Two-Toned Ocean - Stampin' Up!® Notes & Totes Dies

    The recent sale of Two-Toned cardstock had me looking through my stock to see which colors I had and which colors I wanted more of (the answer is I want them all!).  As I was falling asleep one night I thought that it would be cool to take several colors and do an ocean background with torn edges.  Am I the only one that designs cards in my mind?  Well this one actually came out pretty much like I had imagined.  I had enough Two-Toned cardstock in the colors I wanted to use and the addition of the Notes & Totes dies makes for a nice focal image along with the "ocean" background.  My stampers enjoyed making this one at my last class.

  The background is simply 3 pieces of Two-Toned cardstock cut 2" x 5 1/2" in Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, and Pool Party.  A piece of Crumb Cake (regular cardstock) is used for the sand layer.  The other half of the Crumb Cake piece is used on the inside of the card.  The "sand" is stamped with the speckled stamp in the Notes & Totes stamp set

  Each piece of Two-Toned cardstock is simply torn in half the long way and starting at the top going from dark to light each strip is adhered to the Basic White thick card base leaving the torn edges slightly curled up.

  To make the tote we use a piece of Florals in Bloom DSP and simply cut the center panel of the tote die. I didn't use the full size tote because I didn't want to cover up so much of the background. We trimmed off any extra from the sides leaving the stitched detail at the top.  You could also make this smaller tote with just a rectangle of paper as well but I liked the stitched detail at the top.  The edges and handle are die cut out of Pecan Pie cardstock and the then trimmed to fit the smaller tote.  

  The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock and then fussy cut and is adhered with trimmed down dimensionals.

  Several shells were die cut out of Fresh Freesia and Petunia Pop and are added to the bottom of the card as well as the inside.

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Stamps: Notes & Totes

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake

Paper: Basic White thick, Two-Toned Pretty Peacock, Two-Toned Lost Lagoon, Two-Toned Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Florals In Bloom DSP

Accessories: Notes & Totes dies, dimensionals