Saturday, 23 June 2018

Ocean fun

Hello there! I'm back with a fun summertime card. It all started with the manatee image from the Hero Arts Manatee stamp and die set that I snagged in a recent sale. I had already coloured the image using my Prismacolor pencils.



To create my water scene, I used a large paint brush, water and several blue shades of Catherine Pooler inks onto a panel of TH watercolour card. For the wavy effect, I 'stamped' onto my dried panel using the waves stencil by SSS that I had spritzed with water. I framed my scene using a stitched circle die (SSS) and adhered the manatee behind two strips of vellum. The fish were coloured in using Inktense pencils and a damp paintbrush and then fussy cut. The hat was also coloured in using Inktense pencils and then die cut. For the sentiment, I masked off the 'birthday' part before stamping.

I'm playing at:



ABNH - Summertime fun


ATSM - #287 Make your mark


I'm also sharing my card at Kathy's 30 day colouring challenge







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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 June 2018 at 23:40

    Oooh, aaah, wow, wat schattig.
    Liefs, Ineke😘

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  2. brenda24 June 2018 at 09:50

    It's a real fun image Marianne and the design is really pleasing on the eye.

    B x

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  3. Anonymous24 June 2018 at 10:34

    Oh, so very cute! And I love that ocean background.
    Cheers, Barbara

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  4. Ruth24 June 2018 at 22:26

    Oh that ocean background is lovely! The stencil gives that perfect light look to waves and currents. Perfect colouring too. Been ages since I had my Inktense out xxx

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  5. Loll24 June 2018 at 23:12

    Wonderful design Marianne!! Love how you've created the waves using the wet stencil over your watercoloured background. The manatee and fish are adorable (especially love that hat!). :) And the vellum strips at the bottom look awesome. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour! xx

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  6. Bonnie25 June 2018 at 03:22

    This is such fun, Marianne! Love the manatee and fish on the beautiful watercolor background! Love how you've "stamped" the waves! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  7. nancy littrell25 June 2018 at 06:01

    Your card is so cute and creative, Marianne. I love how you created your stenciled watercolored waves Adding sealife critters looks so fun and your vellum was a stroke of genius. TFS and joining us at CAS Watercolour. Hugs..

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  8. Marcia Hill25 June 2018 at 16:40

    What a FABULOUS card Marianne!! Totally LOVE how you did your background...BEAUTIFUL!! And your Manatee is just adorable with that hat! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!! :0)

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  9. Valentyna Komisarenko26 June 2018 at 04:10

    So very cute! Thank you for joining ATSM!

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  10. Karen Z. Bull3 July 2018 at 11:18

    This is Karen Bull, A Design Team Member with A Blog Named Hero. The vellum waves are fantastic! Thank you for playing along with us during this month's challenge!

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  11. Juhi6 July 2018 at 02:58

    What a fun and fabulous card! Thanks so much for joining us at A blog Named Hero this month!

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  12. Jeanne J. 12 July 2018 at 23:57

    Super cute! That manatee with the top hat is adorable!

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