Jul 24, 2015
Blog Design Team: Big Birthday Fishes!
Today’s project from Blog Team Member Amy Sheffer has us taking a dive under the sea! We absolutely adore it and can’t wait to share it with you…
And now, here’s Amy to tell us all about her project…
Today I’m combining two of my very favorite current trends: watercolor
and scenes. And what better scene to watercolor than an underwater
scene?!
I started by die-cutting two layers of waves out of watercolor
paper using the Build A Scene – Rolling Waves dies.
I used the’
smooshing’ technique for the background (I mixed light blue, aqua and
white watercolors paints on a craft sheet, heavily spritzed with water,
and then smooshed my watercolor paper into the puddle). The sand is
simply a narrow strip of torn Kraft card stock. I die-cut a few pieces
of seaweed and coral using the Build A Scene – Underwater dies. I
die-cut them from watercolor paper as well, so that I could give them a
variegated look with watercolors. After painting them, I adhered them
just behind the sand layer. I only adhered in a few places, so that I
could bend the branches for dimension.
I stamped, watercolored, and
fussy cut a handful of fish (from Under the Sea) and tucked them
in among the coral and seaweed. (I fussy cut my fish, but coordinating
Under the Sea Dies are available, too, if you prefer die-cutting to make quick work of cutting.) The
sentiment, also from Under the Sea, was stamped in black ink,
clear embossed, die-cut into a circle, and adhered with foam tape.
I
added a strip of herringbone woodgrain paper just below the sand line,
which I think kind of gives the scene an aquarium look. For one last
finishing touch, I added a length of white linen thread tied off in a
bow.
Thank you for sharing this fun and frolicky card today, Amy! You can find more of Amy’s beautiful work on her blog, Pickled Paper Designs. Have a joyful day!