Seas the Day at Scrap 'n Stamp!

Happy first Friday of the month! It's time for a new Scrap 'n Stamp blog hop! We are calling our August hop SEAS THE DAY - projects with a beach/ocean/water theme. And just to challenge ourselves a little more, we decided to make engineered cards! We are using Photoplay card kits, which made the engineering part stress-free. ;) I used the Tunnel Card Kit for mine:

From the front, it doesn't look much different from an ordinary card! (but a little harder to close completely - I think that's more first-time user error than a flaw of the kit). Given our theme, I grabbed a selection of my Whittle dies and some patterned paper - this is from an older My Favorite Things pad, but here is a similar one. I coloured the octopus and the sun with Copics. 

And when you open the card, you get this!

I used a couple of rounded rectangle dies to make the tunnels into my card interior. For the very bottom layer, I used a stencil with a couple of distress inks. I covered the top two layers with more patterned paper. Then it was a matter of adding my sentiments and my sea critters where I wanted them. 

I am really pleased with the way this card turned out for a first attempt with this kit! I think my Scrap 'n Stamp teammates had fun too. Check out their creations and comment along the way for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Scrap 'n Stamp store! Here's the hop list: 

Tara

Lindsey ---> you are here!

Deborah

Chala

Kia

Susan

Jessica

If you decide you want to try one of these fun card kits for yourself, I hope you'll click on my Scrap 'n Stamp link over to the right - and remember to use my code 10Lindsey for 10% off your order!And what's a hop without a sale:

Happy hopping... and happy weekend! 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, Photoplay Paper Value Pack Tunnel Card Kit, MFT Painted Prints Smitten patterned paper, PoppyStamps Whittle Sealife Sentiments stamps, Versafine onyx black & broken china & mermaid lagoon distress inks, PoppyStamps Whittle Wave Background, Whittle Sunshine, Whittle Dolphin, Whittle Happy Octopus, Whittle Shark & MFT rounded stitched rectangle dies, Copic markers, Heffy Doodle bubble waves stencil