Monday, 15 August 2011

CCMC 162...

The jury is still out on this card, but thought I would use a stamp set which hasn't been out of its box for some time, & give it a little bit of ink.

I've taken the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary which looked a great easy sketch until I blocked myself into a corner & out come the colour-coach.  I then re-did a couple of colours as I wasn't too happy with the original take on it.  This is the first time I have done a sketch from here, but they are always have great sketches.

Base Card - Not Quite Navy - 5 7/8" x 4 1/4" or 15cm x 10.5cm - ie once it has been scored in half
Layer 1 - Crumb Cake - 5 3/4" x 4" or 14.5cm x 10cm
Layer 2 - DSP - 4" x 1" or 10cm x 2.5cm
Layer 3 - Ribbon
Layer 4 - Not Quite Navy - Large Circle
Layer 5 - Very Vanilla - Smaller Circle

I coloured my ribbon with Crumb Cake Re-Inker & set aside to dry.

Inside Card...

Using Crumb Cake Ink I stamped my image randomly onto the Crumb Cake Cardstock, adhered the DSP to the top of the Crumb Cake.  I wanted to make it look like bubbles coming up from the bottom of the ocean.  I made a mask of the Seahorse from scrap paper & cut it out.  I stamped the seahorse image onto Very Vanilla Cardstock using Garden Green Ink, I attached the mask over the top of the seahorse, using another image & Garden Green Ink, I stamped off twice before stamping over the mask.  I repeated again.  I then inked my image again using Not Quite Navy Ink & stamped over the top twice.

I cut my 2 circles using the Circles Die, adhered the Very Vanilla circle to the Not Quiet Navy Circle & then to the Cumb Cake Piece.  I then ran the ribbon across the middle where the 2 pieces met & tied a bow off-centre.  Using SU Dimensionals, I adhered the whole piece to the Base Card.

With Envelope...

I stamped 3 shell images onto Very Vanilla Cardstock using Baja Breeze & cut them out.  These were applied to the card as per the sketch with the back one being adhered direct to the card while the front 2 were adhered using SU Dimensionals - gotta love these SU Dimensionals.

I repeated my masking for the inside of my card, adhered the Very Vanilla straight to the base card.  The masking was again repeated for my envelope.

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Ocean Commotion, Circle Circus
Ink - baja Breeze, Garden Green, Not Quite Navy
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
DSP - Elegant Soiree
Ribbon - 3/8 Taffeta - Whisper White
Dies - Circles #2
Accessories - Snail Glue, Bigshot, Re-Inker - Crumb Cake, SU Dimensionals


Until next time, Enjoy! 

9 comments:

Renée said...

beautiful colours and images! Thanks for playing with us at CCMC!

Deb said...

This is a lovely card! I love these colors together! You are so creative on making the bubbles! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

Connie Babbert said...

What a fun take on the sketch! Very creative with the shells! Thanks for playing along with us on Create with Connie and Mary!

Leigh said...

I do like the way you've combined the Circle Circus set with Ocean Commotion. Love the bubbles.

Lisa Martz said...

Great ocean card...perfect color combo. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!

Carrie Gaskin said...

This is fantastic! I wouldn't have thought to put those two stamp sets together. Thank you so much for playing at CCMC this week!

Jean McKenzie said...

Such a great way to use this set Vicky! I love the colours and your background!

Debbie Henderson said...

Very well done with the masking technique. Love the little "bubbles" in the background. Thanks for playing Create with Connie & Mary!

Mary Brown said...

What fabulous colors on this! Great use of that image on the sketch! Thanks for joining us this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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