Seascape Sea Life Card

I love anything and everything that has to do with the ocean, so naturally I had to order the Seascape Bundle with the Sea Life dies. They pair perfectly with the Layering Diorama dies to make this stunning layered Seascape Sea Life Card. I used the alcohol and Blends technique to make the gorgeous “ocean” background.

Supplies:

• Sea Life Dies
• Layering Diorama Dies
• Sea of Textures Dies (retired, but you could use the dies from the current Friends Are Like Seashells or any other sea themed dies)
• Lovely You stamp set for sentiment (but you could use any sentiment)
• Basic White Cardstock (8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored in half, 4” x 5 1/4” and scrap pieces for the seahorse, fish and coral cutouts)
• Bermuda Bay Cardstock (3 7/8” x 5 1/8”)
• Vellum (3 3/4” x 5”)
• Bermuda Bay Ink Pad
• Foil Paper (I used a rose gold I had laying around but gold or silver would also work)
• Champagne Rhinestones
• Dimensionals
• Glue and adhesive of choice
• Blends in Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy and Pool Party
• Spritzer filled with 91% alcohol
• Clear Epoxy Essentials

Directions:

I started by taking my 4” x 5 1/4” white card stock and my Bermuda Bay cardstock and using the Layering Diorama dies to cut out the centers. Then I cut all my other die cut pieces (seahorse, coral, fish, sand dollar, etc) out of my white car stock and foil paper.

Next, I took my vellum and used my Blends to color wavy lines to mimic water. Then I sprayed the vellum with my alcohol spritzer. To speed up the drying process I used my heat tool, but you could also just let it air dry. Once that was dry I attached it to the white card base before attaching the Bermuda Bat cardstock layer over top. Finally, I attached the white layer with some dimensionals.

At this point all that’s left to do is to attach all the cut outs (seahorse, coral, fish, etc) to the card which I did with a combination of glue and dimensionals. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment in Bermuda Bay and attached that to my card with tape and a dimensional. I finished off the card with a champagne rhinestone for the eye of the seahorse and a few clear epoxy dots in the “ocean”.

I think this Seascape Sea Life Card is one of my all-time favorite ocean themed cards that I’ve made! What do you think?

If you love the alcohol technique, be sure to check out my Butterfly Brilliance blog post here.