I really love this card! I used a retired set from Gina K Stamps but I used a fun technique that I learned from Jennifer McGuire called Distress Ink Lifting. I heat embossed the images on a scrap of card stock. I covered the entire scrap with Salty Ocean Distress ink. Then I took water and "painted" the inside of the images and it lifts the color from the image. Then I used other colors of distress ink to kind of fill in the images. I also lifted some of the blue to make it look like there was currents in the water. I added a sentiment from the set. Just love this one and I'll be using this technique again. It was lots of fun. I hope you'll join us this week and play along with our "sea" challenge at the Outlawz CAS.
I am entering these challenges:
- Seize the Birthday: birthday anything goes
- Simon Says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
- Addicted to Stamps and More: make your mark
- CASology:distress
- Beccy's Place: anything goes
- 30 Days of Coloring: coloring
I am off to do some more crafting today. I have several cards I need finished by the end of the month and that's coming up pretty quickly. So I'm sure I'll be back later today with all my last minute stuff. It never changes. LOL! Have a super Sunday!
Donna
8 comments:
Love the deep and rich blue that you use for the sea water. Fabulous composition, too! Well done on the Distress Ink Lifting! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!
What a fun technique! I love the rich colours and those sweet images. Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
Super way to make the currents in the sea. The seahorse and fish look beautiful. It's a delightful card.
Sharon xx
Your card is fabulous Donna, I love the pretty colours and the wonderful matching sentiment. You did a great job with the technique you learned from Jennifer, the colouring is awesome. Well done!
Cheers,
Beccy
OK, I am definitely going to need to try that technique! Distress ink lifting! What a brilliant effect it had on your lovely, rich sea horses! Thanks for playing along at CASology!
It looks like that is a popular technique, Donna, and you did a great job with it. I love the layout of your card. Thanks for sharing it at ATSM this week.
Cute card and cute sentiment. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.
I adore sea creature birthday cards and this one is no exception! I sure appreciate you joining us over at Seize the Birthday for Anything Goes!
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