Happy Tuesday friends. I'm taking part in the second annual IG hop 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. Kelly is personally giving away an amazing prize of 3 stamp sets so make sure you comment on her stop for a chance to win. You can find out all the details over on my IG account.
For my card I've used an older Lawn Fawn stamp set, but I've only just gotten my hands on it (I know I'm way behind the times) and I'm sure lots of my fellow hoppers will be using this cute little stamp set too.
Here is my card:
A closer look at the cute images:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by stamping my images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers; I used the matching dies to cut them out. I die cut a decorative stitched panel from white card and using some blue scraps from my bin used the same die to cut smaller sections. I also took a tiny scallop die to cut the edges of the blue pieces. Before adhering them to my panel I ink blended the blue pieces using a stencil to create 'waves'. I added the blue pieces with liquid glue. I mixed a couple of stamps to create my sentiment and stamped it at the top of the white panel with black ink. I adhered my images with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares. At the last minute I decided to give my shark a party hat so coloured and die cut that and added it with a tiny foam square. The panel was added to the card base with foam tape. For the inside I repeated the same steps to create my panel and water, stamped my sentiment in the upper centre with black ink and adhered another shark and bubbles with liquid glue. I also stamped the duh-nuh sentiment below the shark. The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape. A fun birthday card and I'm happy with how it turned out.
We are also sharing fun and interesting shark facts in our instagram posts so I thought I would add one here too.
Did you know - Sharks Don’t Have Vocal Chords. Despite the soundtracks that follow sharks in the movies, sharks are silent creatures. This is because sharks don’t have vocal chords, making them unable to make noise like other marine animals such as dolphins, whales, or seals. Interesting huh?
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar challenge - add a sentiment
Creative Friday challenge - cute
Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter (hope my shark and fish are allowed)
Cut it Up challenge - critters (real or fantasy) - hope my shark and fish are allowed!
Everybody Art challenge - we love stamping
Get Creative challenge - use red, white and/or blue
Halloween and Other Occasions challenge - always birthday
Inkspirational challenge - use stencils optional use paste
Scrapping4Fun challenge - birthday
Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG optional twist Christmas in July
Stencil Fun challenge - use a stencil optional shades of blue
The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option critter crazy
We Love Stamping challenge - sun, sea, sand or ATG
Please swim on over to IG to see the amazing shark creations in the hop. Don't forget to leave a comment on Kelly's stop (@createwithkas) to be in the running to win her fantastic giveaway.
Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.
Love and hugs,
card ingredients:
Lawn Fawn - duh-nuh stamp set (and matching die)
Lawn Fawn - Year Two stamp set (and matching die) for party hat and inside sentiment
Lawn Fawn - simply summer sentiments (for part of outside greeting)
Heffy Doodle - showtime frame dies (picked up in their closing down sale)
Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card
Clearly Besotted - scalloped edges die collection - retired
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card
MFT - drifts and hills stencil (to create 'waves') ? retired
Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad
Memento - tuxedo black ink pad
Versafine - onyx black ink pad
blue card from scraps bin
8 comments:
An IG Hop for Shark Week? I'm there! Your card is adorable, great CAS style. Thanks for linking up at The Paper Funday Challenge!
Donna xx
Paper Funday Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
A fun card and perfect for our Sun, Sea, Sand theme at We Love Stamping challenge, many thanks for sharing. Lovely to see you at Stamping Sensations as well, thank you.
B x
Beautiful ocean card in a great CAS design. I love your beautiful scene. Great waves and a very friendly shark. It really looks so great. The colors are great too and with these dies it is such a beautiful design.
Thank you for participating in the current Everybody Art Challenge.
Hugs Uschi
What a cute scene and the shark is adorable! Thanks for sharing with us at Cut It Up :)
What a fun and beautifully-made card - I love how you've used the layers for the sea and the images are coloured very nicely. Thanks for joining in at Inkspirational.
Such fun stamps and a fabulous design. Thank you for playing along with this month’s ‘Add A Sentiment’ Challenge at Crafty Calendar.
Chris
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You may be late to the stamps but this is a beautifully crafted CAS oceanic card. Many thanks for joining our July theme at We Love Stamping Challenge Karen DT
Such a sweet little scene. Love your design. Many thanks for joining us at Creative Crafters Challenge.
Hugs Silke
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