My husband ordered me to turn on some music and color so I would relax. Out came my Copics and Wink of Stella markers, and sitting in a bin unused looking at me with sad eyes was the So Suzy Stamps Seahorse that I had so desperately wanted (I may have even threatened a few friends to make sure I was first to order when Suzy restocked!... Good thing they love me!)
I started coloring up Polo (the seahorse) first, but seeing as I had put on Fantasia (my version of turning on music!) He ended up a little psychedelic, but as adorable as I always knew he would be!! He turned out to be a she... as did all my little critters, in fact, she ended up being a bit of a Rapunzel Disneybound! HEHE!
Next, I grabbed some little fishies. This little ladies are tooooooo cute, I was suppose to add googly eyes, but I forgot, good thing they turned out perfect anyways!
I ended up with Tink, Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora. All covered in glitter, as princess fishies should be. Can you tell yet just how much time I had been sitting on the couch without any sort of creative outlet?
I also colored up a few more critters and my adorable coral. Not everyone could fit on my small card so at least they can have a little moment to shine here! Meet Ariel the Octopus, and Belle, the Sea Turtle
Today, I decided they needed a home and created a card using a few of my critters! Here, are Rapunzel, Cindy, and Snow by their sea castle on a "Happy Birthday" card.
I used the Fireworks available from So Suzy Stamps to create a fun blue violet water-colored background. Then took her Castle stamp (another I NEEDED, but had not used!) and stamped it onto the background. I used Stampin' Up Stamp 'n' Write markers to color in the castle and walkway.
For the "Happy Birthday" I took a Close to My Heart Stamp I had on hand and used my MISTI and Wedding Dress White Memento Luxe ink. I had to put down several layers to make the white stamp out from the water-colored background, the final result is pretty awesome! Using some dimensionals and adhesive I placed the critters on where I felt they fit best. I finished the card off with some DoubleClick Skittles as little air bubbles from the fish!
I double mounted the base I had created on some pretty seaweed green CS from my stock and the on top of that I used a water print from a designer paper that I got several years ago at JoAnn Fabric.
Check out So Suzy Stamps August, Be The Sea Challenge on her blog!
As always, thank you for dropping by!
~R. Winn
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