Happiness Comes in Waves

Continuing summer mode card making, I made a two cards for today using the same products plus some older hibiscus dies. Our Just Us Girls Challenge #778 Die Week is specifically layers. Sweet Ina asks that we use dies to make layers on the card. 

For both cards I started by ink blending my background, then stamping the tropical silhouette images. I used a cloud die for the black framed one and cut a wavy stencil for the water.

Starting with the white framed card, I die cut the collage frame and decided that two of them glued together would make the frame stand out better over the background. Then I adhered the frame/background piece to the A2 card base.

Next, I die cut and assembled the flowers and leaves, then arranged them on the collage frame. I popped some of the flowers up on foam tape for depth. I finished the card with a few sequins to match the flowers. I count five or six layers with the pieces that are added to the hibiscus for detail.

For the black silhouette card I added sunglasses like a card I saw here on Pinterest. My sunglasses card has four layers.

We hope you will sharing some layered cards with us this week. The team and our special guest Joanne James have given you lots of inspiration. Be sure to visit their blogs for inspiration.

Products I used:

Waffle Flower - Postage Collage Beach Days stamp set, Postage Collage Tropical Sunset dies, Postage collage Collage Bocks die

Altenew - 3D Hibiscus die set

Papertrey Ink - Beach Bag dies (sunglasses)

Ranger - Distress Oxide ink pads

Thanks for stopping by and checking in!

Carol