Ocean Die Cut Layers Birthday Card

June 11, 2020

Hi Crafty friends, I hope your week is going great! I love summer and the beach so much, so for this project I made a beachy, oceany card with a birthday sentiment. I am using some really beautiful colors of cardstock. I die cut everything except the sentiment and birds. I hope you enjoy it. Let’s get started.

Supplies

Cardstock Warehouse Cardstock Papers

Orange Fizz
Lemon Drop
Cotton Candy
Ebony Black
Bright White
Nightshift Blue
Bright Blue
Blu Raspberry
Desert Sand MirriSparkle

Dies
Die Cut Machine
Paper Trimmer
Tape Runner
Black Ink

I started by die cutting the waves using three colors of blue. I wanted it to look like the ocean went out far and deep. I die cut the sand from Desert Sand MirriSparkle; it is perfect with all the glitter. I used a hillside die for the sand.

Paper ocean waves die cut

I cut a bunch of strips of paper in different sizes using Cotton Candy and Orange Fizz cardstock. I glued them onto the top of an A2 size panel. I want the look of a sunset. Then I die cut a circle out of the glued paper layers. I also die cut a circle using the same die out of Lemon Drop cardstock.

Die cutting circle out of layers

I assembled the waves, trimmed down the panel ½” on all sides. I then adhered that panel to a slightly larger piece of Ebony cardstock. Finally, I glued in the yellow piece of cardstock.

Completed background paper ocean layers

I stamped the “Happy Birthday” sentiment and the birds in black ink. I then glued the panel to an A2 size white card base made from Bright White Colorplan. To finish the card I added a few small dew drops.

Paper Ocean Die Cut Greeting Card