Birthday Wishes

Hi all, I have a quick card to post for you today.

I was messing around with my Distress Oxide inks and made the

paper to look like water.

The fish is from NitWits "From the Sea" collection.  I just imported it into Design Space and cut it out using my Explore.  The bubbles are a stamp from Designs by Ryn you can check it out HERE.  I love how real they look.  Then the Sentiment stamp is from Rubbernecker Stamps.

That is it, came out pretty cute.

Thanks for taking a minute to check out my blog.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Animals in or by the water

Just Believe

Hi I am honored to have been able to create this card today

for Scrapper's Delights Freebie Spotlight.

You can head over to the Store and pick her up for free

or for a small fee there is also a scene version. 

I had a lot of fun making this card because most of you know

I love to create my own papers or backgrounds using different

mediums.  

I printed my image on a piece of watercolor paper and then taped

it to a white board.  This really helps it from wrinkling or curling

from all the water.  I covered the image with masking fluid so the ink

would not get on it.  

I used Distress Ink re-inkers in colors, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio.  I wet the piece of paper then dropped the ink

on it.  To make it spread more I sprayed it heavily with water then 

moved it around a bit to get the look I wanted.   I let it sit

overnight to dry.

I had my Cricut Explore cut out the image then colored it and mounted

on top of the printed image.  

Here is the finished card.

I stamped the sentiment using a CTMH stamp and added some

K&Company embellishments.  I stamped the "bubbles" using the Ryn Design stamps, I love them they look so real.
You can join in this fun or just check out what other have made by going
to this facebook page HERE

Thanks for stopping by I would love to hear what you think of my

card. 

Challenges entered:
Avenue 613 - Anything goes
Ribbon Girls - Any image
Artistic Inspirations - Just for fun/Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - H for hand coloring
Mixed Media Challenge - Anything goes optional color purple
Lawnscaping Challenges - Use something Distress

Sea-Horsin' Around

Hello, hope everyone is having a wonderful crafty weekend.

I am so excited to share this card with you today.

A while back on Pinterest I saw a card that had "water drops"on it

and it looks so real and amazing.  Well I dug into it and found out it

was actually a rubber stamp that made them.  I never would have thought

that was what it was.  So I looked into it and found these terrific stamps

by Design by Ryn.

I ordered the complete set of all the water drop styles.

I couldn't wait to try it out.

So I used Distress inks, Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and a little Mowed Lawn on water color paper and made my own background.  

I Googled seahorse and found this image.   I colored her up with watercolor paints, hand cut it out then covered it with Crystal Lacquer.

I stamped my water-drop stamp onto the background paper with 

Memento Black Ink and then went to work with my paint brush 

and wet inside each "bubble" then dabbed up the excess water with a paper

towel and it lifts some of the color off and waa-laa this is what you get.

Went back and added some slight white highlights with my Zig white chalk pen.

I mounted the background on a couple layers using the colors in the "water",  

 cut some seaweed using my Cricut Explore then pop dotted the seahorse on top.

I had the perfect sentiment to go with it too.  It is a stamp by Pink by Design

set called Crikey.  I bought it many years ago so I am not sure if it is still available.

I will be entering this in a challenge over at Design by Ryn Customer Creation Challenge.

Thanks so stopping by, I hope you enjoy my card and am inspired by it.