Underwater Fun

Hi all.  I need a few birthday cards and this could be masculine or feminine I think, and got out a set of stamps which came with Issue 97 of Creative Stamping, and these particular stamps have not been inked before, and in fact very few of the stamps have seen any ink...tut!  I decided it would be a CAS card to fit in with the challenge at Less is More which is Under the Sea, and also the challenge over at Addicted to CAS which asks for Shapes, and the circles in the background fit with that I think.  The colours also fit with Color Hues where the challenge is Teal and Orange.

I started by making a circle mask and using a brush I blended Peacock Feathers Distress Ink through it making four circles big enough to fit the jellyfish into using a piece of white card cut to fit a 6" square card.  I then stamped the jellyfish using Versafine Habanero Ink and  then added some stamped bubbles using the Peacock Feathers DI.  I then coloured it using Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon DI's having first bleached out the blue from the image which helps to keep the colour clean and bright.  I coloured and then decided to add some white pencil over the little markings on the jellyfish and also water bleached the bubbles.  I finished by adding the sentiment using the Versafine Habanero Ink and heat embossed using WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder.

Thank you for visiting me here today and I'll see you again soon.

I am also entering the following challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge - No. 52 Anything Birthday Goes.
NBUS Challenge - No. 53 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.