Ink & Inspiration Design Team – February 2022

We are a group of Stampin’ Up Demonstrators from around the world and our goal is to inspire you to make and send cards to family and friends.

We’re trying something new, and we hope you’ll enjoy the variety. Designers can use the image or the color challenge or both as our inspiration for creating our cards or projects. Here is this month’s image and color challenge.

As soon as I saw the image, I knew I wanted to use the Seas the Day Bundle and to create an underwater scene. I wanted to make a card using the Die Frame that creates an underwater scene with bubbles, sea grasses, and coral. I decided I wanted to use all the colors in the challenge to create my card. I hope you like it!

To Make This Card:

• Cut a 5.5″ x 8.5″ piece of Basic Black cardstock and score at 4.25″.
• Use a bone folder to make a crisp fold on the score line.
• Cut a 4.0″ x 5.25″ piece of Basic White cardstock and attach it to the front of the card using your favorite adhesive.
• Cut a 3.875″ x 5.125″ piece of Highland Heather cardstock and attach it the center of the Basic White cardstock.
• Cut a 3.75″ x 4.75″ piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.
• Stamp the “Wishing you Oceans of Happiness” sentiment from the Seas the Day Stamp set on the upper portion of the Soft Sea Foam cardstock using Gorgeous Grape ink.
• Attach the stamped Soft Sea Foam cardstock to the Highland Heather cardstock using your favorite adhesive.
• Use the Underwater Scene Die from the Sea Dies and the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out the underwater scene onto a 3.75″ x 4.75″ piece of Pacific Point cardstock.
• Use the same die to cut out the sea grasses using Bermuda Bay cardstock and to cut out the coral using Calypso Coral cardstock.
• Use paper snips to completely cut out the Sea Grasses and Coral pieces and use glue to attach them to the top of the images on the Pacific Point cardstock.
• Attach the Pacific Point cardstock to the Soft Sea Foam cardstock using your favorite adhesive.
• Stamp the two different fish images onto scrap pieces of Basic White cardstock using Highland Heather ink and
• Stamp two starfish onto scrap pieces of Basic White cardstock using Daffodil Delight and Melon Manbo ink.
• Cut out the fish and starfish images using the dies.
• Attach the fish and starfish die cuts to the front of the card using dimensionals.
• Stamp your favorite sentiment from the Seas the Day Stamp set onto a 4.0″ x 5.25″ piece of Basic White cardstock using Gorgeous Grape ink.
• Attach the Basic White cardstock to the inside of the card using your favorite adhesive.
• Add Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the eyes of the two fish.

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Thank you so much for visiting my blog – Sea Ranch Creations today! Please be sure to ‘hop’ to the other demonstrator’s links so you can see all of their amazing designs. We hope they will provide you with inspiration for your card making.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

If you enjoy Fancy Fold cards, you’ll definitely want to get the Creativity Abounds Fun Fold Tutorial Bundle. The Fun Fold Tutorial Bundle contains 13 additional Fun Fold card designs that you’ll not want to miss!

To Get the Creativity Abounds Fun Fold Tutorial Bundle:

1. Place a $50 or more ORDER with me and I’ll send you the Creativity Abounds Fun Fold Tutorial Bundle as my FREE gift to you. If you make a purchase before Feb 28th, you’ll also get to select a Sale-A-Bration Gift from Stampin’ Up. It’s a win-win purchase!
2. Purchase the Creativity Abounds Fun Fold Tutorial Bundle for only $15 by clicking here.
3. Join Stampin’ Up as a demonstrator and become a member of the Sea Ranch Creations Papercrafters where you will get each month’s Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle for FREE.

While you can still earn Sale-A-Bration Gifts, Purchase the Symbols of Fortune Suite and I’ll email you the details for joining the Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp on April 27 & 28th in an exclusive Facebook Group.

NOTE: The Good Fortune Dies for the suite are currently unavailable for ordering, but you can purchase the rest of the suite by listing the individual items and earn a Sale-A-Bration gift. The Good Fortune Dies should be available in early March, so you’ll have plenty of time to order them before the Stamp Camp.