Card Art by Helen

Here's this month's colour combination:

And here's the project it inspired:

This marine-themed card makes the most of the Reversibles™ style of stamp set from Stampin' Up! as the reverse side of the detailed images can be used to add solid colour backgrounds.

The smaller turtle detailed images from the Sea Turtle Photopolymer Stamp Set were stamped with Lost Lagoon Classic Ink on Basic White Cardstock. The reverse side of the same stamp was used to add Pool Party Classic Ink as a background for the stamped image. These were then carefully cut out using Paper Snips. Both sizes of starfish image from the same stamp set were stamped using Crumb Cake on Basic White, with the detailed side stamped at full strength and the reverse solid side with the ink colour softened by "stamping off" on scrap paper first. Both starfish were then carefully cut out by hand.

The "Hello" sentiment from the Hello Kiwi Photopolymer Stamp Set was stamped in Lost Lagoon on Basic White Cardstock, and cut out using the stitched circle die measuring just over 1¼" from the Stylish Shapes Dies. A larger stitched circle measuring approximately 1¾" was cut from Basic White using another die from the same set, and stamped with the bubbles image from the Sea Turtle set in Pool Party to create a background layer. The larger starfish image was adhered to the back of the sentiment circle, and both stuck to the circle stamped with the bubbles image. The smaller starfish was adhered to the bottom left of the sentiment element using Stampin' Dimensionals.

A Basic White Cardstock panel was stamped randomly using the sand dollar image from the Sea Turtle set using Crumb Cake Ink stamped off. The cut out sea turtles were adhered flat on to the stamped panel, and Linen Thread wrapped around the centre. The sentiment panel was attached over the top of the thread using Stampin' Dimensionals. The whole panel was added to a Basic White Cardstock base. Gems in Lost Lagoon from the Tinsel Gems Three-Pack were added, and Wink of Stella™ flicked across the card front as the finishing touch.
 

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