Showing posts with label Crab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crab. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2021

O-fish-ally Awesome

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne with today's card.  Before I get to my card I'd like to let you know about the wonderful Christmas in July sale that is going on right now in the online store.  You can save up to 65% on select dies!

And another big announcement - the Scrapping Cottage is now offering great stamps and coordinating dies from Lil' Bluebird Designs!  I can't wait to begin coloring and designing with these adorable images. Be sure to check them out in the online store.

Now for today's card.

A few weeks back I mentioned that I had saved an extra strip of watercolored paper (click here for those instructions) and extra fish for another card.  Well...here is that other card!  With a few extras.

I used my leftover strip and fish (I ended up using only one fish) and added a crab and jellyfish.  I struggled with what color to use for the jellyfish, then hit upon using vellum.  I love it because he really does look like a jellyfish!

Using the Circle Windows Slimline die I cut a panel from wood grain paper.  I also used the largest of the Nested Slimline Rectangles in dark brown as a backing panel because the Circle Windows die has rounded corners and I knew these would show on the card.  I cut three portholes from brushed gold cardstock using the middle of the Stitched Wide Circle Frames dies.

To get everything placed I laid the wood grain panel over the dark brown and used a pencil to outline the circles.  I then placed my water panel over this (it is slightly narrower than the circles so I could see the tops and bottoms of the circles), placed a frame over the middle circle and traced the center on the water panel.  In this way I knew exactly where to stamp my sentiment.

After gluing down the water panel, I placed the wood panel on top without adhering it. One at a time I placed my creatures underneath and gently lifted the wood panel.  I marked where to place the creature in pencil where it could not be seen.

This method allowed for me to place the critters exactly where I wanted them.  I glued the wood panel to the base and trimmed the jellyfish tentacles (they were a bit long.)  You can see here that the water strip is narrower than the height of the openings for my portholes.  

But not to worry, it was covered up when I added the porthole frames.  Finally I used a few gems as rivets.  A fun card for an awesome friend.

Dies used:




Thanks for visiting today!  I hope  you have a fun and creative weekend!



Monday, July 27, 2020

Fishing You the Best Birthday Ever!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing another card which features several of the under water creatures from the Pirates and Sea Creatures die release.  I went with a slim line card so that I could add several of the dies from this release.
The Crab, Octopus, Jellyfish and Tropical Fish were all die cut and shaded with Oxide Inks.  I used some Glossy Accents for their eyes and for the bubbles.
I created an ink blended background and splattered it with water.  The ocean floor was hand cut, inked and splattered with some paint for a speckled look.
The sentiment was heat embossed on a hand cut flag.  The combination of fonts on the sentiment makes for a fun addition to this whimsical card.
Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Have A Nice Day

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I made an under the sea card. I combined some of the beautiful new dies to make the scene below.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Crab, Jellyfish, Octopus, Under the Sea),
- Distress Oxides,
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- water spritzer,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- sentiment stamp,
- acrylic block,
- black pigment ink,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the creatures. After a long time I used Distress Oxides for coloring and I think it's perfect for this tree dies. I used black and white pen for the eyes.


Next I cut and colored all the elements for under the sea scene.


Then I did the background. I colored it with two shades of blue Distress Oxides. Then I spritzed a few drops of water over it and let it dry.


 I used a stamp for the sentiment.


Then I glued all the ground elements to the card base. I added the creatures on the card using adhesive foam pads. Last I added some interest to the creatures using a white pen. And my card was done.



 Thank you for visiting. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:





Sunday, September 01, 2019

Ahoy!

Hi!

It's Anja here. Summer is coming to an end and I want to hold to it a little bit more. I tried to capture a bit of Summer in today's card.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Compass, Map & Spyglass, Message in a Bottle, Paddles & Rope Ladder, Porthole, Seagull, Crab, Life Preserver, Pierced Wide Circle Frame Set, Circle Set),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (125x12,5 cm) and card stock for background (12,2x12,2 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- gold pigment ink,
- black pen,
- embossing folder (wood),
- double sided adhesive tape,
- adhesive foam pads,
- foil (approx. 5x5 cm),
- paper glue,
- scissors.

First I cut all the pieces and colored it with Distress Inks and gold pigment ink. I cut two circle pieces of the porthole.


Next the paddles and the net.


Then the seagull. I used black pen for the eyes.


Next was life preserver.

And then the map and the spyglass.


I cut two bottles, one from foil to add some glass effect to the bottle.


Then I cut, colored and assembled the compass.


I also did the crab.

And two circles for the inside of the card.


Then I switched to the card base and background. I cut paper for the background from craft card stock and cut a hole to the bottom right side. I did a matching hole to the cad base.


I cut background paper to two pieces to get it through my embossing folder. Then I colored it with Distress Inks to get more dimension.


I adhere foil over the hole in the card base. And then I glued the wooden background over it. And after that I adhere all the small pieces to the front and inside of the card.


In the end I made an Ahoy sign and adhere it on the finished card using adhesive foam pads.


And my card was done.



Hope your Summer lasts a bit longer too. See you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: