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Thursday 7 July 2022

Seahorses

Good Morning everyone

Still on my mission to use up paper scraps from the water themed 'feeling fresh' paper pad from the works.  Here i went for a floating element of adding the strips of paper to acetate and die cutting into a circle.


6x6" card.  I die cut a square and mounted onto blue card and then the base having stamped the sentiment with dark blue ink.  I added my floating circle to the bottom right corner adding foam tape just behind where the paper is.  I stamped the seahorse onto a scrap of previously inked with brusho's card and cut out, gently curved and added to the circle with glue gel.  All the extra stamped starfish & shells were left over from previous projects and lots of yellow/orange gems to finish - again i was using up random left over gems.   The acetate sheet that the gems were on is now in my acetate stash for a future project.

Just a close up, i used white and yellow posca pens to add more detail.

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Version 2 & 3, I decided to mount my paper strips onto silver mirror card instead of acetate

6x6" scalloped base card.  Square die cut layered onto silver mirror card so that the mirror shines through the eyelet holes in the frame.  Again seahorse and fish were stamped onto an off cut of card that had been coloured with brushos & pixie powders.  I used another off cut of the papers for a strip across the middle of the card

and version 3

The same but different - more vibrant this time and i added my circle with the strips at a diagonal for a change.  Sea la vie sentiment & fish stamp is from a pink ink stamp set 'diver mouse'

Items Used:
Lavinia stamps 'Sebastian seahorse'
Pink Ink stamps 'diver mouse' wee folk series
Pink ink ' sea turtle' stamp set 
Chocolate baroque stamps 'seashell collage'
Sentiment stamps ' old magazine freebie
Tattered lace square eyelet dies
The works paper pad 'feeling fresh'
Acetate
Silver mirror card
CraftUk Ltd White linen card
Blue card

Thank you all for stopping by once again.

Id love to enter the following:

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https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-431.html - all the patterned paper is snippets and the coloured card i stamped my seahorses on were off cuts from previous projects.

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15 comments:

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

Stunning collection today love the seahorses.
Ginny
My Blog As I do Rodos

Kate Jeffery said...

beautiful cards Emma
Kate x

Darlene said...

OH WOW ... these are all just awesome! FABULOUS coloring! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Creatures In/Under the Sea’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!!

Darlene
DOUBLE D CHALLENGE
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Sarn said...

Lovely trio of seahorse scenic cards. Great "floating" idea with the acetate.

Thanks for coming to play at the Snippets Playground. There's a group of us up in the Playground Treehouse enjoying a Sarngria or two after lunch if you wish to join us! xxx

meg said...

You created 3 brilliant sea themed cards with scraps from your paper pad,love the seahorses and your layouts

Di said...

Oh my word - what stunning work! This really is breathtaking Emma. Fishy world made totally fabulous!

Hugs Di xx

Denise Fletcher said...

Wow fabulous sea theme cards Emma! Love them all!

sandy's crafty bits said...

Hi Emma ... loving your fishy cards so cute and love the "sea la vie" sentiment very clever ... hope you hare keeping well and enjoying this beautiful weather ... stay safe ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

Jean S said...

What superb cards Emma, loving the seahorses! Jxx

Sheryl said...

I love all three versions of this card Emma.
Thank you for entering our Anything Goes Challenge at Through The Craft Room Door. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Sheryl xx
TTCRD DT

StephW said...

Absolutely love these cards Emma! Steph x

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous cards Emma love all the sea themed stamp,beautiful Seahorse and your die-cut circle background
Carol x

My Side of Oz said...

Wow! Those paper strip circles are amazing! Perfect for your underwater scenes! Love those vibrant seahorses! Thanks for playing with us at Through The Craft Room Door! Nan, DT

Amelia Breytenbach said...

Beautiful cards, gorgeous seahorse image and really well thought out and put together
Thanks for sharing with us at Double "D" Challenge
Amelia (DT Double "D" Challenges)

Kirsty said...

Fabulous selection of cards Emma, love the idea with the floating circle too, brilliant. Love them all. Big hugs Kirsty. x