Hello lovely peeps,
I hope you are all well. :)
It seemed like it was time for a trip, so the other day, I took a voyage to the bottom of the sea with Graphic 45
stamps. Here, I have used set one
(mermaid and sentiments) and set two (man riding fish.)
An 8” x 8” Card was
chosen to allow me more room to work with and decorate. It began with creating
a shimmering background with mica spray inks, followed by two panels, one
square (coloured blue/green) and another rectangular (more blue) with an embossed white puff edge.
Then they were sprinkled with blue, green, white and silver embossing powder.
Crafty tip: Personally, I never pre-cut the background paper to fit the
card base, it is always a safeguard in case it slips whilst applying it to the
card blank, then you get full coverage. I may use glue or red doubled sided
tape (much stronger than the white) but I line up the bottom left corners and once this is in
the correct position, I stick the corner down and run my left index finger up along the side of the
card as I gradually stick my panel to the base, this way I know it's straight. Then I turn it over and after I have made sure all the edges are properly stuck down I trim the excess with a ruler and craft knife.
Several of my foliage dies were perfect for this project and would
easily make the coral reef plants. These were actually Tonic Regal Fern, a pine
branch, a Die’sire small pine branch (from Crafter’s Companion), Die’sire small Mistletoe die, a Die-namics Formal
Flourish, (I use this one a lot, it’s very handy), Creative
Expressions Splendid Swirls and the vine base from the Spellbinder’s ivy die.
As you can see I coloured these in different shades, I also used copper
and green embossing powder on the larger pine branches, to add more texture and
richness.
The sea anemones were created by using Spellbinder's and Lea’bilites
flower dies, these were layered together to give them depth and fullness, as I
wanted them to appear as if they had lots of arms which would sway about in the water. They were coloured with alcohol pens. The largest was made with an icicle die from Die’sire. A thin strip
of card was coloured and quilled and then I wrapped the icicles round this,
folding the tentacles back, opening them out and adding gold Stickles to the
centre.
I began to position things, I had a basic layout in my head but it’s
always good to play about before you stick things down, layers would be built to create a busy
reef. A wooden strip of waves, which has
been in my stash for a while, was excellent for this project, it would
complement the white around the mermaid panel.
It was painted with Docrafts paint (a mixed shade to match the spray
inks) and then embossed with white puff embossing powder (from WOW.) Glitter was later added to the blue sections
with Star Dust Stickles, I also thought it would be good to represent the ocean
currents.
The mermaid, seahorse (a kaisercraft stamp and die) and gentleman with
fish were stamped with black Stazon ink and coloured with AquaBlend pencils from
Crafter’s Companion. Shimmer was added to the fish, seahorse and mermaid’s tail
with a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear.) Cogs were included, in keeping with
the Steampunk theme, in various sizes and hues. Sequins, pearls, and gems were
scattered throughout the reef to make it glint here and there as well as drops of Glossy
Accents and White Liquid Pearls to create texture.
The mermaid was glued to her background panel, leaving the tail and head
free to stand away from the card, so it would seem like she was swimming along.
The fish was fixed in the centre, leaving its head to come forward out of the
picture. I then applied Peacock Stickles around the edge of the square and Star Dust around the rectangular panel.
This is the finished card as a whole, it took a long time to make but I enjoyed every minute. I'm sure I will be undertaking many more voyages to the bottom of the ocean in the future. :)
Here is a recap/ further information for you about what I used for this project.
Stamps: Graphic 45 Voyage beneath the Sea set 1 and 2.
Colour
Cloud Inks: Summer Sky, Ocean Blue and Basil Leaf
Embossing
powders:
From
Wow:
Metallic Copper Super Fine, White Puff Powder, Metallic Silver Sparkle, Primary
Blue Topaz Regular, Clear Hologram Sparkle.
Other embossing powders:
Blonde moments
Ultra Thick Savoury Tropic and Papermania Superfine Silver.
Crafter’s Companion: AquaBlend pencils and Spectrum
Noir Sparkle pen (clear.)
Stickles:
Peacock, Star Dust and Gold.
Crafty
Notions Colour sprays: Kingfisherlicious, Bluebell, Luscious Green and Silver.
Dies:
Tonic
Regal Fern
Die-namics
Formal Flourish
Spellbinder’s
Ivy die
Kaisercraft
Nautical dies and stamps.
Creative
Expressions, Finishing Touches- Splendid Swirls
Large Pine
die (apologies can’t remember do not have original packaging)
Crafter’s Companion dies:
Small
pine branch from Die’sire Christmas Classic Robin die set
Die’sire
small Mistletoe die
Die'sire icicle die.
Die'sire icicle die.
Cog
dies are Memory box (small) and Cheery Lynn (large.)
Also used:
Mixed
blue sequins,
blue and white pearls of various sizes,
Papermania Glazed
Iridescent Gems,
Glossy
Accents
Foam
Tape and glue
Docrafts
Artiste Acrylic paint: Metallic Emerald Green, Metallic Sapphire and Pearl
medium.
Adele
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Wow. That's a lot of work. Looks stunning
ReplyDeleteThank you.:)
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