Good Morning everyone
Today is a card with aall&create octopus stamp - sadly the photos don't show up all the bling, the background is done with wink of stella pens and i gave it a gilded effect edge.
5x5 cardblank. I first die cut a square of white card using the eyelet die, then i stamped the octopus in black and added extra stamping using grungy background stamps, mostly sticking to the diagonal. I then coloured the background with blue and purple wink of stella pens so it really shimmers. I added little dot stencilling with starlight rich gold paint, i also used the paint to edge the panel to give a nice gilded effect.
I stamped the octopus twice more, on one i coloured the body in oranges and the 2nd one just the hat in green, i then cut them out, gently curved and decoupaged onto the main image. A little stamped sentiment and green stickles glitter dots to finish.
You can sort of see the shine on the gilded edge - these starlight paints have an amazing shimmer as do the wink of stella pens when the light hits them. The 'hang in there' sentiment felt apt for the octopus with many 'arms' - its for a friend who is struggling at the moment as are alot of us i think....Im just taking it one day at a time
Items Used:
aall&create stamp - sea life
Various grungy background stamps
Small dots stencil
Imagination crafts starlight paint - rich gold & orange (this is also now called cadence 'dora' paint)
Stickles glitter glue - lime green
Wink of stella pens - blue, purple
Distress inks - twisted citron, marmalade, persimmon
Thank you for stopping by. I hope its a good week for you. Stay safe. Hugs Emmax
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As always a fantastic card Emma, love your stamp and colours
ReplyDeletethis is fabulous Emma.
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Brilliant card Emma, love the background xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous, sparkly fun card Emma :-)
ReplyDeletea fabulous card Emma
ReplyDeleteKate x
Fabulous background colors and what a super fun design.
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Would love to see this card in real life with all the bling. It's really hard to do justice to cards like this in a photo. Still looks fabulous, though! x
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, love the background and the octopus very smart with a hat lol. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteFabulous, love this Emma, great image and brilliant background. Following you now. xxx
ReplyDeleteStunning project, BRILLIANT design.. Thank you so much for entering your gorgeous project into our "MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND" challenge atThe sisterhood of crafters this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
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Fun image and card! Thank you for sharing with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters.
ReplyDeleteOMG this is just awesome Emma! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Great card Emma, love the background x
ReplyDeleteLove your colourful shimmery background a perfect setting for the leggy octopus x
ReplyDeleteEmma: Fantastic mixed media card of encouragement! Thanks for linking to MTTC's just closed Glitter and Shine theme fortnight! I didn't know an octopus to look glamorous but your paints and accents plus image layering have produced a wonderful card front! --Becca/DT
ReplyDeleteAh this wee guy makes me smile!! Ace card, Hazelxx
ReplyDeleteHow charmingly fun. It would be hard not to feel happier upon receiving a whimsically charming card like this.
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Fabulous background and love the octopus
ReplyDeleteCarol x
What a gorgeous card, just like my whale card. Love the cool Octopus in his hat. Big hugs Kirsty. x
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