Cozy Chapters Reading/Beach Card | KCS Designs by Kim DT Project

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Hello everyone.  Today I want to share a card I made using two new releases from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  One of the new releases is Cozy Chapters Clip Art, which has 15 images of women reading in different locations - a cafe, the beach, on a train, on a windowsill, and others, and Word Snippets Books & Reading Phrases, a set of 40 sentiments related to books and reading. 

Cozy Chapters Clip Art

Word Snippets Books & Reading Phrases Digital Set

Because some of the images are of women reading and drinking a coffee, or tea, or cocoa, the Word Snippets Coffee Phrases set would also work well with them.  

Word Snippets Coffee Phrases Digital Set

I have a video on my YouTube Channel - World of Michael Trent - showing how I made the card.


As I explain in the video, I was not happy with the first card I made because of the light blue card base and the waves embossed in white.  That's why I redid the card using darker cardstock. 

This is how I made the card:

  • I made a top-folding A2 card base using dark blue cardstock.
  • I die-cut a piece of light blue cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, embossed it with the Waves 3D Embossing Folder from Memory Box, adhered a piece of white fun foam to the back, and then I adhered it to the card front.
  • I printed the image of the woman at the beach, at 50%, on white cardstock, trimmed it, layered it on a piece of the dark blue cardstock, adhered a piece of fun foam to the back, and then adhered it to the card front. 
  • I die-cut one of the sentiments from the Word Snippets Books & Reading Phrases, layered it on a piece of the blue cardstock, and adhered it to the card front.


  • To finish the card, I cut a piece of white cardstock and stamped an image of some fish and a sentiment, Life's A Beach.  The fish stamp is from Josephine Kimberling for Impress, and the phrase is from Putting on the Ritz.  Both stamps are from my stash and bought YEARS ago.  Then I colored the fish and adhered it to the inside of the card.  

Here are the final cards.


Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Don't forget about the video I made.  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil. 

~Michael




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