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Thursday 13 May 2021

Happy Whale

Good Morning everyone

Today is a bright and fun birthday card using the aall&create sea life stamp set.  Ive given him a very sparkle background with wink of stella pens

A5 navy cardblank.  I cut a piece of white card to fit my card base and made a background with wink of stella pens & water in blue, purple & green.  Once dried i stamped the whale stamp.  I added some extra detail with a black fineliner pen.  I then used a paintbrush and water & dabbing with a tissue to remove some of the ink from the circles, hexagons & swirl around the whale. I stamped some extra details with oxide inks.  I then stencilled on some circles with oxide ink & small dots with gold paint and edged the whole panel with gold starlight paint. 

I stamped the whale  again onto white, watercoloured with distress inks, cut out the whale & added over the top of the main one with glue gel.  Die cut sentiment to finish from white and navy cardstock. 

A close up on the whale

Trying to show the gold paint - it really has an amazing shine and shimmer and lovely for little stencilled accents.  Sadly the photos don't really pick up the sparkle of the background either.

Just showing it side on

Items Used:
Aall&create stamps 'sea life'
Grunge stamps
circles, little dots stencils
Sentiment dies
Imagination Crafts Starlight paint 'rich gold'
Kuratake wink of stella pens
Distress inks - lemonade & honey

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmaxx



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18 comments:

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Absolutely stunning Emma.
Ginny
My Blog As I do Rodos

meg said...

Fantastic background with wonderful depth of colour and impression of movement,love the whale

gwen70 said...

Fabulous card Emma love the colours xx

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous background and stamps-love all the colours
Carol x

NanaConnie said...

WOW, Emma, what an incredible background! Great color choices for showcasing the whale. Thank you so much for joining our "Anything Goes with a Critter" challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Creations this month. Hope to see you playing again soon. Good luck.
NanaConnie DT

Hazel (Didos) said...

Oh WOW, Emma this is stunning, I bet it looks even sparklier in real life, love it, hope alls well, Hazel xx

Jean S said...

An other great card Emma, colours super and I’m sure the sparkle sets it off xx

Julene Matthews said...

Perfect! THanks for joining us at UYS.

Witchcrafted Life said...

What an eye-catching, absolutely gorgeous card! I swear, I was just thinking about whales earlier today and seeing this dazzling make feels all the more like the universe's way of saying I should create a project of my own again soon featuring these endlessly majestic creatures. TY for the beautiful and very appreciated inspiration!

Autumn Zenith 🧡 Witchcrafted Life

Dawn Phillips said...

It's so vibrant and stunning. Love Dawn x

StephW said...

Love your golden whale in his watery setting ... gold blue purple & green so eye catching! Steph x

ALI said...

Stunning and wonderful colours x

sandy's crafty bits said...

Hi Emma what a super special card and love the background well done the recipient will love it ... hope you are well stay safe... Happy crafting and love sandy XOXO ❤

Kirsty said...

Fabulous card Emma, glad to see you back and crafting. Love the gorgeous backgound bet it really sparkles and shimmers. Inspirational as always. Big hugs Kirsty. x

Brenda said...

Emma, this is such an amazing piece. I would consider it mixed media a find a place to hang it in my room. Thanks so much for sharing your process and for joining us over at Little Red Wagon Challenge this week!

Kate Jeffery said...

a fantastic card Emma
Kate x

Tammy L said...

I love the colors, the mixed media and all the great layers on this card. Really well done! Thanks for joining our challenge at Use Your Stuff and hope to see you again.
Tammy DT Coordinator

Diane said...

Fantastic background, the colors are amazing and love the whale.

Hugs diane