Sponged Ocean Floor Thank You Card

Sea of Textures is quickly becoming one of my favorite new stamps sets from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog! When I first saw it, I was not hooked. However, the more I created with the Sea of Textures stamp set, the more I fell in love with it! There are so many techniques you can do with this oceanic stamp set! Today I am sharing one of those techniques with a sponged ocean floor vignette card.

This card is the first idea I had when I saw this aquatic stamp set and thinlit bundle. The ocean floor is created by masking off the bottom of the largest stitched oval die cut with a sticky note and sponging with Crumb Cake ink. Then I sponged the water with Pool Party ink. Then the coral and seaweed vines were stamped.

The school of fish come from the negative space of the fish framelit die! Instead of using the postive space of the die, I used the negative space of the fish framelit die as a stencil!

For added dimension and texture, I randomly knotted two pieces of Linen Thread and adhered them to the left side of the card front. A sailor's knot would look great here too!

I like to stamp something on the inside of every card, whether it is a single stamped image, a greeting, or a little vignette. Here I recreated a small ocean floor vignette with three seaweed vine images in Garden Green ink. The greeting "Thanks for reaching out" is too cute! I enjoy a good word pun!

Sea of Textures Thank You Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Thick Whisper White Cardstock	5-1/2” x 8-1/2”; scored at 4-1/4”
1st  Mat	Pacific Point Cardstock	5-3/8” x 4-1/8”
2nd Mat	Whisper White Cardstock	5-1/4” x 4”
Inside Mat	Whisper White Cardstock	5-1/4” x 4”

What have you created with the Sea of Textures Bundle? I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

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Sea of Textures Thank You Card Supply List
Stamps	#148357 Sea of Textures Wood-Mount Bundle #148358 Sea of Textures Clear-Mount Bundle
Paper	#100730 Whisper White Cardstock #140272 Thick Whisper White Cardstock #111350 Pacific Point Cardstock
Ink	#147107 Pool Party Ink Pad #147116 Crumb Cake Ink Pad #147101 Calypso Coral Ink Pad #147050 Poppy Parade Ink Pad #147089 Garden Green Ink Pad #147098 Pacific Point Ink Pad
Embellishments	#104430 Dimensionals #104199 Linen Thread
Tools	#143263 Big Shot Machine #141337 Stampin’ Sponges #145372 Stitched Shapes Framelits Sticky Note