Well can you believe it is already July! This year is speeding by and I got up early this morning to finish this post – normally I am days ahead at designing and posting but summer life got in the way this week! It was a fun week but busy we had a fourth of July party on the fifth and fireworks on the sixth and some of our children’s friends in for the holiday week so stamping took a back seat – I love these weeks but hate not getting to spend time stamping!
Today’s More Color Monday is an unexpected favorite! I love the way this simple card turned out! It features two very simple techniques that can elevate your cards in a very fun and super easy way.
The first is using DSP to color an image – in this case I die cut the surf/paddle boards directly out of Designer Series Paper – that was it and what a difference it makes!
The second technique is paper tearing – this is a simple technique that can by used in SO MANY ways. I always tell my customers that to control the tear you need to hold the paper with both hands using your thumb and forefinger. Keep your thumbs at the tear and move them along as the tear progresses. Tear the paper towards you to create that lovely torn edge on the correct side of the paper! It’s that easy!
I layered the torn Crumb Cake card stock to look like hills of sand!

Measurements:
BASE: Lemon Lolly: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White: 3″ x 4″
3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″
Crumb Cake 2 3/4″ x 3″
DSP scraps for die cutting

Using the 3″ x 4″ layer of Basic White, color the top edge with Lemon Lolly ink and a blending brush.

Color below the Lemon Lolly with Pool Party ink and a blending brush and blend into the Lemon Lolly layer. Color about half way down this Basic White layer.

Take the Crumb Cake piece and tear into four sections using the paper tearing technique detailed above making sure that you tear across the longer 3″ side so it fits the whole way across the blended layer.

Flip the top piece over so that the pretty torn edge is facing upwards and using glue or tape adhere only the edges together this way the middle of the paper will be open like a pocket to tuck your paddleboards into.

Adhere all four layers together.

Adhere the Crumb Cake torn layers to the Ink Blended Basic White layer.

I tucked the first two paddleboards into the “sand” layers and then popped up the bottom one onto Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to give the boards some depth and dimension!

Adhere this decorated layer onto the 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ Basic White layer as a matte.

Tue some Baker’s Twine in Crumb Cake color from the Baker’s Twine Essential Pack around that layer and adhere to the base card on an angle for some visual interest!

I cut a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock from one of the smaller Deckled Circles dies and stamped in Azure Afternoon ink the sentiment from the Beach Day stamp set.

I blended the edges in Lemon Lolly with a small blending brush.

I popped up the sentiment piece over the paddleboard layer and this cute card is ready to send on it’s way to brighten someone’s day!

Try these fun and easy techniques and if you played along with this color challenge upload a picture of your creation to share with all of us in the comment section of today’s Facebook post for More Color Mondays!

Now it’s your turn to go and create something easy and fun – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie