Alison Heikkila Designs

Beneath the Sea Hop

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Somewhere…..beyond the sea…..Oh. Wait. This is the Beneath the Sea blog hop. Well, I think you get where I’m going with my “singing.”Be grateful I am not actually singing to you. This week, the Stampendous team is showing off projects that we’ve made with Graphic 45‘s fantastic Voyage Beneath the Sea collection. It’s a fantastic blend of the sea and steampunk. I love it! My project today is a tag.

I used the Steampunk Splash paper, Sea Horse stencil, along with the Boss Gloss dauber top embossing ink, and Aged Teal (from the Teal Encrusted Jewels Teal kit) embossing powder on watercolor paper. I thought it looked fantastic with the colors of the Graphic 45 paper I used. When this mixture melts, you see not only teal, but silver and gold as well. And the powders are of different sizes, so the texture created is wonderful. Here’s a close up. 
I then tore the edges and inked them with Celestial Copper Delciata Ink from Imagine Crafts. For the tag itself, I used a basic ta from the office supply store, and cut my Graphic 45 paper to fit. I left some room at the top, and messy-spackled (technical term here) Copper Embossing Paste in that area. After it dried, I added a sentiment from the new Stampendous Ocean Wisdom set with White Detail Embossing Powder. It says, “Swim with passion in the Sea of Life.”

I topped the tag off with some lovely ribbon from May Arts, and now it’s ready to be used in a scrapbook! My husband and I went on a cruise in February, so I have lots of wonderful pictures to add to my album. You’ll see one of my pages tomorrow, in fact. Please be sure to come back and visit! But for now, be sure to check out all of the blogs listed below. They’ve got great things to share with you today. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Alison Heikkila (that’s me!)

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  9. LOVE, love the encrusted jewel technique for the seahorse. It gives the image a realistic twist to our bumpy fish friend. Thank you for sharing your tag with us today!

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  21. Goodness so many beautiful projects on the blog today. Love the tag and the stenciled sea horse. I never seem to think of using stencils much in my card making. Thanks for sharing with us.

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Thank you so much for your kind words!

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