Seas the Day, It’s Your Birthday!!

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s February Blog Hop! This is a great time of year to build your stash of handmade birthday cards, so we are sharing birthday-themed projects with you today. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

The minute I saw the Seas the Day bundle, I just KNEW I had to have it! Then, we got a sneak peak of a new suite that will soon be released, called Waves of the Ocean and when I saw the DSP in that suite, I again KNEW that it needed to be used with the Seas the Day bundle – and here we are, folks!!

This is the DSP from Waves of the Ocean that I so quickly fell in love with, and have used for today’s project:

And this is the Waves of the Ocean Suite, an early-release from the new 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. This suite will be available for order beginning March 1, 2022!

Here’s How I made today’s card:

Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer”

• Pacific Point – 8.5″ x 5.5″, scored at 4.25″ on the long side
• Basic White (x2) – 5.5″ x 4.25″
• Waves of the Ocean DSP – 5.5″ x 4.25″
• Basic White – 5.25″ x 4″ (for the inside)

Stamp Using Seas the Day:

• On one of your 5.5″ x 4.25″ pieces of Basic White, stamp the following:
  • In Magenta Madness, stamp 2 fish
  • In Gorgeous Grape, stamp the octopus
  • In Calypso Coral, stamp the star fish
  • Ink the jelly fish with Craft White, use a sponge dauber to lightly add some Calypso Coral to the stamp as well (this is how I gave my jelly fish his “see through glowing” look – at least that’s what I was going for)

Die Cut using Sea Dies:

• From your other 5.5″ x 4.25″ piece of Basic White, die cut the underwater scene
• Die cut the sea animals that you stamped in the previous step

Stamp using Timeless Tulips

• In Memento Tuxedo Black, stamp “happy birthday” on a scrap of Calypso Coral

Die Cut using All Dressed Up Dies:

• Using the label die, die cut the sentiment you just stamped

Color the Die Cut Underwater Scene:

• Use Light & Dark Just Jade Stampin’ Blends to color the seaweed – I colored them in Light Just Jade, then added accents using Dark Just Jade
• Color the coral using Light Calypso Coral – then outline lightly using Dark Calypso Coral to add some dimension and definition

Assemble Your Card:

• Fold your Pacific Point card base on the score line and burnish with your bone folder
• Adhere the 5.5″ x 4.25″ piece of Waves of Inspiration DSP to the card front
• Adhere the die cut & colored underwater scene frame over the DSP – I only put glue on the edges, so that I could tuck my sea creatures behind the seaweed
• Glue your sea creatures into the scene – I stared with the octupus and jelly fish because they are the largest and I knew I wanted to tuck them behind the seaweed somewhat
• Use your Stampin’ Chalk Marker to add small white spots to the tops of the bubbles, this gives them a more defined and realistic look
• Adhere the starfish to the outside of the frame, I chose the lower right corner
• Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere your sentiment to the top of the card front
• Adhere the 5.25″ x 4″ piece of Basic White to the inside of your card
• Lastly, I added three pieces of the new Faux Sea Glass Shapes to the bottom left of the card

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Joanne Whittington

Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
3. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
4. Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
5. Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
6. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
7. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
8. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
9. Lisa Graham at Lisa’s Little Ink Spots
10. Joanne Wittington at The Inky Dragon
11. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
12. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
13. Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ

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