Under The Sea Father's Day Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I had so much fun with some mixed media to create this card for my husband! My California guy loves the beach, so I started with some watercolor paper and applied gesso with TCW "Texurized" stencil to make my ocean. Then I placed a piece of Artist's Tape along the top to keep it free from all of the various mists and LSG sprays that I used to make the ocean and sand. After removing the tape, I used Distress Inks to color the sky, and some water to create clouds. Then I used the same stencil with some brown ink to make the rocks in the water. Once dry I applied some clear gesso for texture, and used some more inks over it. Then to make reflections in the water, I used the same stencil again, turned upside down, and inked in a dark blue right below the rocks. I also used Clear Wink Of Stella over the reflections to give it a little shimmer, which is kinda hard to see here.

     The seaweed was stamped with the Under The Sea stamp set from Red Rubber Designs, colored with Distress Inks, and given some sparkle with Clear Wink Of Stella. Then I machine stitched around the edges, and added some fiber which I also colored with sprays to match the seaweed. For some sandy texture on the shore, I used Distress Embossing Powder (Brushed Corduroy), which is a GREAT sand color, then scattered and glued the little seashells.

   
     To the base of my card I added layers of mulberry papers, which I haven't  used in YEARS! But I love the look of the torn edges, and the colors were perfect for my image! Before adding my image though, I used my new TCW Stencil "Nautical Chains" to mask the netting on the right with dark brown ink, then Distress Embossing Powder "Brushed Corduroy" again. Then on the bottom left corner I used white embossing powder with the So Splattered Cling Mounted Stamp.

     Then sentiment was done using the Contemporary Greetings Unmounted Stamp, stamping happy with brown ink, and the rest embossed in white.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Contemporary Greetings

Under the Sea (No longer available in the rubber stamp, but available in the digital store)

Challenges:

The Mixed Media Card Challenge ~ #23 Reflections

Scrapbook.com ~ May Inspirational Card Challenge

Inspirational # 129 ~ By the Sea

   Summer by the Sea is what Inspirational #129 is all about, hosted by myself, for Red Rubber Inspirationals! I made these colorful tags made out of cardstock, some fibers, and of course stamping.

    I started by cutting my tags out of white cardstock at 4 1/2", using my Cricut and the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge. Then I cut tags at 5" using colored cardstock for the backs, covering the edges with Stickles for some sparkle. I applied Distress Inks onto the white tags with my blending tool, and simply gave them a little splash of water. The effect was just what I wanted to showcase the Mini Shells and Under the Sea stamps from Red Rubber Designs. For the tops of the tags, I used Reinforcers, and then used my Big Bite II to attach the silver gromlets, tying some fibers through them. The images were colored with markers and Stickles, and finished with some bling for the eyes. 

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