As soon as I saw this fortnights Seize the Birthday Sketch, I thought of a goldfish bowl - don't ask my why - my brain just works that way LOL! So I teamed that idea with this weeks Paper Smooches Sparks Trend Watch Ocean, Addicted to CAS Water Challenge and the On-line Class Summer Camp 2 Pre-Class Colour Challenge too!
The ocean backdrop was created by stamping Paper Smooches Wicked Nauticool waves in navy ink on Echo Park Here & Now paper and tracing around the diecut circle outline, then filling with all different sizes of turquoise sequins - which looks AMAZINGLY sparkly in the sunshine! The Paper Smooches Surf & Turf fishes, pelican and post were paper pieced in Echo Park papers (try saying that quickly!) and the Paper Smooches Flag Tags (appropriately) fish-tailed were die cut. The sentiment was created using Paper Smooches Party Posse "birthday wishes", and substituting with an "f" from Alphadots. Then the white cardstock layer was pop dotted to create a frame, together with the sentiment and pelican on his post. Just to make sure the sequins and fishes stay in place, they were adhered with Helmar 450 adhesive.
Don't forget Paper Smooches August Guest Designer Search is open til July 17th!
Playing along with Paper Crafts Nautical July Gallery Challenge too.
Playing along with Paper Crafts Nautical July Gallery Challenge too.
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What an adorable card Lyndal! Love the sequin water!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love how the water sparkles.
ReplyDeleteLove the sequin water! Your fish & pelican are super cute, too. Fab card!
ReplyDeleteLovely ! I images look very cute and fab idea of sequin ocean !
ReplyDeletelove the concept - and great colors too!
ReplyDeleteSuch a creation! I love this awesome water scene with the fish and pelican. The water looks amazing. I also love the way you altered your sentiment for the occasion. Great job. Thanks so much for playing along at ATCAS xx
ReplyDeleteLove this! So much fun!
ReplyDeleteHow creative - love the sequin water! Thanks for joining us this week at Seize the Birthday! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this is so fantastic! What a brilliant idea to use the sequins for water, and your paper piecing is divine!
ReplyDeleteI just love the sequins in the water! Cute card:) Thanks so much for joining us at the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is fabulous! I love the sequins with the little fish!
ReplyDeleteLyndal this is gorgeous and so much fun! The water is so cool.
ReplyDeleteHi Lyndal. Such sweet images and I LOVE your sequin backdrop. So creative and fun ... and sparkly! Thanks for joining us at ATCAS. Loll :)
ReplyDeleteawesome card....
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Love your card!
ReplyDeleteso awesome! absolutely adorable and sweet!
ReplyDeleteVery creative, Lyndal, love all the sequins for your water! Can only imagine what it looks like in real life!
ReplyDeleteThis is phenomenal! I love your sequin ocean and the fabulous orange fish! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely wonderful! I love the way you created the sparkly water. The paper piecing is perfect. Love the way you matched the pelican's beak to the fish and banner and the way he pops with his whiteness against the other colors. Just fabulous!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis card is stunning! The paper covered with with sequins is absolutely gorgeous! I can't imagine how sparkly it is in person because it looks amazing them in the photograph.
ReplyDeleteLove your background water, but this is such a fun design for the color combo too!
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun and sparkly Lyndal! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI LOOOOOOOOOVE that sequins sea!!! What a fun card-- FAB job! THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with the Paper Smooches SPARKS TW Ocean challenge!!! I hope you will try our sketch challenge this week <3
ReplyDeleteSOOOO gorgeous! LOVE the rich deep colors! So glad you played along with us this week at Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge!!!
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oh my stinkin' CUTE!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at Seize the Birthday!
I knew this was sparkly when I first saw it - but I didn't realize it was sequins - how amazing!! Those are some happy little fishes in that sparkly bowl (even with the pelican hovering nearby!!)
ReplyDeleteThis is jaw dropping. No wonder your card is a winner. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible!!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable, Lyndal! I'm so glad you won Top Three at ATCAS, so I could come and see it! Congratulations!!
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