I know I'm not the only one that was completely in love with this month's Concord and 9th release. The moment I could purchase that Boardwalk Stacks die I hit the buy now button and never looked back.
I'll be honest - this die set is very intimidating at first glance. There are SO many little dies. So I used one of my Color Cube cards to help me stay focused on my color scheme while I was cutting out the vast variety of pieces. It also made the process go by quicker because I wasn't stopping to pick out "the perfect cardstock color".
The cardstocks used today are all from C9.
To my pleasant surprise, Concord and 9th cardstocks were almost an exact match to my Color Cube card. My inspiration for both of these cards was the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. It's only 90 minutes away from me and is just such an iconic beach stop.
I first just die cut and built multiples of all the elements. I had no card design in mind (as usual). This Ferris wheel turned out so stinking cute that it needed to be the star of its own card. It is simply surrounded by the little merry-go-round, a popcorn cart, and the boardwalk railing.
The background is a cover plate by Kristina Werner for C9, but it was only available during last year's summer camp. The wheel is cut from white glitter paper and I also added some gold foil paper for the railing and center star.
This card was fun to put together because it's that true, classic, beach boardwalk theme. The bottom portion was heat embossed with Sand powder (a MUST have) and then I built the scene up from there. Complete with beach umbrellas, ice cream stand, ticket booth, toy booth, white wooden roller coaster (of course), and a little merry-go-round.
I want to go to there!
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