My friend and neighbor built a sailboat and painted it red, so my card today was inspired by Jan. She likes to go out on our lake and sail under the light of the moon!
This card was made using the Dry Embossing with a Shim Technique that I demonstrated on my Learning with Friends video a few weeks ago.
If you are unfamiliar with this old technique you can watch the video replay to see how it is done.
For this card I used the Soft Waves embossing folder and an approximately 2-1/2" diameter shim. In the video I show how to make the shim and then combine it with the embossing folder to make a flat space in the middle of your embossed cardstock.
I could have stamped the image on a Basic White Circle die cut and then layered it over the embossed layer, but the advantage of this technique is to minimize the number of layers on your card and thus minimize your postage cost when you mail it.
Rather than add an additional layer, I stamped the images directly on the flat area created by the technique. Because the stamp for the water was wider than my flat area, I did mask the outside area before stamping. The mask was made from lightweight copy paper using the same size circle that I used to create the shim.
Since there are no sentiments included in the Under the Moon stamp set, I used a sentiment from the You are Beautiful for the card front. The sentiment was die cut with a Stylish Shapes die.
To decorate the inside of the card I recreated the same scene as I have on the front.
The inside sentiment comes from the Sketched Butterflies Stamp Set.
Use this link to download a PDF tutorial with all the details and step-by-step directions.
Enjoy!
