I'm very excited to join you tonight as a Guest Designer on the lovely Kelly Kent's team blog hop. Thanks so much to Kelly and the rest of the Paper Adventures team for the invitation, which I was thrilled to accept.
Kelly gave me a theme of 'S' for the hop. I love these types of challenges, as it's so wide open for interpretation. I always challenge myself to see how many S elements I can fit into my card. Let's see!
The most obvious is the stamp set, Seaside Notions. I'm not usually a fan of sea themed sets, but I really love this one! My background is a piece of See A Silhouette DSP, over which I've stamped the coral image with Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink. The oval cropped from Shimmery White cardstock and then sponged using several inks. I stared with Pool Party at my focal point, followed by Pacific Point a little around the point, then Blueberry Bushell further out, and finally Night Of Navy around the very edges. Hopefully it looks like looking up into the sun from underwater! I finished that panel by flicking some water over the top to give a bubbly effect.
The seahorse was coloured using my Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green Pigment Sprinkles. I then heat embossed with Silver embossing powder and used the Bleached Watercolour Technique to remove some of the colour. It gives that lovely translucent look that seahorses have. I then finished off with a sentiment and some sequins. Lots of 'S' elements there!
The DSP I used on the inside was my test piece for the front - I wanted to see how the Delicata ink would look on the DSP before I committed to stamping the big piece. I loved it, so I decided to use the test on the inside. I also had a scrap of the Pigment Sprinkles piece big enough for the shell, so that got used too.
So I will say thank you to Kelly and her team once again, and then direct you to Siobhan's blog so that you can continue the Hop.
Bye for now,
Tina
Wow..just wow! I love your card Tina and so many 's' inspiration. Thanks for joining us on the hop! Kelly x
ReplyDeleteOooo Tina, you've smashed the "s" challenge out of the park! Thank you so much for hopping with us this month and for creating such a beautiful card to share. That seahorse looks sensational. And I really, really love the stamping on the DSP. I was just thinking today about how I don't do this often enough. Beautiful colours. Just a beautiful card all round, as always :)
ReplyDeleteLovely card Tina, you certainly embraced the “S” theme
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