Sunday 19 July 2015

AAA Cards - Water World

The challenge at AAA Cards this Water World - and it is a technique game focused on die cutting. Yay! - die cutting - one of my favourite techniques!

This week, I challenged myself to not only use die cutting - but to "stretch my dies" and use some of my co-coordinating as stand alone images. I thought the whale from Clearly Besotted would be perfect for this and here is what I came up with:

 
I die cut the whale and the spray from white cardstock and sponged them with Distress Inks (I used my new favourite, Hickory Smoke, for the whale!). I then created the background using the SSS Stitched rectangle die, the CB wave die, some inlaid die cutting and some more Distress Ink sponging. I also die cut two more layers of waves - one from white cardstock that was sponged with Distress Ink, and one from vellum that I used for the greeting (embossed in Liquid Platinum). 

And then for the assembling. Believe it or not, this card only has one layer or dimensional adhesive - the frame, whale, spray and dark water are all popped up. Finishing touches were a googly eye, a hand drawn smile, and a generous coating of Wink of Stella for the whale. 

While my supplies were out, I also came up with a couple of cards using the negative of the whale cuts as well:


For the first card, I used a Be Creative adhesive sheet and some microfine glitter to create the card. And for the second card, I used some acetate and alcohol inks to create a fun semi-transparent card front. I did have to double up the inked acetate behind the whale so that the greeting would show up a little bit more (it was stamped in white Stayz On).


So now it's your turn to play along - but before you do, please check out the other DT creations where you're sure to find lots of inspirational ideas!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jill

7 comments:

  1. Very cute cards Jill! I love how you did the waves in the first one and the simplicity of the other two with the outline of the whale :)

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  2. So COOL! Jill. love the little scene you've created. The whale is super cute and your layered waves look fantastic. Sarah x

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  3. Super cards Jill. Loving that cheeky grin on the whale and what a great use of the negative cuts on your last two super CAS cards.

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  4. These are great Jill. That little whale has personality! Love the sponging and the wave. The cards you made with the negatives are so simple and wonderful. Love them.

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  5. Darling cards, Jill! I'm sorry I'm so late stopping by to tell you how much I love, love, love them ~ especially your first card! It's my fave whale card I've seen in Blogland, to date!! Enjoy the weekend!! Hugs, Darnell

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  6. Whale done indeed - very punny!! I love your cards. I love that glittery negative 2nd one. Really cute card Jill. Also i really want to get that Hickory Smoke but I've been getting the new colors in sets of 4 so have to wait every 4 months :(

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  7. Whale done indeed - very punny!! I love your cards. I love that glittery negative 2nd one. Really cute card Jill. Also i really want to get that Hickory Smoke but I've been getting the new colors in sets of 4 so have to wait every 4 months :(

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