Today I want to share a fun birthday card that I made, and some information about a new line of stamps that I just started to play with. First, the card . . .
Supplies used
Kraft paper card
Cardstock by My Mind’s Eye – Blue Wave
Teal cardstock
Yellow ribbon
Cuttlebug folder – Spots and Dots
Seed beads
Mermaid Fairy stamp set by Craffiti Direct
I stared with a kraft paper card, and then trimmed a piece of Blue Wave cardstock by My Mind’s Eye to fit. Because I knew I was going to layer the teal cardstock over the top, I trimmed out the center of the piece before I attached it to the kraft card. This allows me to save this inner rectangle to use for another project.
Then I cut a piece of teal cardstock slightly smaller than the size of the card, so that you see a small boarder of the dot pattern from the Blue Wave paper. I knew I was going to place a stamped image peeking through the teal cardstock, so I cut a small oval in the lower right corner of the cardstock.
Then I ran the teal cardstock through the Cuttlebug with the Spots and Dots folder, and I lightly brushed some blue ink over some areas of the cardstock to add more depth to the embossing. I took a small piece of yellow ribbon and glued it down to the back of the teal cardstock and then brought the ends to the front to tie off.
Then I stamped this cute little fish from the Mermaid Fairy stamp set
I used several different colored pencils and markers to color him in and blend him. I added some blue and teal seed beads to look like bubbles coming up from his mouth.
And this is how the completed card looked.
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