Dolphin Mothers day card

Evening everyone!!

Hope you're all keeping well and have managed to enjoy some of this lovely weather we've got at the moment.

Made this card for my partners mum for Mother's day and thought I'd share how I made it.

Stamp and emboss the dolphins without the fish - I actually snipped all the fish off the image so I could use them separately in the background. 

Stamp it out a second time but this time mask off the front Dolphin with masking tape before inking. You should now be left with a dolphin without a fin. Draw in the missing features with a pencil, then cut them out.

Colour with promarkers then go over the pencil lines with black pen. The reason I left the black pen until after colouring is because the pens are alcohol based and can smudge some pens.

Die cut some white card to fit an A5 card base.

Dab stormy sky on your messy mat.

Lightly sprinkle the pretty gets gritty powders and spritz with water. 

Dab the card into watery ink. Once covered dry with a heat gun and pick some more ink up. This has to be my favourite technique for creating under the sea scenes.

Once dry, distress the edges with chipped sapphire,

Stamp and emboss the Happy mother's day sentiment.

Repeat the inky background process again for the sentiment and cut a navy blue mount.

Die cut the you are wonderful sentiment die in navy blue card.

Die Cut the letters MUM. Keep them in place in the die and ink through using villainous potion. Then go around the edge (while still in the die) with chipped sapphire.

When you leave the letters in the die and ink through, you'll be left with a lovely white border around the edge.

Stamp a few fish in the background and colour with promarkers.

Secure all the pieces onto a pre-folded A5 card blank.

Add a few sequins.

Shopping list

 Crafty individuals dolphins stamp

 Spellbinders - all in the family sentiment stamps 

Black ink

Distress ink

Embossing powder

White card

Navy card

Heat gun

Decorative nesting dies (I'm sorry I have no idea who makes this die)

Hunkydory - you are wonderful die

Promarkers

|Glue

Sequins

Pretty gets gritty powders

Water spray

Cardmaking magic letter dies by Christina Griffiths 

Thanks for visiting!!!!

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