Scenic Coast for As You See It 372

 It's theme week at As You See It and Heather has chosen a great theme for us (in my opinion) which is 'Beach Combing.' I'm a bit biassed because I love the beach and I especially love wandering along seeing what the sea has washed up.

At first, I thought I'd get out my Shell Collecting set or maybe the Rolling Waves bundle as both would work brilliantly for this challenge - or indeed any beach themed project. 

Instead, I went for a bundle from the new May-August Catalogue: Sunset Coast. Among the attention-seeking die cuts featuring silhouetted sailboats and lighthouses is a quiet little set of seashells and it was these that I wanted to concentrate on using. 

I started with a piece of scenic DSP from the Scenic Coast collection. One of the other dies is a sunburst which I cut out from the paper, after backing it with adhesive sheet to make it easy to stick down. 

I cut a strip from the same piece of DSP and used the reverse side to create the horizontal. I cut the net from a piece of Crumb Cake and then some shells and starfish from scraps. I clustered these, some being up on dimensionals.

Although the card base is Highland Heather, I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape on a scrap of Basic White and flagged one end before adding it, on dimensionals.

The finishing touch was the addition of a trio of Sunset Sparkle sequins. I picked these ones because the colours reminded me of paua shells. 

So, what will your beachcomber card be like?  We'd love to see what you do.

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