I'd Cross the Ocean For You

I just received the Seas the Day stamp set by Dare 2B Artzy and I couldn't wait to use the images and sentiments to make some ocean-themed cards.

I started out by stamping the manatee and shells and colored them with Copic markers. For the card front, I used Pixie Spray on the back of a mermaid scales stencil and adhered it to a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock. I blended 3 colors of blue Distress Oxide Inks to make it look like the ocean water was getting lighter near the surface. To add a little bit of sparkle to the water, I splattered some glitter ink on the stenciled card front.

I decided to make this a shaker card, so I used a scallop square die to cut a window out of the center of the card front. A piece of acetate was glued to the back of this window. I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink on the white card base. A sequence mixture was made using blue, white, and iridescent sequence. I glued a few of the sequence pieces to the card base along with one of the shells. To finish the shaker element, I used foam tape to adhere the card front to the card base.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of red cardstock and glued the manatee, shells, and sentiment to the card front. I love the images in this stamp set so there will definitely be more blog posts featuring these fun ocean critters.

I'd Cross the Ocean for You

Supplies:

Dare 2B Artzy Seas the Day stamp set
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
Jane Davenport Squid Hybrid Ink - Cave Black
Pixie Spray
Heidi Swapp Mermaid Scales Stencil
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, and Tumbled Glass
Art-C Glitter Ink - Clear
Sizzix Framelits Squares, Scallop die set
Acetate
Copic Markers - C0, C1, C2, C3, B41, B45, R20, R29, R46, W2, W4, W6
Sequence Mix - Blue, Clear, and Iridescent
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
Cardstock - Red and White
Foam Tape

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