Shark week IG hop

Happy Wednesday friends.  I've got 2 posts planned for your today - the first one is for a card hop I'm participating in on Instagram to celebrate Shark Week.  The card hop is hosted by my good friend Kelly and today's hop will showcase some fintastic cards featuring all things shark to celebrate Shark Week. Thank you to Whimsy Stamps and Hero Arts for supporting our hop and for your fabulous prize giveaways for 2 lucky winners.  Check out all the details over on my IG account. 

Here is my card:

and a close up of my shark:

I began by stamping the shark and colouring him with Promarkers.  I fussy cut him out and added glaze to his eyes.  The background is a sheet of patterned paper but I added extra details from the stamp set.  The sea bed was stamped along with the sea grass and I coloured the lower part of the paper with a light brown Promarker to mimic the sand.  I also stamped some fish in the background for some added interest.  The sentiment was stamped onto navy card, white heat embossed and die cut with a banner die.  The paper was added onto a navy card panel and this was adhered to my card blank with double sided tape.  The shark and sentiment were added with foam tape.  For a final finishing touch I added a couple of clear rain drop embellishments to resemble bubbles.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar challenge - ATG

Make My Monday challenge - birthday

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option sparkle/shine

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG feature a critter (again delete if sharks not allowed)

Scrapping4fun challenge - birthday

Little Bit of Rainbow challenge - shark week

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - sea life

Before I go I thought I would share one interesting fact about sharks.  Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, sharks were swimming in our oceans. In fact, they’ve been around for over 400 million years. They don’t have bones (their skeletons are made of cartilage), though, so there are no fossils to be found.

Please swim on over to IG and give our sponsors some love then swim on back to see the amazing shark creations in the hop.  Don't forget there are 2 prizes up for grabs so comment on the hop for a chance to win.  

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll be back later with my card for Week 5 of the Summer Crush Wednesdays IG hop.  

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Woodware Stamps - Jaws stamp set

12 x 12 paper pad - fresh feelings from The Works

Promarkers

Tonic - Nuvo Crystal glaze

Little Things from Lucy's Cards - clear raindrops

MFT - blueprints 27 (for the sentiment banner die)