Happy Thoughts & Inkspots: Just Keep Swimming Ocean Scene Card

Happy Monday and Happy Canada Day! I hope you have had a great start to the week or if you are a fellow Canadian, you are enjoying an extra day off!

Today is release day for Whimsy Stamps and I am sharing a fun sea creature card that I made! I was able to incorporate a lot of the sea-themed items that have been released recently! I love “shopping” my stash and pulling out products that I can use together to create unique scenes!

The card-base is a standard A2 size. I then cut out an A2 sized panel and centered the larger die in the Wavy Nested Frames Die Set over it and cut out the shape. I mounted the panel over top my card-base using some foam tape. This raised it slightly and creates a window effect.

I used the inside shape to create an ocean scene. I used the Picket Fence Life Changing Blender brushes for the first time and they are awesome. Maybe not life-changing but certainly game-changing!!! I first blended Tumbled Glass Distress ink over the entire surface as a base. I then placed the Making Waves Stencil over top and blended on Mermaid Lagoon. I then popped this into the opening using regular adhesive. I wanted this to be inset.

I die-cut some of the awesome shapes in the Build-an-Ocean Die Set out of some plain white card-stock. I added them into the frame to fill it in a little.

The cute critters were colored with various Copic Markers and then adhered into my little ocean scene. I have listed the markers used below :) I did add a few white accents dots onto the sea-critters as an added highlight.

The sentiment is from set and was added to the front of the card using some crisp black ink. I used a new one from Gina K that I just picked up. I will have it linked below for you!

Baby Sea Creature Clear Stamp Set