Plenty of fish in the sea - Art Journal

Hello Crafty Friends,

Marie-Christine with you today with an Art Journal Page. The theme this month is "Under water" and the technique is watercolor; so, I used both on this creation.

BPM Rubber Stamps used:

Fish Side View Rubber Stamp

Spiney Horned Long Fish Sharp Teeth Rubber Stamp

Conch Shell Seashell Art Rubber Stamp

Sea Snail Pointed Spiral Shell

Plenty of Fish in the Sea Phrase Rubber Stamp

Coral Reef Sponge Small Art Rubber Stamp

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Other Supplies

Small Art Journal

Old Book Page

Distress Inks

Stencil

Watercolor

Vintage image

Adhere an old book page on your Art Journal and color with Distress ink.

Use a waves stencil with green Distress ink at the bottom of the page.

Stamp the shells and fish on a watercolor paper and color them.

To finish, adhere shells, fish, coral, title and vintage image on your page.

Hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

Thank you for visiting!

Marie-Christine Denis

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Bubbles Under the Sea Card

Let's create an underwater bubbly paradise. If you are intimidated by creating inky backgrounds, this is the perfect place to start because whatever you create with texture stamps and watercolors or sprays, it will look wonderful. It's great because you can't really mess it up. Let's dive in!

BPM Stamps:
Raindrops Waterdrops Rubber Stamp Sheet Set
3 Assorted Beach Grass Stamps
Open Weave Fishnet Background Stamp
Nautical 2 Stamp Set
Spiral Snail Shell Stamp

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Other Supplies:
water color paper, ink pads (blue, green, pearl, embossing), clear mounting block,
water spray bottle, embossing powder (clear / glitter / blue), seahorse embellishment, heat gun, Glossy Accents Clear Gloss Medium, clear micro beads, card base (5x7")

Directions:
1.  Use embossing ink to stamp the small water droplet image over the background. Apply clear glitter embossing powder, return the excess to the jar, and heat set.

 

2.  Stamp the medium bubble cluster with pearl ink randomly across the background. Vary the angle of the bubbles and occasionally have some extend off the edge of the paper.  Apply clear gloss medium to a random selection of bubbles. Set aside to thoroughly dry.

3.  Apply numerous shades of blue and green inks directly onto a craft mat. Mist generously with water. Place the watercolor paper face down pressing gently. Continue to press and lift the paper until the desired amount if color is reached. Reapply, ink and water to continue to add more layers of color.

 

(When complete, dab the paper with a tissue to remove
any ink mist that may be clinging to the slick embossed surfaces.)

4. Use an ombre ink pad to add a border of net along the lower edge.

5.  Stamp sea weed grass in the lower corners using blue ink. Mask any bubbles that have clear gloss medium over them in order to protect them from blue ink.

6.  Spray blue mist over the background to add a variety of small splatters. Set aside to dry.

7.  Stamp different size bubbles onto white card stock. Without re-inking, stamp the bubble image again to create a second and third generation impressions. Each new impression will be a lighter shade which will create the appearance of depth within the project. Apply clear gloss medium to each bubble. After thoroughly dry, carefully cut out each bubble.

8.  Adhere the stamped bubbly background to a blue card base leaving a narrow border.

9.  Adhere a chipboard sea horse to the upper left side of the card. Attach the bubbles randomly with foam tape.

10.  Stamp seashells with embossing ink, apply blue embossing powder, and heat set. Cut out the seashells and apply to the lower edge of the card using foam tape.

11.  Apply liquid adhesive randomly to some bubbles and add transparent micro beads to the wet adhesive.

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A Visit to the Sea Lab

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this layout featuring my son at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.  I had so much fun stamping this layout!  This layout uses loads of stamps! Here is my complete supply list:

Sin City Stamps: Terri Sproul Alphabet, Sequence Waste, Sea Shell, Coral (SC27-11), Antique Diving Helmet, Sea Plant, crab, Craw Fish, sea horse, fish, Ship, Stencil Pattern 2

ColourArte: Twinkling H2Os--Meridian Blue, Teal Zircon, Mandarin Citrine, Ginger Peach, Deep Coral, Playful Peony

ColourArte: Radiant Gels-- Indian Copper 

Core'dinations :Cardstock (White Wash Picket Fence), Sanding block and dust buddy

PACON- Multi Media Paper

Inks: Tsukineko Memento (Tuxedo Black and London Fog). Note you may want to substitute Jet Black Archival Ink for the Memento Tuxedo Black as this project does use some watercolor techniques.  I worked fast so my ink did not really bleed.

Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Abandoned Coral

Distress Markers: Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye

Graphic 45 Papers

Crop-a-dile hole punch

Paper Studio Banner Punch

Spectrum Noir #EB8

Water Brush

Jute

Eyelets

I started by placing my Sin City Stencil under my Core'dinations Cardstock and sanding in multiple location on my background.  

In the space left over I stamped the Sequence Waste Stamp repeatedly, overlapping the stamped images to mimic a fish net look. I used a torn piece of paper to mask off the parts I didn't want stamped.  This created a subtle texture over my background. 

I then cut a frame from patterned paper and added it over my background page.

I decided that the frame was too plain so I punched holes in the frame and threaded jute through the holes and added a bow at the top of my layout. 

I then stamped the ship on Multi Media paper and added it to the top right corner of my layout.

I added my matted photos and a banner across the upper left corner. 

                                                 

I then stamped lots of sea images onto Multi Media paper.  For the Diving Helmet I painted over the image with the Radiant Gels. The other images except for the shell were painted with Twinkling H2Os.

For the Sea Shells I used my Distress Markers and drew an ink line along the outer edge and then use my water brush to pull the ink toward the center of the shell.

I then fussy cut all the images  and added them as accents throughout the layout.  

                                  

I stamped my title on to my hand made tags and added them to my layout. 

Here is the finished project!