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Shellabrate!

I am bringing you another card made from the Dare 2B Artzy Seas the Day stamp set.  I just love this fun and whimsy stamp set and couldn't wait to make another card using one of the manatee images.  
I started out by stamping one of the manatees along with some shells and the wrapped present on Bristol smooth cardstock. I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the images and then colored them with Copic markers.


I wanted to create an underwater scene without having to ink blend.  I glued dark blue cardstock to a white card base.  For the sand, I used my scissors to hand-cut a small mound of sand out of kraft cardstock.  I splattered a mixture of water and Vintage Photo Distress Ink onto the kraft cardstock to make it look like sand.  I glued the sand to the bottom of the dark blue cardstock.  


I recently purchased the Momenta Mermaid Scale Card Making Cutting Template.  I thought this would be perfect to turn upside down to make it look like waves.  I cut some light blue cardstock using this die and sprayed the back of it with an adhesive spray.  I adhered it to the top of the card to complete my underwater scene.

I adhered the stamped images to the scene, popping up the manatee and one of the shells with foam tape.  I used one of the sentiments from the stamp set and stamped it onto a scrap of red paper.  I cut this into a banner strip and glued it to the card, hiding one end slightly behind the manatee.


This turned out to be such a cute and easy birthday card.  There is one more image from this stamp set that I haven't used, yet so be on the lookout for another card featuring this stamp set.

Shellabrate!
Supplies:
  • Dare 2B Artzy Seas the Day stamp set
  • Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
  • Jane Davenport Squid Hybrid Ink - Cave Black
  • Cardstock Scraps - light and dark blue, white, red, and kraft
  • Momenta Mermaid Scale Card Making Cutting Template
  • Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
  • Copic Markers - C0, C1, C2, C3, B41, B45, R20
  • Foam Tape
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