I was in the mood for sitting on the beach, sifting sand through my hand, staring at the ocean. Alas, while the weather would be lovely for sitting on the beach, I don’t have time to GO to the beach to sit.
So, I made a card instead.
Supplies: Stamps – Hero Arts, Stampin’ Up!, paper – Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin’ Up! Pacific Point, Real Red, Swarthmore Bristol, inks – Papertrey Ink Fresh Snow, Stampin’ Up! Pacific Point, Real Red, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo, die – Taylored Expressions, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder white.
Paper and Ink Imaginings 
October 21, 2016 at 6:36 am
I love it. Nice work.
October 21, 2016 at 7:00 am
Thanks, Mike! I should have dedicated it to you. Have a great Friday!
October 21, 2016 at 9:48 am
Cool card! How did you get your great sand effect?
October 21, 2016 at 10:26 am
Thanks so much, Gillian! I blended both the sky & sand with a foam ink blending tool. Then, I went back over the sand with a “sand” rubber stamp (retired Stampin’ Up!) in the same color of ink that I blended. I did stamp it 3 times before reinking (so the sand grains look different colors).
October 21, 2016 at 11:07 am
A sand stamp sounds so useful. Shame they retired it.
October 21, 2016 at 11:27 am
It was part of the beach chair set. They also had a set called “Itty Bitty Backgrounds” that had 4 stamps of various sized random dots that I have used for sand (also retired). You have a stamp that is like snow falling? That would work, too.
October 21, 2016 at 11:58 am
Sorry – saw this after I replied to your second comment. Means we are in agreement though! Thanks again. Xx
October 21, 2016 at 11:30 am
Or maybe your falling snow is really a die? If so, cut it out of scrap paper & use it as a stencil for your beach.
October 21, 2016 at 11:50 am
Haha! Falling snow die is definitely too big – it would look like a meteor shower had hit, but my snowing stamp would work brilliantly. You little beauty, Kathy!
October 21, 2016 at 12:38 pm
I am well practiced in “think outside the box”! 😉
October 21, 2016 at 2:38 pm
It’s true – you are!
October 21, 2016 at 6:23 pm
Psst! I think you are as well, sometimes these things take 2 sets of eyes!
October 21, 2016 at 7:01 pm
🙂
October 23, 2016 at 5:22 am
Love how you created this sand!
October 23, 2016 at 6:23 am
Thank you!
October 30, 2016 at 2:46 pm
Looks nostalgic
October 30, 2016 at 4:39 pm
Maybe a little wistful?
October 30, 2016 at 5:37 pm
Yep, that’s the word.