Sea of Love

Happy Friday! It's Jeanne today with a card using one of the fun new slimline dies combined with a few dies from summer of 2020 Pirates and Sea Creatures.  The Waves Slimline coordinates perfectly with that release.

I first cut the fish and mermaid tail from various colors of cardstock.

Next I worked on the ocean.  I cut a 5 1/2 x 9 inch piece of mixed media paper so I could do a watercolor technique I call "splat". 

I swatch Distress Oxide on a craft mat and spray with water.  Then I dip the paper in the ink.

I keep going until I'm satisfied with the results.  I use a heat gun every once in awhile to set the ink.

I used the largest of the Slimline Rectangles to cut a base from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment in the upper left.  I cut the water piece into three strips - two 2 inches and one 1 1/2 inches.

I opted to use only two of the strips and cut them with two of the Waves dies.  I placed them on the bottom and added my mermaid tail.  The over hang on the right, I cut with scissors.

Then I added my fish.  I had made more than I ended up using but that's perfect - I have some fish and a water strip for another card.

To finish the card added a pearl to the shell.  I hope you've enjoyed my card today.  Be sure to visit the online store where the new release is on sale for a limited time.

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Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend.

Under The Sea

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I have a mermaid card for you. I made another under the sea scene using this cute new dies.
 

 

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Mermaid, Tropical Fish),
- Distress Inks and Oxides,
- craft card base (10x21 cm),
- water color paper for background (9,5x20,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- heat gun,
- water spritzer,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- Glossy Accents,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the mermaid and the fish. I used Distress Oxides for the background. I used a smooching technique for it. I put a mix of blue Distress Oxides shades on my glass matt and mixed it with water. Then I tapped watercolor paper on it to get the result I wanted. I dried the paper with the heat gun. Then I placed all the cuts on it. I used Wink of Stella glitter brush to add some interest to the mermaid's tail and the pearl. I also added drops of Glossy Accents glue to the card to add some air bubbles to the sea. And my card was done.

 

 

Thank you for visiting. Have a nice day and see you again on Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Oceans of Love

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a soft, seashore inspired card.  This card uses dies from the Pirates & Sea Creatures release as well as a die from the new Beach & Tropical release.  I was originally inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  And as often happens, that was just a jumping off point for my final design.  I was also inspired by the sand/blue/white color combination we so often see in ocean and beach decor.  I kept my color palette very simple for this card

I'll start with the background of the card.  I used my Misti to stamp a large (6 x 6 inch) background stamp in Versamark ink and then I heat embossed it in white.

Next I used three colors of blue Distress Oxide inks to blend an ocean backdrop.

Using the largest of the Wacky Stitched Rectangle dies I cut a panel from the embossed sheet and adhered this to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.

I have a tool which allows me to cut a mat from 1/16 to about 1/2 or 3/4 inches.  Here I used the 1/8 inch mark to get a nice border.

I adhered this to a white A2 card base.

Next I worked on the seahorse and ocean bed.  I cut the seahorse from Cool Caribbean cardstock and used Crumb Cake ink to shade the edges.

After assembling him I used a Nuvo Shimmer pen (similar to Wink of Stella) to add sparkle.  I covered him two times.

I used the Tropical Fish and Sandcastle dies to cut the seaweed, sand and shells.

I glued down the sand and seaweed leaving one piece glued just at the bottom so that it could be entwined with the seahorse.  I used foam dots to pop him up off the card.

The sentiment was stamped in Crumb Cake ink and I cut the point with scissors.  I decided to add a small bow at the top.

I added a few crystal drops as "bubbles".  In this photo you can see the detail of the die and the shimmer on the seahorse.

I hope you enjoyed the card today be sure to stop by the online store where the Pirates & Sea Creatures and the new Beach & Tropical releases are on sale for a limited time.

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Fishing You the Best Birthday Ever!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing another card which features several of the under water creatures from the Pirates and Sea Creatures die release.  I went with a slim line card so that I could add several of the dies from this release.

The Crab, Octopus, Jellyfish and Tropical Fish were all die cut and shaded with Oxide Inks.  I used some Glossy Accents for their eyes and for the bubbles.

I created an ink blended background and splattered it with water.  The ocean floor was hand cut, inked and splattered with some paint for a speckled look.

The sentiment was heat embossed on a hand cut flag.  The combination of fonts on the sentiment makes for a fun addition to this whimsical card.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Turtle Time

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Fans!

It is Pam on the blog with you today!

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store.  This selection of dies features Pirates and Sea Creatures! There are 14 awesome designs in the collection and you are going to want each and everyone of them!!


Today my card is using the adorable Sea Turtle!

Background Photo by Noah Usry on Unsplash

Design Steps:

 1.  Use a white A2 card base with the front flap cut in half.  Cut a piece of purple DP 4 x 5 1/4 and 2 x 5 1/4.  Using your second to the largest Pierced Circle die cut 2 pieces of white card stock and a piece of blue DP

2.  Glue the purple DP to the inside of the card and the front flap.  Glue the blue DP circle to a white circle and set aside

 3.  Using the Sea Turtle die cut out the pieces of the turtle in 3 shades of green.  Using the Tropical Fish die cut out different shades of seaweed and the sand in brown

 4.  Using TH inks shade the pieces with a small applicator and then assemble.  Add a small white dot on the eye with a gel pen

5.  Arrange the die pieces onto the blue circle and glue down

6.  Next put glue on half of the circle and glue it to the front flap.  Add extra sand and seaweed to the corners of the card as shown.  Stamp your sentiment and cut out, finish the front card with some sequin and star fish

7.  Open the front flap and directly behind the front circle glue down the inside circle.  Add your sentiment and some additional sand and seaweed.  Your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!  We really love seeing you!

Blessings

Pam