Little Swimmers ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

Hello everyone!  We are in the thick of summer and one way to cool down is to be

in the water!  I made my project using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Little Swimmers Digital Stamp Set

Also Edgy Paper Set

 This is too cute and there are so many images to choose from.  Let me show you

 how I made my card.

 

 This card had me going in circles!  This is the original composition that I printed. 

 I really didn’t like it…I’m not sure why, but it just wasn’t working for me.

 

 Despite that, I colored the images anyway.  Then I decided I didn’t like the background

 so I fussy cut the little swimmers and die cut an oval that matched a different background 

panel.  I really didn’t like that either!

 

 

I left it for a bit and then I went back to the computer.  I decided to

change the color of the background so it was bluer and do the faded soft edges which 

normally I do that for my winter cards but I liked it for this as well.  I left the images 

of the swimmers there and decided to layer them with my colored version.

 

 

Finally I had a version I liked.  I had added a few fishes from the Under the Sea

 Stamp Set.  I printed it out and also did the sentiment in a color and size that went with 

the card.  I die cut the panel with an A2 size rectangle die.  I popped up my swimmers on

 foam tape.  I did the same with the sentiment after fussy cutting it out.  I added shimmer

 pen to the fishes.  Next I added stickles for water lines and once that was dry I added 

white Nuvo Drops.  I finished by adding a bit of white gel pen and I used Glossy 

Accents for water drops.

 

          I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s tutorial.  Let me know if  indecision has ever effected             you and your card making!

 

Supplies used:

White A2 size card base

Little Swimmers Digital Stamp Set

Also Edgy Paper Stamp Set

Under the Sea Stamp Set

Foam tape

Glossy Accents

Stickles

White Nuvo Drops

Shimmer Pen

Copic markers used:

E00, E000, E01, E02, E08, E25, E24, E29,

E49, E97, BV0000, RV21, YG00, YG11,

YG23, BV000, BV00, BV13, BV23, BV29,

BV02, RV00, RV10, RV04, RV14, RV23, B21,

C0, C1, C3, B21

 

Til next time…

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.