Ride Any Wave

It's sketch challenge time with Just Add Ink. 

I've made an undersea themed card featuring some happy turtles.

Everything was cut from white and coloured with inks. The circles received some spritz so they have a lovely soft shimmer IRL. The turtles and weed etc were splattered with water and blotted. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Turtley Amazing (Pink and Main)
• dies - Happy Turtles, Under the Sea, Postage Collage Coral Reef Silhouettes (all Waffle Flower), stitched circles
• embossing folders - seabed, soft waves (both Stampin' Up)
• other - blending brushes, Big Shot, distress spritz and inks, foam squares, water sprayer
• inspired by a Karen Downs creation

Check out more samples on the Just Add Ink blog and if you're inspired to play along, we look forward to seeing what you create.

Thanks for swimming by.

Cheers

Kerry

Keep Swimming

It's time once again for a new challenge with Just Add Ink.

For my card I've used both dies and stencils to create an underwater scene.

Materials used:

• stamps - Bubbly Sentiments (WF)
• dies - Coral Reef, Postage Collage Fish (WF)
• stencils - Coral Reef, Under the Sea background (WF)
• other - blending brushes, Big Shot, foam squares, MISTI, white gel pen, black marker

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Oceans of Love

It's my last week guesting with Just Us Girls challenges and I've had such a lot of fun playing along each week; I hope you have too. This week it's stencil week.

I created a fun under-the-sea scene using stencils and die cuts.

I began by stenciling the two-tone water background, overlayed with seafloor silhouettes and that fabulous sunken ship! Wanting one more layer in my foreground, I created a makeshift stencil using a die and acetate. I stamped the tiny fish silhouettes and added water splatters. All die pieces were cut from scraps of card I had on hand from previous playing. I sponged the edges of the rock and raised it so things could be added underneath. 

Stencils used - Drifts & Hills slimline (My Favorite Things), Sea Floor Silhouettes (Waffle Flower)

I hope you'll have the opportunity to get out your stencils and play along, and don't forget to check out what the design team ladies created to inspire you.

Thanks to the Just Us Girls team for having me and thanks to you for swimming by!

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #614 - Just Add Under the Sea

Welcome to another Just Add Ink challenge, where this week we are asking you to ...

I was in mixed media heaven making something a bit different for you ... meet my steampunk seahorse (I've called him Steve - do you think that name suits him? 😂😎).

Materials used:

• stamps - Seahorse (Stamperia)
• card - basic black, basic white, Distress warm collection, Stamperia Mechanical Sea World designer papers
• Copic markers - BG09, BG72, C0, C2, C4
• distress oxide inks - evergreen bough, cracked pistachio, walnut stain, black soot, pumice stone, hickory smoke
• distress paints - twisted citron, cracked pistachio, black soot
• dies - Gearhead, Mechanical (both Tim Holtz)
• other - patina oxide and chunky rust embossing powders (Seth Apter), heat tool, Melange art pebbles, mini glue dots, chipboard seaweed (Dusty Attic), Small Talk stickers (Tim Holtz), Big Shot, Dimensionals, sponge dauber, craft foam, white gesso, paintbrushes

We hope you'll be inspired to create a piece for our challenge. Do check out what my fellow team mates made for you over on the JAI blog.

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

You Blow My Mind - CAS on Friday Challenge #187

Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is Challenge #187 and the theme is UNDER THE SEA.

Here's my card:

Materials used:

• stamps - Big Bite (Gerda Steiner Designs)
• card - whisper white (SU)
• distress oxide inks - cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon
• other - waves stencil, craft foam, Copic markers, Stamparatus, blending brushes, sequins, enamel dots

How adorable is that little blowfish? Such a cute face! 

I stencilled with some distress oxide inks (cos you know how much I love those!) to get the wave effect for my background. 

Do follow the link to the CASOF blog to see what other Under the Sea creations my fellow DT members have come up with, and as always, we'd love you to join in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez