Set 1186 facedown on the bottom left of the die/cardstock. 
4. Place the pelican island stamp from the same set facedown towards the top and the right side of the die. 
5. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
6.  Remove the die.
7. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to ink both stamps then stamp onto the image panel. 
8. Use a B41 Copic marker to outline the stamped images. *
9. Ink both stamps again and stamp onto repositionable sticker paper. 
10. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions and place them over their counterparts on the image panel.
11. Use low-tack tape to secure the large postage die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI87 onto the image panel and cut.
12.  Remove the die.
13. Place low-tack tape along the perforated lines on all four sides on the image panel die-cut to cover the postage edges.
14. Place another piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the image panel die-cut below the island.
15. Sponge or brush Della Blue Elements Ink over the tape onto masked image panel to create a light blue sky background. 
16. Remove the horizontal tape and the masks from the image panel, but keep the tape covering the postage edges in place.
17. Use Copic markers to color the galleon, the island, the pelicans, and the ocean. 
18. Use a white gel pen to add whitecaps to the ocean and the tops of the waves. *
19. Remove the low-tack tape from the image panel die-cut. 
20. Cut a piece of black cardstock slightly larger than the image panel die-cut and use it to mat the image panel. 
21. Adhere the matted image panel die-cut to a blue A6 card.
22. Select the sentiment from the Motivation Station Ephemera Die Cuts 55 and edge with a black Pigma marker. 
23. Adhere the sentiment die-cuts to finish the card.

Notes:

• My happy place is at the beach during the offseason when it's not too "peoply". I also love to be on the water.
• B41 matches Della Blue very well.
• To create the waves, whitecaps, and movement in the ocean, draw a horizontal line with the white Gelly Roll Gel Pen, then use your finger to slightly smear it. 

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