Hope Your Day Goes Swimmingly!

My day went swimmingly, indeed.
It was a good day to swim ~ I heard on the news last night that most of the country is under a 'heat dome.'  And actually, I don't swim. But I was in the pool with my noodle and some of my favorite people, including my buddy, my three year old grandson.
He swims better than I do ~ he'll dive right in, fall in, jump in and sometimes even walk down the steps. He is brave, in my opinion, but he also sports green 'floaties' while he is still mastering his strokes.
And my noodle is really his noodle.
After such an energizing morning in the pool I was motivated to dive into the new Seaside Shore stamp set.

Kathleen Wingerson (kathleenstamps.com) inspired me with this design.
Thankfully she not only had info on her blog, but also a video. This was a smidge tricky, but now that I have completed one, I think I can handle a few more.
The 'aquarium' feel to this card was the real draw. It is created with a slice of window sheet on the front of the card between two panels of embossed pool party waves and stamped images behind it (on the inside of the card). The fish are also on the front of the card, in case you cannot tell from my photo.
There are no framelits for this stamp set, so be prepared to fussy cut; but the SU Paper Snips makes it easy going.
One day, perhaps, I will get to the point where I do not have more ink on my hands than on my card. And maybe also learn how to use the tombow liquid glue without gluing my fingers together. And how not to smudge window sheets, at least where it shows.
But, this was a fun design and I like my finished card. I will create more; thanks Kathleen.

I played with the set for more fun:

I came across Brandy Cox (brandyscards.com) designing this card, creating her own DSP by stamping the images in the new Dapper Denim ink on Dapper Denim card stock. The fish are swimming in two directions and bubbles fill in the gaps between the fish. The By The Shore DSP is fabulous, but this is more creative to make with the stamps, And, honestly, it takes me forever to decide which of the collection's designs I want to use! So, for today, this worked. I am anxious, however, to cut and layer the DSP. Stay tuned.