Ocean Collage- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

Time for another fun theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

Our theme this month is Ocean.

We are welcoming our guest this month; Robyn from Waterlily Cards by Robyn.

When I sat down to create my card for the challenge, I thought of the usual water with seagulls, grasses, lighthouses etc. but decided to make a more graphic, collage style card depicting things I would expect to see at the ocean.  I have never seen the ocean IRL but would love to some day.

I began by masking my cardstock with some Post-It tape.  I made sure when I masked that I left enough room on the bottom to stamp my sentiment when I was done.  

Then, I began to ink and stamp the background using stamps that I felt worked for a beach card.

First I did some 'Acetate Inking' using a piece of acetate and Distress Oxide inks sprayed with water.  I made sure that was good and dry then placed the piece into my Misti.

I stamped the sun first, the circles and the lines represent the incoming waves, the checked pattern represents the picnic blanket pattern, the splashes are the water of course.

After I was done stamping, I sponged the edges with more of the blue Distress Oxide ink.

I then stamped the Big Wish image from TT with black Memento ink and clear embossed it so it would pop.

I removed all the masked areas and stamped the sentiment and simply mounted it onto a white card front.

Please come and play and thanks so much for the visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp WED.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to CAS- SEA

CAS on Friday- EMBOSSING

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Big Wish (Technique Tues.); Bring on the Sun (TT); Wood Panel (Kaisercraft);

Texture Mini Darmier (Carabelle); Collage des Ronds (Carabelle)

Inks- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean Distress Oxide (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Score-It Tape; clear EB powder; heat tool; sponging tool (TH)