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Wrap ALL My Arms Around You

I am bringing you a third card made from the Dare 2B Artzy Seas the Day stamp set.  I am using the octopus image to create a sweet card to give to someone who needs a little extra TLC.
I started out by stamping the octopus on Bristol smooth cardstock. I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the image and then colored it with alcohol markers.  I used a white gel pen to make a few highlights on the octopus.


For the background, I scribbled Picked Rasberry and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Crayons on a Bristol smooth cardstock panel.  I used a paintbrush dipped in water to blend out the colors.  After the panel was dry, I used purple tape to tape down a fractal diamond stencil on top of the panel.  I used a Stencil Pal to spread Vicki Boutin's Iridescent glaze over the panel. This allows the blue and pink from the card panel to show through while giving the card panel a beautiful shine.  I adhered the octopus to the card panel using liquid glue.


There are so many great sentiments in this stamp set, especially ones that pair well with the octopus.  I used StazOn Jet Black Ink to stamp the sentiment, "I want to wrap ALL my arms around you", onto vellum.  I cut a small square frame out of black cardstock and glued that on top of the vellum and adhered it to the card panel.  The card panel was mounted on black cardstock and glued to a white card base.  For the final touch, I added three clear dew drops to the panel.

The octopus is so cute and I love the way it stands out on the iridescent background.  I have had a lot of fun making cards with this stamp set.

Wrap All My Arms Around You
Supplies:
  • Dare 2B Artzy Seas the Day stamp set
  • Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
  • Jane Davenport Squid Hybrid Ink - Cave Black
  • Alcohol Markers
    • Copic - BV00, RV04, R20
    • Spectrum Noir - PL3, LV3
  • Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Picked Rasberry and Mermaid Lagoon
  • Fractal Diamond Stencil
  • Deco Foil Stencil Pal
  • Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze
  • StazOn Jet Black Ink
  • Vellum
  • BoBunny Love Squared Frame Die Set
  • Recollections Cardstock - Black and White
  • Clear Dew Drops
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