Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 21 ~ Sea-Prise ~ Avery Elle

 Hello there crafty friend!

I am back with inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 21. And why not add another birthday card to my stash! All the white open space was fun to play with on this one.

I'm back to using those leftovers papers I picked out a few weeks ago. You can see the a photo of the papers here. This sketch doesn't use a lot of papers so I have quite a few left. I have a feeling I'll be finishing up these papers next month. I found four scraps in my papers that were all cut down to 1/2" width. I cut a fifth piece to balance out the space since they were so thin. 

I stamped the puffer fish, horn, and sentiment from the Sea-Prise stamp set from Avery Elle using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then colored up the fish and horn using a bunch of Copic markers. I fussy cut the fish and horn using my EK Cutter Bee Scissors leaving a skinny white border around the images. I stamped the sentiment on a long scrap of white card stock and then stamped the cute fish using Kitsch Flamingo and then Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. Kitsch Flamingo wasn't quite right... I wanted them a bit darker. I adhered the sentiment to another long strip of pattern paper and adhered it to the bottom of a 4 x 5-1/4" piece of Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink. I also adhered the other paper strips. I trimmed off all the excess papers off of the edges and then adhered the panel to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Melon Mambo Card Stock from Stampin' Up.

Here's a list of the Copic markers I used: 

Puffer Fish: BG000, BG02, BG05

Party Hat: Y11, Y15, YG11, YG23, RV10, RV02, RV14, BG000, BG02

Horn: BG000, BG02, Y11, Y15, YG11, YG23, RV10, RV02, RV14

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 21. Lots of open space that can be kept white like my card or use pattern paper like I did for my car card. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. So let the sketch lead in your design, but don't feel limited by it. My card is another good example of altering the sketch but still keeping within the sketch since my skinny scraps required a fifth scrap to balance out the space.

The very light waves in the background were created using the Make Waves Stencil from My Favorite Things along with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a blender brush I got off of Amazon. I used a very light touch blending over the stencil as I shifted the edge of the stencil from side to side to give some variation to the waves. I added foam tape to the back of the horn and fish and then popped them up on the card. I'm so happy with how this card turned out! I hope you're inspired to play along with the sketch... and maybe even make a birthday card. I don't know about you, but I'm always in need of more birthday cards. Have an ink-tastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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