Welcome friends! Today I’ve designed my second card featuring
the kit. The kit has sold out.
My card today is a tall, tri-fold card, 3.75x9. I made sure this card fits nicely into a
regular #10 envelope J. Today’s card tells a story by creating a fun
ocean scene.
Step 1: I used Canson XL watercolor paper and trimmed down the 9x12 panel to 9x11.25.
Step 2: I taped
together enough post-it notes to fit the width of the 11.25 wide panel. Then I cut curves and valleys to make a mask
to create the sand bottom of the sea.
Step 3: Using my
mask, I masked off the floor of the sea.
Next, I used the sea glass and blue water
inks from the kit. I applied them to the
panel with blending tools. I blended
both colors to make my sea. Afterwards,
I spritzed some water across the panel to create texture and bubbles throughout
the water.
Step 4: I removed
the mask and let the panel dry and applied my anti-static powder bag to the
line dividing the water and my soon to be sea bottom.
Step 5: Then I created
my sand floor. Using the same mask, I
turned it upward in the opposite direction and used VersaMark ink and took the
pad directly to the panel and repeated all the way across making sure I got
good coverage. Next I liberally applied
Hero Arts Sand Embossing Powder that came in a previous kit. I let my heat tool get very hot and started
by heating from the back of the panel before switching the heat to the front to
finish the embossing of the sand.
Step 6: I scored
the panel twice, once at the 3.75 mark and turned it to score it again at the
3.75 mark. Next, I used my bone folder
to fold each scored line creating the tri-fold.
Step 7: I folded the panel and ran it through my
die-cutting machine to flattened my panel as it got warped during the creation process.
Step 8: I stamped
and die-cut many of the images from the kit to create my ‘bottom of the sea’
scene. I stamped each image on various colored
cardstock.
Step 9: I stamped my sentiment from the kit, “I would
swim the seven seas to find you”, twice on the front panel using VersaFine Onyx
black ink.
Step 10: Using VersaFine Onyx black ink, I stamped the
scuba diver directly on the panel, twice, once so s/he appears to be swimming
down to the sea bottom and once so s/he appears to be swimming up towards the
surface of the sea.
Step 11 : Next, I used my anti-static bag and
VersaMark embossing ink to stamp the school of fish image from the kit, twice,
and heat embossed it with Brutus Monroe White Alabaster Embossing Powder.
Step 12: Now I’m ready to build my ocean scene. I started by laying out all my images and repositioning them until I get them where I wanted them. I
glue them on with liquid adhesive and place a stamping block on each to secure
it down.
Step 13: I applied Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops to
all the sea life to add sparkle and shine.
You can see it much better in person versus the photo.
This card was fun to make. Hope
it provides inspiration to you! I’ll be
back soon with more cards using this kit.
Thanks for stopping by. Good
day friends!
Rae