Vellum seahorse shaker card

 Yet another way to use vellum….instead of acetate for a shaker card,

but also to die cut for accents, interest and added texture.

Just love the embossing folder, well actually I love all the sea themed products SU have.

The seahorse is just adorable, they are fascinating creatures.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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Rainbow Seahorse

 Following on from yesterday....I just love this Seahorse from the Sea Life Dies,

(do you love seahorses?.....they fascinate me).

These are quite large dies that give an impact on their own, and this is also cut from

the Rainbow Glimmer Paper, which is graduated in the most LUSH colours,

so you can use just parts of it to coordinate with your project.

Below are my messy bits! Scribble some alcohol pens on vellum (I used up scraps),

then add some rubbing alcohol .....sparingly, in a ventilated room.

I tried droplets and dabs with a brush, it varies a lot with the amount and how you apply.

You can also let it "run".

I then die cut some shapes for my backgrounds, having mounted them on white card.

added some stamped dots for balance and interest, and cut a vellum seaweed.

(Still not sure about that.....should I have left it off?)

A quick look at today's again.......

........and in case you missed yesterdays.....

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by, always appreciate it :)

Lesley

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Shop: lesleyscraftroom.stampinup.net

email: gillettlesley@gmail.com

Fabulous Fish

Hello friends, a clean & simple ( I think? ) card today using

Sea Life Dies (155684) and alcohol inks on vellum

A recent craze is using alcohol inks or pens on vellum with rubbing alcohol.

I'll share my messy bits with you tomorrow :)

I die cut a section of the vellum, mounted it on white card using adhesive sheet,

die cut my fish from SU Rainbow Glimmer Paper 

(page 135 #153056, there's also some other gorgeous new papers there),

and added some background bubbles using Seascape stamp set (155009).

I hope your day is not as soggy as it is in Kent........and thanks for visiting

Lesley

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Shop: lesleyscraftroom.stampinup.net

email: gillettlesley@gmail.com

 

Diorama with Whale Done

 Hi there, Today's card is a bit  very busy, 

but I felt my other half deserved an over-the-top-took-me-ages kind of card!

My brain struggles with back to front stuff, which is needed to some extent to work out the layers.

The Diorama layers are all Designer Series Paper (retired), and could definitely be improved on their placing, as my light to dark deep blue didn't quite work out.

I did try to keep the larger sea creatures to the foreground, and smaller in the "depths".

I then went over-the-top on the inside panel..........I'll let you know if he liked it or not!!

Have swimmingly good day

Lesley

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Shop: lesleyscraftroom.stampinup.net

email: gillettlesley@gmail.com