Under the Sea and Beach fun Sample cards

Joanna was on TV today with some wonderful shows with an Under the sea and Beach theme, all very summery and colourful.

I designed alot of the dies for the shows and have made some sample cards.  I had a lot of fun making these and used various things to colour them.

Here they are:

I found a simple outline for the goggles on the internet

and printed them out the size I needed to make a template

I cut 2 out by hand cutting the insides away.  The one on 

the front of card has acetate behind and the one

stuck to the inside edge is to keep it neat when

the card is opened up.

and when it is opened up... 

I created the background using Distress Oxide ink 

and also die cut some of the dies using off cuts of the same background

and other brusho backgrounds I had made.. left over background pieces of card

are great for this

Using 4 colours I created a torn paper background

the netting is Navy Tulle. I paper pieced

the diver.

 This background is made from various 

colours of Brusho

 

 I used Distress Oxides for the 'water'

The table and mat are Joanna Sheen

papers from Vol.3 paper pad and the 

lace on top of the mat and in 

each corner is Maisie Lace border

Joanna demonstated how to do the waves on this card

by curving off the corner and cutting into

the Ocean Corner Signature die 

 

 Here's the same card but with the seals on the rocks

 

 I used Distress Oxides for the background and rocks

 

 This is an easle card

 I used some lovely irridescent paper

for the large pearl and around the shell. 

 

 This card was so much fun to make.  I created the words on the topper

on my PC leaving space for the picture with dies. All the dies

were watercoloured with Distress Oxide inks.

 

 I used a snow pen for the sea foam.. I heated it gently to 

make it puff up a little bit.

Faberge style Eggs!

I love the sheer beauty and craftsmanship of Faberge eggs.. they are completely over the top and extravagant (or eggtravagant! Lol).  I was so inspired by them I had to design some die cuts for Joanna, you can find them here

Here are the sample cards I made for Joanna:

 I can't be the only one with tons of holographic card stashed away wondering how to use it?.. Well die cut these eggs with it for an instant BLING!! I layered them over holographic too! This card is mainly black and cream with a little touch of lime green (holographic too!) The egg holders are plain cream card plus I added cream tulle across the base of the card to add to the luxury.

 To create the concertina style opening I drew around the egg die placing it next to the last one but slightly overlapping as I went along and then folding along the joins..it creates a lovely egg shaped mini book.  I decorated each egg with various colours of lace paper from Joanna Sheen Vol 1 Pad

 Then die cut 6 white Signature die Anya Faberge style egg for the inside pages and die 1

Signature die Caterina Faberge style egg for the front. I added ribbon before sticking to the card. All the flowers are from the Signature Dies flowers and leaves collection - I used Herb garden and Herb border and the Primrose.

For this card I die cut all 3 layers of card in the same place to layer up. I added mirror card on the inside to reflect the back of the egg. The egg is the Signature Die Anya Faberge style egg die cut from gold card and I cut 2 base dies. I made 2 eggs up layering one onto red the other onto blue card and stuck them back to back sandwiching cotton in the middle so as to attach the cotton in the layers of the background to hide it. The lovely Teddys are from Joanna Sheen Janet Kruskamp cardmaking collection Pad 1 and 2  and the lovely blue backing paper is from Joanna Sheens Paper collections Pad Vol 4 Christmas    and of course as with all these cards I added lots of gems!! Lol

Thanks for visiting and I hope these have inspired you to make your own Faberge style egg cards to share this Easter