“sending oceans of love” Scene Card
by Anne Thompson

I was inspired by the Wonderful Whale Frame to create an ocean scene card to send to my son and his family.  They have just confirmed a trip to Maine this summer and we'll be staying in a coastal town, with views much like this one.

materials used

• pale blue notecard
• WONDERFUL WHALE FRAME 94228
• OCEANSIDE LIGHTHOUSE AND WAVES 99736
• SOARING SWALLOW 99995
• "sending oceans of love" stamp from OCEANSIDE TYPEWRITER SENTIMENTS CL5240
• blue cardstock just a shade darker than the notecard to shadow many of the images
• white cardstock
• a small scrap of yellow cardstock
• Hero Arts Cornflower ink
• glue pen and one foam pop-dot for the swallow

to assemble this scene

• Cut the Wonderful Whale Frame twice, once from the blue cardstock and once from the white cardstock.
• Layers the pieces together using a glue pen, offsetting them a bit for a blue shadow behind the white frame and the waves.
• Adhere this to the front of the notecard, near the top.
• Cut the Oceanside Lighthouse and Waves from white cardstock.
• Cut the lighthouse again from the scrap of yellow cardstock.  Place this piece behind the white one for lights in the windows.
• Cut the waves again from the same blue cardstock used before.  Glue these behind the white waves, offsetting them a bit.
• Add the lighthouse and the waves to the scene.
• Cut the Soaring Swallow from white cardstock.  Secure it to the card using a foam pop-dot.
• Stamp the sentiment "sending oceans of love" using the Hero Arts Cornflower ink.

This scene was so much fun to create, combining new dies and stamps with the older lighthouse/waves die.  Hmmm…this gets me thinking about creating more scenes representative of places I've been.  

Happy Crafting!