Diver Dan

Howdy - MichelleO here today - Are you ready for Summer? Diver Dan is! This guy cracks me up. High Hopes Stamps image that is perfect for that active guy birthday card! 

Decided to go with a circle theme... colored up Diver Dan with my Copics (colors below) and then die cut him in a circle, with a mat in a darker shade. Found some older Making Memories papers in my stash that have fun gold circles and went with it! I sewed down the papers with a zig zag stitch, for some texture. 

The sentiment is also from High Hopes Stamps - "dive right in!" This sentiment is my favorite with this image. I sewed it down on layers of matching pattern papers. 

For some water and bubble sparkle I added some Nuvo glitter paint pen - gotta have some sparkling water right? 

Copic colors used - 

 
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Dive Right In

  I have quite a few nephews and young men/boys in my life so I can never have enough masculine themed birthday cards in my stash. 

Most of them are outdoorsy and like to swim so "Diver Dan and Sea Floor Background" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps are perfect for an under water scene card!

I started by stamping the sea floor background followed by Diver Dan and coloured them with Copic markers. I cut them to the size I wanted and set them aside. Next I found some paper from Doodlebug that has a wavy, watery feel to it. I stamped and cut my Dive Right In sentiment to size and masked the Happy Birthday out of the Swinging Birthday sentiment stamp. 

After cutting a piece of card stock to size to go behind the coloured image, I used an mini anchor and star fish to create a border. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Diver Dan, Sea Floor Background - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Dive Right In, Swinging Birthday - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Sunkissed - Doodlebug

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, anchor and star fish die - Memory Box, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E23 E25 E27 E29

Seaweed - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Water - B00

Coral - Y38 YR16 YR18 R24 R27 R37 R59 Y11 Y15 Y17

Flippers, Watch - Y11 Y15 Y17 

Rocks, Scuba Tank, Face Mask - C1 C2 C3 C5 

Shell - E30 E31 E34 E43 

Wetsuit - BG05 BG07 BG09

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Diver Dan!

Happy Tuesday!

Hi everyone! I just got back yesterday from a warm and relaxing vacation in Aruba! I was inspired from my trip and our snorkeling excursion to make a card with the High Hopes Stamps image called "Diver Dan".

I thought  "Diver Dan" would look adorable as a Shaker card as he would look like he was under water! I tried a new product this time. It's called Masking Fluid. I stamped my image onto my Copic paper then using the fluid, filled the image in and let it totally dry. Then using some Distress paint in Picket Fence and a Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray on my craft mat I dragged the image through the wet paints. This made the white space behind my image take on a water look. Once the paint was dry you just use your fingers and peel off the dry masking fluid. Your image is left nice and white and then you are able to use your markers to colour it!

I put some Glossy Accents on Dan's mask and the little air bubble. I filled the shaker with Doodlebug sequins, some tiny clear seed beads and white glitter.

On the inside I used a word sticker from Heidi Swapp's No Limits Buzz Word collection.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, R11

Hair: E43, E44, E47

Tank, Hose & Flippers: T3, T5, T7

Watch: Y38

Mask: R24, R29

It's the beginning of a new month so don't forget that also means it's the start of a new Challenge over on the High Hopes Blog! The theme this month is "Anything Goes". All you have to do is make a project using a High Hopes Stamp to enter. If you don't have one, feel free to use our free digi. I hope to see your entry linked up! Good luck!

Happy Stamping

Cheri

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