Hi, crafty friends. It seems I’m alternating between summer vibes and holiday cards these days, and I’m perfectly happy with that arrangement. Today’s card belongs in the former category, even though it doesn’t really feel like summer today. It’s 15 degrees, and even though the sun is trying its best, I think the cloud cover might end up winning. No reason to worry, though, because there’s not a single cloud in sight in my card today.

Meet Kalei. She’s from the Charmed by the Sea summer release from Purple Onion Designs, and I paired her with the Rip Curl wave from the same collection.

I colored the scene with Copics, cropped down the panel and white heat embossed a sentiment from the coordinating sentiment set using VersaMark ink and Super fine detail embossing powder from Ranger. I added a few white dots to the wave using a Sharpie and put the panel to the side while I worked on the rest of the card.

I thought the Stitched Ripple Backdrop die from Lawn Fawn would work perfectly for a subtle wave pattern in the background. It’s a landscape oriented die and I wanted a portrait oriented card, so I die cut it twice from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink, before adding colored strips along the seam for a little bit of added interest. I colored the strips with a few of the Copics I used for my scene and used a die from the Blueprints 27 die set from My Favorite Things to turn them into strips of the same width.

I mounted my scene to the center of the card using foam tape, before embellishing with sequins and raindrops from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards. The sequins are from her Ice Water mix.

The finished card is a simple looking one. I love adding dimension, the sequins and raindrops work perfectly with the colors and Kalei’s making the most of her summer. I hope you are too 🙂 And if you’re in the Southern hemisphere in the middle of winter right now, I feel your pain.

I tend to go overboard whenever I color skies or water.