Hello and happy spring! Today I made a card using Simon Says Stamps darling new stamp set Under The Sea Animals. Each animal is so cute and has an angelic expression on it’s face. I couldn’t wait to use it!
I started by making an alcohol ink background with my new Piñata Alcohol inks on Ranger Yupo paper. I was interested in trying alcohol inks, but I did not want to invest a lot in them. I don’t always love the backgrounds people create, but I do like some of them so I wanted to try. I found the Piñata inks to be easy to use and I received 10 inks for $20 on Amazon. I will get some Tim Holz Ranger Alcohol inks to compare with Piñata inks. I will do a post on that in the not to distant future.
Back to the card…I made the background using Baja Blue, Rain Forest Green, Passion Purple and Gold Piñata alcohol Inks. I didn’t do anything fancy, just picked up the paper and swirled them around.
Once the background was dry, I used my Birch Press Waves Cover die C to cut out the waves. I then used some 80lb Neenah Solar White Cardstock to cut out Birch Press Waves Cover Die A. I sprayed adhesive on the back of A and adhered to my alcohol ink background. I colored a cardstock panel with Distress Oxide Salty Ocean and adhered the waves to the panel. I adhered the panel to a side folding card base.
I stamped all of the adorable sea animals on scrap white cardstock and colored them with my Copics. I used the whale, turtle and star fish on this card. I used B29, B26 and B23 on the whale, Y08 and Y19 on the star fish and BG45, BG49 and BG13 on the sea turtle. I fussy cut them out and attached them to a white cardstock circle I cut out using MFT ‘s stitched circle die-a mics. I stamped the sentiment using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink. I adhered each animal with Ranger foam adhesive and then painted them with Wink of Stella.
Thanks for stopping by and viewing my post today. Enjoy your crafting adventure!
The Quiet Sister 