Sea of Textures Fancy Fold

Sep 4, 2018 | Cards, Fancy Folds, Techniques | 6 comments

One of my lovely WOW Club Members asked that I use the Sea of Textures Bundle for her club night project. I’m so glad she did! It was so much fun creating my Sea of Textures Double Z Fold.  

Can you believe only one stamp was used to achieve this over the top Sea of Textures card?  The framelits are the bomb!  I think I might have purchased the dies just to get that great net image.  

I knew I wanted to make the card more of a canvas for lots of little sea inspired scenes.  I saw the port hole idea on Pinterest and that started my creative juices flowing.  I love it when your Mojo jumps into gear.  

In my Sea of Textures design I incorporated the Seaside Embossing folder to create the waves and the Swirly Scribbles dies to accentuate them.  I loved the seaweed stamp in the set and feel like it was the perfect backdrop for all the coral in the box fold.

To create the two-tone effect on “George”, my little Octopus from the Sea of Textures set, I first stamped him in Tranquil Tide on Very Vanilla card stock.  With my blender pen, I pulled the ink from the stamped image and colored in the bottom portion of his many legs.  Cool effect, don’t you think?

To enhance the sentiment, I cut an 8″ piece of our fantastic copper ribbon, stretched it out and created that cool net looking embellishment. I know this one has a lot of bits and pieces, but I really love how it came together and would love to teach you how to create your own.  Here’s my FREE how-to video to do just that.

Here’s how the magic happens.

Card Measurements

• Base – Early Espresso CS – 4 ¼” x 11”, scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
• Z-Fold Band – Early Espresso CS – 2 1/8” x 11”, scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
• Inside Box Mechanism – Early Espresso CS – 2 1/8” x 11”, scored at 7/8”, 3 5/8”, 4 1/8”, 6 7/8”, 7 3/8”, and 10 1/8”
• Mats – Very Vanilla CS – One @5 3/8” x 4 1/8” and two @ 4 1/8” x 2 5/8”
• Embossed Mats – Coastal Cabana CS – One @ 5 3/8” x 2” and two @ 2 5/8” x 2”, embossed with the Seaside Embossing Folder
• Waves – Tranquil Tide CS – Two @ 6 ¼” x 2”, cut with the die from Swirly Scribbles
• Octopus – Very Vanilla CS – 3” x 3”
• Port Hole – Soft Sea Foam CS – One @ 3  x 3 ½” (cut one circle with the 2 7/8” circle framelit) and One @ 2 ¾ x 2 ¾” (nest the 2 3/8” and 1 7/8” circle framelits, cut a ring) ; Very Vanilla CS – punch one 2” circle
• Nets & Sand Dollars – Crumb Cake CS – two @ 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”, cut the nets with the Under the Sea die and one @ 2 ½” x 1 ¾”, cut one large and one sand dollar from the Under the Sea die
• Sentiment – Very Vanilla CS – 2 ¾” x 2”, cut with the die from Stitched Shapes
• Coral – Use scraps to die cut the following; Rich Razzleberry CS – 1 tall, 1 fat, 2 short; Soft Suede CS – 2 tall; Soft Sea Foam CS – 1 tall, 2 short; Tranquil Tide CS – 1 tall and 3 short
• Window Sheet for Port Hole – 2 ¾” x 2 ¾” – cut with the 2 3/8” circle framelit

Stamping/Inking

• Waves – Tranquil Tide CS – Stamp the long texture stamp in Tranquil Tide.  Then spritz with the Champagne Mist.
• Port Hole – Soft Sea Foam CS – One circle and one circle ring with the long Texture stamp, stamp off with Soft Suede.
• Inside Port Hole – Very Vanilla CS – 2” circle – Stamp net in Soft Suede
• Pearls on Port Hole – Color with the Bronze Stampin’ Blend – set aside and allow to dry
• Mats #1 and #3 – Very Vanilla CS – Stamp off the net stamp in Crumb Cake
• Mat #2 – Very Vanilla CS – Stamp the long seaweed in both Rich Razzleberry and Tranquil Tide, using first and second generation stamping.
• Octopus – Very Vanilla CS – 3” x 3” – Stamp the Octopus in Tranquil Tide.  Using your Blender Pen pull color on the legs. Cut out the image with the matching die.
• Fat Coral – Rich Razzleberry CS – Stamp with the long texture stamp in Rich Razzleberry.
• Sentiment – Very Vanilla CS – Stitched Oval – Stamp the “Have A Wonderful Adventure” sentiment in Early Espresso
• Nets – With a dauber, lightly, randomly pounce the surface of the net in Early Espresso
• Sand Dollars – Ink in Crumb Cake

Port Hole Assembly

• Wet Glue the 2’ Circle to the Soft Seafoam Circle
• Adhere the circle of Window Sheet to the backside of the Soft Seafoam ring
• Apply Adhesive strip to the backside of the wring
• Adhere the small sand dollar and corals onto the 2” Very Vanilla circle.  Dry fitting and arranging is recommended.
• Pop the ring over the scene.
• Apply the pearls to the perimeter

Card Assembly

• Reinforce fold lines on the cards base, z-fold and box fold pieces
• Glue the Very Vanilla mats to the card base.
• Glue the Swirly Scribble die cuts to the embossed Coastal Cabana mats.
• Glue the Coastal Cabana mats to the Z-fold
• Glue the Z-fold to the card base.
• Insert and glue the box fold into the cavity of the z-fold.
• Decorate the card with the coral, nets, port hole and sentiment as shown in the video.

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Sea Of Textures Clear-Mount Bundle [148358] $45.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00	Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497] $27.00
Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $8.50	Big Shot [143263] $110.00	2″ Circle Punch [133782] $18.00	1/2″ Circle Punch [119869] $6.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad [147114] $7.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115] $7.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116] $7.50	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad [147091] $7.50
Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad [147146] $7.50	Bronze Stampin’ Blends Marker [144607] $4.50	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [119686] $8.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [101650] $9.75
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [131297] $8.50	Tranquil Tide 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [144246] $8.50	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146988] $8.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [120953] $8.50
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [115316] $8.50	Soft Suede 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [115318] $8.50	Window Sheets [142314] $5.00	Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint [147044] $8.00
Stampin’ Spritzer [126185] $3.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $8.00	Stampin’ Trimmer [126889] $30.00	Simply Scored [122334] $30.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189] $4.00	Blender Pens [102845] $12.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00
1/4″ Copper Trim [144179] $6.00

Until next time, Create Something Beautiful!