Relax, Calm Unwind Seaside and Fish n Chips sign 7x5in card - Day 252 of my 365 day challenge

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Relax, Calm Unwind Seaside and Fish n Chips sign 7x5in card - 
Day 252 of my 365 day challenge

 Hi Craft addicts!

 I have been practising using watercolours - both inks, stamps and "proper" palettes and so am just beginning to learn how complicated it really is!


How I made this card:-

  • I created the background by using the Dreamees Chalk inks - both the cubes and the re-inkers - gradually laying down various colours to create the sky, sea and land.
  • I realise now that I need to let it dry before adding a new colour on to it as it just becomes a sludgy colour if I don't!
  • Once it was dry, I realised it would make a great sea scene (I don't start off with a plan as you can see!) and so added some white to the sea to create wave effects and also some rays to the area that I thought looked like the sun.
  • I then cut out the Fish n Chips sign out of white cardstock (it is a Tattered Lace die) and coloured it in using Pink and Green alcohol markers for the bunting, brown and grey shades for the sign and slightly darker pinks, greens and blue for the balloons.
  • I edged the background using the chisel end of a black alcohol marker and glued it to the front of a 7" x 5" white pearlescent card (from Create & Craft's new Core Collection).
  • I used the sentiment Relax, Calm and Unwind sentiment (from Thirsty Brush & Co.) to stamp directly on to the background using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I probably should have done it on some card as I accidentally moved it slightly but think it is just a reflection!!!
  • Finally I glued the Fish n Chips die-cut on to the card using Gina K Connect Glue and added some of their Crystalline Drips on the right hand side of the sentiment.

And there you are - a card that you could send to someone who needs to know you are thinking of them and one that would be again different every time as the background would never be the same!

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Products and items you may need to make this project
  • 7" x 5" white pearlescent card and envelope from Create & Craft
  • Tattered Lace Fish n Chips sign die
  • Dreamees Chalk effect ink cubes and re-inkers
  • Relax, Calm and Unwind stamp sentiment from Thirsty Brush & Co. 
  • White Stamping Card
  • Blues, Greens, Pinks, Brown and Black Alcohol markers
  • Onyx Black Versafine ink pad
  • Connect glue from Gina K 
  • Crystalline glue from Gina K
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