Showing posts with label Clown fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clown fish. Show all posts

Monday, June 05, 2017

Under the Sea

Hi, Lois here with a fun card today.  As you may or may not know, CottageCutz recently released a whole series of word dies -- 35 in all.  Check them out in the CottageCutz store.  I had such fun making my card for today, and I used one of the word dies -- discover -- on it.  I'm a big fan of underwater scenery, and that's what I created today.


To start my card,  I cut a piece of heavyweight teal-colored cardstock 5 1/2" x 11", scored in half.  Then I cut a piece of navy cardstock 5 1/4" square and a piece of swirly bluegreen patterned paper 5 1/8" square.


Most of the die-cuts on my card come from one single die, Under the Sea -- plus the Clown Fish (which may be currently out-of-stock) die and the Seahorse die -- as well as the word die.


After cutting the pieces, I added some color shading using Copic markers.


Then I went about constructing my scene.  That was really a lot of fun.  The inset pieces on the seahorse and clown fish were cut from cardstock on which I had already applied some adhesive backing, so inlaying them into the outlines was pretty easy once I had glued down the fish and seahorse onto the card.


Here again is my completed underwater scene.


CottageCutz dies used on my card are:


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzunderthesea-2.aspx


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzseahorseelites.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzclownfishelites.aspx


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsplusdiscoverphrase.aspx

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Under The Sea Hinged Card Technique


Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Wednesday edition of the Blog.

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring some dies from the June 2015 release. It seemed appropriate to show a beach themed card today since that's where I am as you are reading this. I am with my hubby and sons and their families near Charleston, SC-on the Isle of Palms.

I created an underwater scene and then I realized my card was going to be a bit larger than the usual A2 size that I make. I have some 12 x 12 paper, but I didn't have any in the navy blue shade I wanted to use. So I did a hinge technique for this card. It worked out well and I show you how in the instructions below.

navy card base: 5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
mint green layer: 5 5/8" x 4 5/8"
mint green patterned paper layer: 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"
CottageCutz dies used: under the sea, happy fish 2 and clown fish

I found this mint green pattern paper in my stash and I thought it had the look of sea water so I decided to use that. You could also sponge or brayer water in to create an underwater scene.

Next I cut all the die elements I wanted to use. For the sea greenery, I sponged some of the cardstock to get a variation in shades. I did the same with the coral. I used a rose shade of cardstock and sponged one to get the shade variant.

For my fish I die cut them from a multi media paper and colored them with an aqua brush and navy reinker and the rose ink pad. So the fish and the coral are the same color but I like how I was able to get a darker shade by water coloring.


For the water bubbles I used the happy fish 2 die and cut from acetate and used the round circles from that. I cut it 2x to get all the bubbles I needed.

Now for the hinge technique. I cut 2 pieces of navy cardstock 5 3/4" x 4 3/4". I also cut another 2" x 5 5/8" piece of navy and folded that in half. Using Scor-Tape for added strength, I taped this smaller piece on the first navy panel. Then I repeated the process with the 2nd navy panel. Voila! Now I have a custom made base size and didn't have to go and buy any 12 x 12 paper to make it.

Here are some photos of how I did this technique. I used beige cardstock and dark brown for the hinge part so you could see in the photos what I am doing. You can add patterned paper to the inside to cover the hinge or use an embellishment.

 
 
 
 
 
Well, my friends that's my sample for this week. Don't forget that we are having our 3rd challenge and the theme this month is greenery. This sample works as does this card I showed you last week. Just in case you need a little inspiration.

Hope you are enjoying your summer! So until next time........inky hugs.


 

Sunday, August 23, 2015

May all your Wishes come true! card

Hi there and welcome to CottageCutz Blog.

 I love making handmade greeting cards and today I'm showing you my new card I created with beautiful dies.

 
Today I have a new card using die images from a new Summer 2015 release and an older. I used "Clown Fish", "Greenery" and "Vine" dies.

 

To make card, start by cutting orange and white card stock using the "Clown Fish" die. So, we have orange and white fishes. Don't trough away white pieces from cutting, we need these pieces late.
Adhere the orange fishes on black piece of card stock. One fish is normal way to adhere, the other one is reverse side. After all, place white pieces of fish in missing spots on orange fish. You can see details if you click on image. 
Then, cut fishes around with scissors. We have beautiful Clown fishes with orange, white and black colors. Add clear shimmer on fishes for sparkling.

 

The next step is seaweed. Start by cutting green card stock using the Vine and Greenery dies.

To create a background, cut white cardstock using Circle die template and sponge ocean green, yellow and blue craft inks. Make the center area a bit lighter then edges by sponging yellow ink, then green and around circle with lt.blue craft inks. Next, stamp seaweed and corals using Md.brown ink. 

The next step is putting all cut pieces to ocean circle using foam tape and craft glue.

Prepare a 3 3/4 by 5 1/2 inch white card base. Layer the ocean background with Tiny Bubbles embossed card stock and adhere to the card base with craft glue. 

The final step, stamp sentiment in the bottom of card base using orange craft ink. You can use different sentiment, but I like this on. Embellish card with Clear Dew Drops and self adhesive small pearls.

For this project I used:

 Card Supplies:

CottageCutz dies: "Clown fish", "Greenery" and "Vine",
Card stock: white, black, green and orange,
Inks: yellow, lt.green and lt.blue,
Stamps: Seaweed, Coral and sentiment,
Other: Tiny Bubbles embossing folder,  scissors, paper trimmer, scor-buddy, foam tape, Clear Dew Drops and self adhesive white pearls.