Shore Do Love You

Our wedding anniversary is in November, so I thought I better get a card made.  I know it is early, but I felt like using my retired set Crab & Company and it fit the theme.  I don't use my retired sets a lot; however, sometimes they call to me...pick me, pick me!  I love this set and was sad, when it retired.  In fact, the paper I used Thoroughly Modern is retired too.  Seth doesn't care.  In fact, he would NEVER know.  He doesn't follow my blog, but I show him everything I make.  I told him this was for my parents....ha ha!  Their anniversary is this month.

Once I chose the stamp set and papers, I decided to play along with Susanna at Paper Craft Planet's sketch challenge this week.  She has a great sketch for you!  The only thing I added were the little clams at the bottom of mine that weren't on her sketch.  I couldn't pass up putting pearls on them.

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: crab & company (retired)

Paper: thoroughly modern (retired)

Ink: black staz on, taken with teal (retired), crumb cake, rose red, real red

Accessories: basic pearls, hemp twine, aqua painiter

Punches: 2 1/2" circle, 2 3/8" scallop, oval scallop xl, oval large, 3/4" circle, 1/16" circle

Techniques: watercoloring

See the scallop behind my main image?  If my circle is 2 1/2" and my scallop punch is 2 3/8", how does my scallop show?  I punched a few scallops, cut them and arranged them behind the main image to make it fit.  Neat, huh?

Oh, I almost forgot....I watercolored my main image with ink pads and an aqua painter.

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