You Octopi My Heart Card by February Guest Designer Lori U'ren

Hello everyone, Lori here today and I'm back with another card for you.

For today's card I used the Tides of Love Stamp Set. I love ocean themed stamp sets!

I began my card by stamping the octopus and two of the fish onto #80 Neenah Solar White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and cut them out using my Brother Scan n Cut machine.

I die cut a piece of #80 Neenah Solar White cardstock with a rectangle die from my stash to create a background for my octopus and fish. I ink blended Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Oxides with blending brushes in a circular motion. Instead of spritzing the oxides with water, I used Perfect Pearls in the color Perfect Pearls with water on an acrylic block and a small paint brush and flicked the Perfect Pearls onto my background. I used a splat box to help me from getting the Perfect Pearls all over the place, but managed to still do that! I'm just a messy crafter I suppose. But I really love the effect of the Perfect Pearls on a card. I then adhered the inked blended panel with liquid glue to an A2 lavender card base.

Next I stamped the sentiment You Octopi my heart! with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I used foam tape to pop up the octopus and the fish. 

To finish my card I added shimmer with my Nuvo Shimmer pen, white highlights with a Gelly Roll pen, and Nuvo gems.

And that's my card for today! I'll be back next week with another card.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

 - Lori