Hello and Sand Crab Slimline Card

Hello crafty friends ...

I was looking through this package of patterned paper, and was inspired by a section of one of the sheets and decided to use it along with this adorable Sand Crab die for my Slimline card today.

While I loved the design at the bottom of the panel, the top looked a little stark. So I pulled out this Waves stencil and added some colour. Then I die cut the Hello from a different patterned paper in the stack and stamped the coordinating sentiment on an inked banner.

I loved this crab as soon as I saw it, and can't believe that this is the first time I've use it! I love the size of it. While the shell was die cut from a mauve pearlized card stock, the rest was die cut from white card stock. I dipped & dragged the pieces through puddles of Distress Oxide inks that had been spritzed with water. I did add a little definition with Copic Markers after everything was dry. The eyes were coloured with a black sharpie and then I added some sparkly no-hole sequins to the card front after adhering the crab with foam tape.

Inside I used another patterned paper from the package along with these pretty Slimline dies. The white panel looked too stark for me so I added some stencilling using the same Waves stencil I used on the card front.

I also added this adorable layered crab that comes in the Seashells die set from ECD.

Into my Happy Mail stash with this one!

Supplies:

Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles - Pink Fresh Studio

Patterned paper - Mermaid Tail Collection, Kaisercraft

Sand Crab dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card stocks

Distress Oxide Inks

Mauve Pearl card stock

Sakura white gel pen

Stickles

Hello stamp and die set - Pink & Main

Waves Stencil - Simon Says Stamp

Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes

Clear Holographic no-hole sequins - Cats Panamas

Slim Ornate Banner dies - Pink Fresh Studio

Small crab, Seashells - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - 4 x 9", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

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