Sweet Stamp Shop: Dream Ocean Card

The Hop
Welcome to Sweet Stamp Shop's September release hop. There is a different hop each day (Mon. - Wed.) this week featuring a different set of stamps. Today's hop is featuring their underwater themed Dream Ocean set. Here is the blog hop order:

Sweet Stamp Shop
Emily
Kari
Stephanie
Michelle (←you are here)
Kim (←go here next)
Nicole 

The Reveal

I wanted to create an underwater view from the porthole of a submarine. I used a gray piece of patterned paper with the setiment stamped in gray for the foreground and bright colors to draw your eye to the background outside the windows. 

Dream Ocean Card

The Details

I started with a white cardstock card base. I stamped a craft pad with three colors of ink, sprayed over the ink with some water and dragged the card through the water droplets. You end up with a swirled colored design. I thought this technique which I saw on Kristina Werner's blog would be perfect to achieve an underwater look. 

While the background was drying, I stamped three hexagons from Pattern Craze onto my foreground paper. I cut out the centers with an untility knife. I also stamped on the sentiment from Ocean Dream. 

When the background was dry, I stamped some seaweed from Under the Sea. I placed the images so they could be seen through each window. 

I stamped, colored and cut out some sea creatures from Dream Ocean and Under the Sea. I adhered them to the background, popping up one creature from each pair for some dimension. 

I adhered the forground piece over the top. I added some glitter glue to the sea creatures and Glossy Accents to the exposed background for a wet watery look. 

I hope you have fun playing with your stamps and combining sets. I know I did with this card. 

Your next stop is Kim's blog. 

Thanks so much for hoppin' by,