Happy Saturday! This card is a bit old school. I actually stamped everything on it (no relying on digital images or designer paper), and no use of Copic markers. I used actual ink pads and regular Stampin' Up! markers like in the olden days. It was a lot of fun. And I'm sorry, but I couldn't help myself and used the Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder AGAIN. I love that thing too much, I'm afraid. Maybe I should try doing some cards without relying on my embossing folders for once? I just love the textures they create. It's an addiction. A very hard habit to break.
So this card used the retired Stampin' Up! Crab & Company set which I purchased awhile back on eBay, but had never used. I saw some really cute cards made with it on Pinterest which made me want to own it. Such a fun set! I also used another old Stampin' Up! set called Beautiful Batik. Anyone remember that one? I hardly ever used it, but I thought it would go well with my seaside/beach theme, especially using beachy colors. I colored the stamps with SU markers and then huffed on the stamps to moisten the ink and stamped different images from the set all over the white cardstock. I also used some of the smaller images from Crab & Company here and there around them. And last, but not least, I took one of the splatter stamps from ye olde SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds and stamped it here and there to fill in.
I used no die cuts either. Rebel me! I just did what I used to do (before die-cutting took the stamping world by storm) and cut the rectangles with my paper trimmer. I did use a hole punch to get the oval shape around the outside sentiment.
I have to say that I enjoyed doing things mostly old school for a change. I don't own any die cuts that have the dotted borders. Someday I'll get around to buying some. Until then I'll just punch my own holes, uneven though they may be. It's actually very therapeutic doing it by hand and is one of my favorite ways to embellish my cards.
One last stamp set I used was Stampendous Sushi Bowl Party. I stamped the tiny swimming fish stamps from the set using Versamark clear embossing ink on the turquoise background to imitate them swimming in the ocean in schools. They're so cute!
Inside, I used a sentiment from an old The Angel Company set that I don't know the name of. You can get a better look at the cardstock I used on the front of the card inside where nothing is laying over it.
This was a fun card to make using so many old school ways. I do need to lay off the embossing folders a bit, I think. I have so many of them that I don't even use. I keep grabbing my favorites. This must change.
Thanks for coming by for a look! Have a great day!
Stamps: SU Crab & Company, SU Beautiful Batik, SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Stampendous Sushi Bowl Party, inside sentiment by The Angel Company
CS: SU Tempting Turquoise, SU Yoyo Yellow, White, Black
Inks: SU Tempting Turquoise pad and marker, SU Yoyo Yellow pad and marker, SU Glorious Green marker, SU Certainly Celery pad and marker, Versamark clear embossing ink, Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, water brush, yellow zigzag ribbon, turquoise gems, foam tape, jumbo oval punch, hole punching tool, googly eyes
