Turquoise Impression

A handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a cork stopper and "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. It is surrounded by some of the dies sea used when creating it. The card sits on the coral pattern embossing folder used to create it. It is pictured on a wooden surface. In the top center, the Valley Oak Paper logo is visible.
A handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a cork stopper and "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. The card is sitting above the coral pattern embossing folder used to create it. Under it some of the dies used when creating it are peeking through. It is pictured on a wooden surface. The Valley Oak Paper logo is visible on the right edge of the bottle die.
A handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a cork stopper and "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. In front of it are some of the dies used when creating it. The card stands on the coral pattern embossing folder used to create it. It is pictured on a wooden surface. The Valley Oak Paper logo is visible on the right edge of the bottle-shaped card.

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The starting point for this card was the August 2025 Embossing Folder of the Month, Coral Impression. As you can see, I didn’t go with a coral monochrome, but a turquoise one.

Die Cutting & Bottle

I started by die cutting all the parts I needed according to the cut list below. Then I took one of my turquoise bottles and dry embossed it with the Coral Impression Embossing Folder. To help the pattern stand out, I ink blended the embossed background with Pinkfresh Studio Island Oasis inks. I started with the lightest color at the top of the bottle and moved down to more intense inks.

Next I glued together the cork pieces and glued them to the bottle. I also glued the bottle lip on top of the cork.

I scored the other turquoise bottle die cut across the shoulders at 4 ¼” from the bottom. Then I took the white bottle die cut and cut it off at the same point.

Whale

I ink blended around the edges of the whale die cuts with Mermaid Cove ink and glued together the whale. For stability I added a solid color backing piece. Then I colored in the eye and some of the barnacles on the top of the whale.

A handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a cork stopper and "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. The card is sitting above the coral pattern embossing folder used to create it. Under it some of the dies used when creating it are peeking through. It is pictured on a wooden surface. The Valley Oak Paper logo is visible on the right edge of the card.
Die Cardstock Inks Bottle Base "2 * Turquoise 110 lbs
Accent Opaque 100 lbs" Pinkfresh Studio Island Oasis Bottle Lip Turquoise 110 lbs Tag with Hi Sentiment Turquoise 110 lbs Waves Vellum Cork Base Taupe Cardstock Cork Top Taupe Cardstock String Taupe Cardstock Whale Base "Turquoise Pattern Paper
Turquoise 110 lbs" Pinkfresh Studio Island Oasis Whale Top Turquoise Pattern Paper Pinkfresh Studio Island Oasis
A handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a cork stopper and "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. The card stands on the coral pattern embossing folder used to create it. In front of it are some of the dies used when creating it. It is pictured on a wooden surface. The Valley Oak Paper logo is visible on the left edge of the embossing folder.
A closeup of a handmade greeting card in the shape of a turquoise glass bottle with a "Hi" tag. The bottle contains a humpback whale swimming in stylized vellum ocean waves. The bottle has been embossed with a coral pattern. The Valley Oak Paper logo is visible in the bottom left corner.

Sentiment

I glued the string die cut around the neck of the bottle. Then I cut off the end of it. I tucked one end of the off cut under the remaining string and glued the other end to the tag. Then I glued down the tag too.

Assembly

I glued the white bottle die cut to the back of the embossed bottle for stability. Then I glued the other turquoise bottle die cut to the back of the embossed bottle, taking care to only spread glue above the score line. This gave me a shaped card that will stand up on its own.

With the sentiment in place, I knew how much space I had for the whale. I added foam tape to the back of the whale and dry fitted it near the center of the bottle.

I glued the four waves in place under the whale, and then glued the whale on top. Then I finished up by adding some Color Essentials Gems in Spectrum AB.

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