Weird Birthday Fishes

Hello lovely peeps

For today's card I've used the fabulous 'Weird Fish' stamps by Funky Fossil.

Retro Fish

Hello lovely peeps and a very warm welcome to my new follower :o)

Well I'm not getting very far through my list of cards still to blog so I think I'll have to go with shorter posts if I'm going to get my Craftascope cards all published before the next collection launches :o)

Seahorse Dream for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

I'm back with the third and final card that I made for Leonie's new launch of stencils/masks and stamps. I started by spraying Stick and Spray adhesive onto the back of one of the Dream masks, then placed it onto a square of watercolour card.

I stamped images from The Deep Blue stamp set around the mask using Black Archival ink
 

I stamped the large swirl along the top of the card to make some waves, masking as I went with sticky notes. I also masked the seahorses and shells with some Pebeo drawing gum to protect them

 To make spritzers I added Inkadinks (Blueberry Ice and Beany Green)  and water to some spray bottles

and sprayed them onto the card

Once this was dry I removed the 'Dream' mask to reveal the white card underneath.

I mixed some of Leonie's sparkle pens on an acrylic block

and coloured in the waves with them (I also did the Seahorses)

A bit more seaweed at the bottom completes the scene

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Allsorts #386 - Sparkle and Shine
The Pencil Case #31 Anything Goes
Love to Scrap  #88 Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges #101 - Anything Goes with optional Halloween
Stamps & Stencils elements of nature
Love to Craft #3 Anything Goes
Card Mania #85 let it shine

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Near the Sea

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are all well.

This is the third and final competition card that I wanted to show you (I saved my favourite until last!)

Hubby and I fortunate enough to live 5 minutes walk from the coast and I love going down to watch the sea (even if I sometimes need binoculars!). I've wanted to do a boat shaped card for ages and I'm chuffed with how this one turned out. It's a shame they couldn't return it to me, I might have to make another one to go on my mantelpiece :)

To make the base I cut a circle of white card and folded it in half, then glued my mast (a stick from the garden) to the centre of the front half. The sails were cut by hand from linen textured card and I inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I put holes in the corners with my pokey tool and threaded through some paper twine to attach them to the mast & hull. The sentiment on the right-hand sail is from the By the Sea set by Hobby Art, stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.

For the front of the card I die-cut half a circle from some corrugated card*, dabbed on a bit of texture paste and then glued some mesh along the top.

* I made my own - it's easy peasy. Take some old cardboard and paint water liberally all over one side of it. After a few minutes the top layer should peel away, leaving all those lovely ridges.
 
I attached some tiny shells along the top of the mesh with silicone glue.  The anchor was die-cut from kraft card using a die in the IO Nautical set. I inked it up with Versamark and sprinkled on embossing powder before heating (I think this one was pewter)

The bottom needed some decorating so I added a wave and some fish.

You probably won't recognise the die I used for the wave - it's actually one of the waste parts from the Brenda Walton Bird Scroll Bigz die.  I used some decorative paper, inked the edges with DI and then sprinkled on Shabby White frantage powder and some chunky glitter.

To get the fish shapes I stamped onto the back of some scrapbooking card with an old fish stamp from Papermania and cut them out before flipping over and inking the edges. They are covered with Glossy Accents.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - All About The Base
We Love 2 Create - #21 Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes
Country View #32 - ADD some texture
Retarte #63 Anything Goes
Crafting by designs - Anything Goes in October
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #250 Anything Goes
Polka Doodles Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

 Not Just Cards #25 Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge -Anything Goes

Hope you have a great weekend,

Katrina