Shell Stamps

Love this gorgeous combination for the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge 255!  I enjoy making masculine cards.  I know I'm in the minority!

I used By the Tide for this one.  I started with a Hardwood background, cut the Marina Mist with a circle, stamped the seaweed, cut the Early Espresso twice and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Then I stamped the fish in Marina Mist on Whisper White.  I used an Aqua Painter to pick up some color from the Sahara Sand ink pad and did some areas a little darker for shading.  The sentiment is from a new set, Happy Happenings.  I cut it out with the Project Life labels framelits.  It's hard to see but the fish eye is glossy from Crystal Effects.

Just a quick post.... made this for my brother-in-law who spends most of his time near the ocean.  I pulled this dsp out to make a tote bag but never got to it.  I hope to do that soon and will post when I can.

This paper is retiring so act fast if you're interested in it!  Shop here for retiring products.  Maritime designer series paper is on page 5.

This is a thank you I made for our lighthouse tour guides.  I used the By The Tide stamp set.  I sponged Lost Lagoon, Pool Party and Island Indigo on Whisper White cardstock.  Then I added some dots from Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake.  I stamped the fish, seahorse and shell.  I cut out the fish & shell and colored in with an Aqua Painter and then added Wink of Stella clear pen to make it shimmery.  You can't really see that, so I took a closer picture.  I stamped the Thank You from Something to Say, tied on some Linen Thread and put it on an Island Indigo card.

Thanks for taking time to let me know what you think.  I love reading your comments!  And please let me know if you would like to order any of these products and need help.

I got this By the Tide set in recently and I finally got the chance to ink it up.  I love this set!  I find it very hard creating scenes though.

I sponged the background in Island Indigo and Pool Party with a Stampin' Up! sponge.  I use a craft mat so I dab it on that and then start in a circular motion on my Whisper White card stock.  Then I stamped the fish in Old Olive, seahorse and shell in Crisp Cantaloupe, and cut them out.  I colored the fish in with Island Indigo and an aqua painter.  I colored the seahorse with Crisp Cantaloupe and the shell as well.  Then I added some Tangerine Tango for shading on the shell and also some pool party.   Then I added shimmer with my Wink of Stella clear pen.  It's very hard to see in the picture.  This is why I have a crooked photo.  I tried everything!

I need to practice more with the scenes.  I'm not really sure about the placement here.  I think I would add another fish in the future.  I just had to get it done and in the mail for my sister-in-law.

Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions or comments!

Some Stampin' Up! products used: