Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Dies R Us ~ More Under The Sea Inspiration

Good morning friends~  It's my turn over at the Dies R Us Inspiration blog and I've got more cards for you from Under The Sea.




I started by cutting some Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed  out of colored card stock and sprayed each piece of seaweed with similar colored shimmery mists by Heidi Swapp.  That gave the seaweed a nice shimmery shine!



For this card, I cut the Elizabeth Craft Designs Turtle out of two shades of green and added some color around the body of the turtle using distress ink.


For the background of this card, I rubbed in some distress inks in greens and blues on the top portion and masked off the bottom section which I distressed using tattered straw and a darker brown.  I  spritzed the background with water to remove some color and then spritzed on more Heidi Swapp shimmer spray.  Once it was dry I adhered the turtle, layered the seaweed and added some iridescent sequins to look like water bubbles.  I left this card without a sentiment and sent it to a very dear friend of mine.  


On these next two cards I used some old printed scrapbook paper for the backgrounds and used the Elizabeth Craft Designs Seahorse and seaweed for a quick and easy card.


I added some saffron colored Silk Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs to the outline part of this seahorse die.   It's really pretty in real life, the way it shimmers and shines.  The large seashell is from Elizabeth Craft Designs Large Shells.

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I'll also be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Add Texture
Word Art Wednesday
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything goes
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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

7 comments:

Janice said...

Another great collection of underwater scene cards Birgit! You have created some fanrtastic scenes, love the sea horse ones. Great tutorial, thank you!

Unknown said...

Birgit, these are just FANTASTIC! Love the shimmer on your seaweed and all of your beautiful sea creatures!

Marcia Hill said...

You have certainly mastered the art of making sea scene cards Birgit...all four of these cards are fabulous! I love the shimmer and shine to all of them too...SO pretty!! I definitely have to get busy and make some of these as they just look like way too much fun! Great job my friend!! :0)

Patti said...

These are great! I love all the shimmer!

Patti

Sue said...

Great scene cards, Birgit! I love the shimmer! They are all so, so pretty! Awesome job!!!

Emma Williams said...

Gorgeous set of cards with so much wonderful texture and detail! Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... :)

Mandy said...

Gorgeous cards Birgit! I love the underwater scene you've created.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx