A Slimline Lighthouse Card

Today I am sharing a cute, summery, tropical slimline lighthouse card. As I have mentioned, I am really liking all the extra space these long and narrow slimline cards offer for building scenes like I did with this card. And I just LOVE that diagonal stripe background – that’s one of the brand new slimline dies from Rubbernecker that will be released tomorrow.  I just couldn’t wait to give you a sneak peek .   

For this scene I used the  Lighthouse, Sun Moon, Palm Trees, Small Birds, Grass #2 and Deckle Hills. 

The Diagonal Background and Card Base

• Cut the card base, the Slimline OPC Diagonal and a 3″ x 8″ layer using white cardstock.
• Apply Beachside ink to the white layer using a blender brush to create the blue sky background for the scene.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the slimline and attach it to the blue layer.
• Use ATG adhesive to attach the slimline and blue layer to the card base.

Sand Layers, Palm Trees and Grass

• Use Kraft cardstock to cut three 3″ sand layer sections.
• Apply Antique Linen ink by swiping the ink pad directly over the paper.
• Cut the palm trees using Kraft and green cardstock.
• Apply Antique Ink to the tree trunks using a mini applicator.  
• Gently bend the palm fronds using your fingers and attach them to the tree trunks using glossy accents.
• Use green cardstock to cut the grass sections.

The Lighthouse, Sun and Bird

• Cut the lighthouse sections using red, white and blue cardstock.
• Attach the lighthouse pieces together using glossy accents.
• Use bright yellow cardstock to cut the sun.
• Cut the small bird using white cardstock and color the wings using a mini applicator and Chill ink.

Finish the Scene

• Apply double stick tape to the back of the sand layers and attach them to the card front.
• Tuck the lighthouse sections in behind the sand layers and attach using small pieces of mounting tape.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the palm trees and attach them to the card front.
• Tuck the small grass sprigs in behind the sand layers and attach them using glossy accents.
• Use a piece of mounting tape to attach the sun to the top of the card front.
• Finish by attaching the bird to the card front using a small piece of mounting tape.

Here’s a look at the Slimline OPC Diagonal die. Be sure to check out Rubbernecker’s full release of Slimline dies tomorrow.

I like this slimline lighthouse card so much I might have to do variations on it – what do you think? Rubbernecker released several new slimline dies earlier this month.  Take a look at my Slimline Category to see all the fun cards I have made with them. Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great day.

Here are the Rubbernecker products used for this project.

5202-05D Light House Die Cut [ RBB ] 5173-02D Deckle Hills Die Cut [ RBB ] 5212-06D Palm Trees Die Cut [ RBB ] Sun Moon Die 5147-07D [ RBB ] Small Birds Die 5147-06D [ RBB ] 5210-02D Grass #2 Die Cut [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #9 [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #12 [ RBB ]

Antique Linen, Ranger Distress Ink Pad [ ELH ] Mini Applicators, 12 pk, PanPastel Sofft [ ELH ] Life Changing Blender Brush Set,… [ ELH ] Sizzix Making Tool – Paper Sculpting Kit [ SZZ ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ] 3mm (1/8″), Be Creative Tape [ ELH ] 5mm (1/4″), Be Creative Tape [ ELH ]