Stampin' Fun with Diana: Waterside Retreat Suite

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #690: Relaxing Waterside

Good morning,

I've been able to spend some extra time in the Stampin' Studio this week, which always makes me happy. Along with several memory keeping projects I was able to play along with this weeks Paper Craft Crew Inspiration challenge. This was fun, I spent some time browsing the catalog and decided to take on the second card on page 47 of the catalog but I decided to use the Relaxing Waterside set and coordinating paper. Previously I cut out a whole bunch of the images from this DSP so they were just screaming at me to use them on something.

This card starts with Smoky Slate cardstock for the cardbase. Next, I added a piece of the Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper that's matted with Mossy Meadow carstock.

The next layer (with the shell design) is also a piece from the DSP that has lots of different sized backgrounds and accents that make projects really simple. I stamped the greeting, in Mossy Meadow ink directly on this piece of paper.

The final touch was to add the three different bouys (which I had already cut out) and popped the top one up with dimensionals. A bow tied with Linen Thread perfectly wraps it up.

This card looks really detailed but thanks to the designer series paper it's really quick an easy, which I love!

Make sure to check out the other cards the design team is sharing for inspiration, we would love for you to play along and share what you create!

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today's card:

Product List

Relaxing Waterside Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [167922]	Waterside Retreat 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [167920]	Linen Thread [104199]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Enjoy,

Diana

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #684: Relaxing Waterside

Good morning,

Summer is one of my favorite times of year and with us getting ready for our upcoming beach trip I decided to use it as inspiration for this weeks card using the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. I also have a lot of guys in my life so I fell in love with the Waterside Retreat suite when it was released and knew I needed to use it.

This card starts with Basic Beige for the cardbase and adds a piece of Waterside Retreat Designer Series paper that's matted with Misty Moonlight cardstock. I used another pattern from the pack and matted it for the strip along the side.

Next I took some Old Olive cardstock and cut 3 ovals using the Stitched Shapes dies as mats for the images. I really leaned in hard on this DSP and got the three images my simply fussy cutting different pieces of paper (perfect way to get beautiful images without all the work, haha!) Each of these pieces was attached with dimensionals for a little pop.

The greeting is from the coordinating Relaxing Waterside stamp set and was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic Beige before fussy cutting it out as well. The final touch was to add one of the Loose Anchor Thinkets that I used Linen Thread to tie a bow on.

This card is so fun, it really makes me happy. Make sure to check out the other cards the design team is sharing and we would love for you to play along and share what you create.