Anita is our hostess for this week's Teapot Tuesday challenge - to find out why we are sending our cards to Lori and why I have a shell (two if you count the occupied crab one) on my card, check out the challenge HERE.
The shell was already on my desk, cut from watercolour paper. I spritzed it with water and use tea dye distress re-inker to colour it, then spattered it a bit with an Inktense pencil, then sponged all round the edges with some dark brown, whatever was on the sponge.
The base is alcohol inks applied to acetate, spritzed with alcohol and then glossy card pressed onto it. There's some pearlescent blue as well as a couple of regular ones. I added chunky white EP over the blue, and some Stickles along the surf line.
Sentiment from Art Neko stamped in Ranger's Archival black. My crab has found himself a giant shell! He's cut from alcohol inks on photo paper, with his shell popped up on foam. I retained the border after die-cutting the main panel, so I just trimmed it to an even width all round and rotated it through 180 degrees to use as a frame.
Being glossy card and pearlescent ink, it goes without saying that it was hard to capture. I might try again tomorrow before I mail it.
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Wed, May 20, 2020 @ 5:55 PM
Love your colors, the shell, the crab and the sentiment, Sabrina. This is peaceful and fun at the same time (one of my favorite combinations). Beautiful work. Hugz
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Wed, May 20, 2020 @ 8:07 PM
You must have a Huuuge collection of dies and everything! There isn't a challenge that you don't have the perfect things to fulfill it. And what an awesome way to frame your piece. I'm going to try to remember that!
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Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 14899
Thu, May 21, 2020 @ 3:21 PM
Stunning background and gorgeous shell. That little crab is really happy to have found this shell for his home. I am going to have to try your background technique. I love the affect. Beautiful card.
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Thu, May 21, 2020 @ 3:28 PM
Wow, fabulous card! Gorgeous background! Love the way you did the frame!
------------------------------ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Thu, May 21, 2020 @ 6:07 PM
You will be eating cookies for a week! Your shell is fabulous, I love the splattering you did with the Inktense pencil. Your background is a real jaw dropper Sabrina. I could sit and look at this for the longest time. Thanks for all the details, I'm itching to get inky again. Your little crab is the icing on the cake.
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