Thursday, March 3, 2022

Seize the Birthday: Ocean Creatures


It's time to start a new challenge at Seize the Birthday! If you know my teammate Glenda at all, it will not surprise you to learn that she is the mind behind our current "topping": Ocean Creatures. Of course, if you like to stay on land, we always like to see all newly-created birthday cards in our gallery. I decided to go cute and CAS for my card: 


My ocean is double-stencilled, first with the abstract shape and distress ink, and then a second time, leaving the first stencil in place and using the same colour ink to add waves and bubbles. Before I took away the stencils, I sprayed and splatted some sparkle mist over. My crab is coloured with Copics and die cut. I wish I'd had a small wobbler in my stash, as wouldn't that make for a fun element? But I didn't, so I had to make do with some foam tape. The strip of patterned paper along the bottom may not have been my wisest move, but overall I'm still happy with how this came out. 


There is an ocean of inspiration on the StB blog, from the design team and our current surprise party guest, Deepti! I hope you'll make a card and join us. 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, MFT dots & stripes neutral patterned paper, MFT Beach Buds stamps and dies, Versafine onyx black & salty ocean distress ink, Copic markers, MFT watercolour wash free & Heffy Doodle bubble waves stencils, Tsukineko shimmer sparkle mist, foam tape

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13 comments:

Dotty Jo said...

I want to rush to the craftroom and CASE the heck outta this! Adorably cute, Lindsey, I love it, Jo x

Kim Heggins said...

This is so sweet!!! Love your adorable little crab!

Barbara Godden said...

Adorable little crab, beautifully coloured and popped up on a fabulously stenciled background. Love it.

Barbara said...

Stay on land, that is a good one and I enjoyed it. As for your card, the sunglasses on that carb is hilarious and I loved the snarky sentiment to go with it.

Nancy said...

I love this card for so many reasons. The background, the stenciling, and that cute crab! Oh, and I am giving my blog post writing job over to you! I love your brain! Seriously! You and Carl Mayne are so good!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Great minds with a cute red lobster :)

Ashwini Rao said...

That's one cool looking crabby! The dhouble stencilled background is super awesome too. I love how the card looks so much fun!

shirley-bee said...

Fun ocean card, Lindsey! Your crab is so cool with its shades 😎

JoAnn said...

This is so cute. Love the red crab and fun sentiment They look great on the background.

Cathy said...

Love the double stencilled background and the shimmery spray...perfect! I like the paper on the bottom, nice sandy base for the cute little crab, Cathy x

Colleen said...

Fun card and I love the double stencil too!

JulieP said...

Very cute but don't send that to me. I have enough inches, thank you very much. *wink*

Glenda J said...

Your double stencilled & sparkled ocean is amazing. That crab is so adorable and really pops on the ocean. Terrific card my friend.