Do you ever just want to escape through your paper crafts? Michael is in Saint Lucia today. And yesterday he was in St. Barts – what a life! Of course, it’s business – researching the Southern Caribbean for the family travel biz. Well, he called me from the beach in St. Barts (I know – the nerve!) – so I just HAD to put myself there somehow – it’s SO gorgeous there. This card was a close as I could get. Here are some photos from when we were there last March!
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To make this card, you will want to mask off the space you are looking to create. I used a 1/2” border to the top, left and bottom and made my scene 2 1/4” wide leaving a white border on the right of 1 3/4”.
I used the following supplies:
- Ranger Adirondack Lights Cloudy Blue and Aqua
- Marvy Matchables Caribbean Blue, Turquoise, and Jungle Green
- Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand
- You will need a greeting, Pictured is Expressly You (hostess) by Stampin’ Up!
- Stampscapes Stamps – Palm Trio (one trunk) and both Palm Leaf Left and Right
- Sponges
- Post It Notes
- White cardstock – 4 1/4” x 11”
This card does make me feel like I’m looking out a window into the gorgeous waters of St Barts and the Caribbean. I hope I was able to transport you too!
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Hi Ingrid
What a beautiful card – i could almost be there!
Some of the ink pads you’ve used ( marvy and the Adirondack) are no longer available – do you know what other colors by other manufacturers I could use instead please?
Thanks for any help.
Love the card. Yasmina.
Hi Yasmina – so glad you love this! Yes, try Distress inks – they work beautifully. Catherine Pooler are also juicy. Memento as well. Hope that helped! 🙂
Such a beautiful card! It reminds be to any tropical island and I really want to take another journey to the Maledives or Seychelles right now 🙂
Thanks for sharing…
Thanks Sandra! I’m jealous that you’ve been to the Maldives and Seychelles!!! Those are on my bucket list!!
Where in Germany are you? I’m in the Black Forest.
Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Simply amazing!! I love the soft inviting feel. I can almost smell the salty air : )
Patti
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What a stunning and exceedingly tempting scene. Oh to be there right now. Your sponging is so even and fades beautifully from one colour to the next.
Wow – thanks Heather – high praise from you…I’m so honored! I just love your work – I have a HUGE Penny Black wishlist thanks to your cards…lol! 🙂 I wish I was there too!
Great card and tutorial Ingrid!
Thanks Lyn, I’m glad you liked them both – thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Oh this is divine!! I loved your sponging. Thanks for sharing the video. Great work 🙂
Thanks Jasleen! I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
aaaaaah! I feel relaxed just looking at this gorgeous scene! Great use of colour to create a wonderfully atmospheric card! Thanks for joining us at OLS!
Thanks for stopping by Ardyth! 🙂
Beautiful card Ingrid, love how you blended the different inks to make your seascape and that tree set is fabulous. Great video, I seem to not get your tips and it says I am subscribed. I just found the video you talked about a couple of days ago and will watch next. Just subscribed to your YouTube channel so won’t miss any more of your videos.
Thanks Carol! I’ll look into the tips list and email you. 🙂 Thanks for subscribing to YouTube! I too love those palm trees – I’ve made several cards with them – very versatile! 🙂