Seas the Day variations

This set from the spring catalog is so amazing- love the framed die with the seaweeds and corals already in the scene with bubbles- I have some similar frame dies from other companies but this is really my favorite and love the sea creatures and how they fit with the Whale Done set.

Diecut the frame from thick white cardstock and color in using Pool party, Calypso coral- for whatelse but the coral, old olive for the seaweed.  take a Bermuda bay cardstock and stamp the sentiments air bubbles, fish and more seaweed and coral as shown in Misty Moonlight.  Emboss with Bard 3D folder- it really creates the depths of water feeling- retiring this month!  if you stamp after embossing, you will not be able to stamp the fine details. Diecut some extra seaweed pieces in evening evergreen cardstock.

stamp a variety of fish crabs, starfish in coral, jellyfish on vellum cardstock using white embossing powder  and octopus in Blackberry bliss and diecut. 

Arrange the sea creatures on the card and mount using dimensionals as shown

put extra creature on the inside of the card too.

the one on the left has the octopus hiding in the background.

I put the sentiment on the side instead on on the panel and put the jelly fish and turtle from Whale Done and from Seas the Day- similar size so they still work.

 the card on left was using the faux torn paper technique using the same set- - tear a piece of  copy paper and pout the raw edge on top and bottom to create the window to stamp then stamp the jellyfish and the little fish in Blackberry bliss, the seahorses and coral in Coral, then the seaweed in Mossy meadow - stamp and restamp before reinking, then use blender brush to softly put the pool party ink on the background and an easy one layer card that is so beautiful.  Enjoy!

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