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Friday, 6 July 2012

Forgotten Friday 59- Turtally Cute!


Hi Folks, well it's Friday again, I don't know where that week went. I've been to my Daughter's helping her to pack ready for a house move. She is moving from Student accomodation, as she has now finished University. She found out this week that she had achieved a 2:1 in her degree, which she was over the moon about. We are very proud of her.

I have made a card today incorporating some lovely stamps designed by a Canadian designer Ryn I have been sitting on these stamps for a little while, too busy to use them, but I knew exactly how I wanted to make this card. I decided to go ahead and use them for a Forgotten Friday project, as it was the only way that I would find time to use them!

I started by making a background using Ecoline inks on watercolour paper, and dropping sea salt onto the paper while it was still wet. The salt makes beautiful patterns in the ink. I make these backgrounds a lot, as every one is different. Once the background was dry, I brushed the salt away, and stamped the seaweed stamp along the bottom using blue and green Archival ink. I stamped the water droplets stamp a couple of times across the page, after planning where the little turtle would be placed.

I stamped the turtle onto white card a couple of times, and then coloured the image with Polychromos pencils.

Why not have a rummage through your crafty stash and see what you have neglected. If you make something, leave a comment, and I'll pop along to your blog to take a look.

Thanks for stopping by, xx


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17 comments:

  1. Mrs O crafty blog6 July 2012 at 21:44

    Fab card Judith, I've swam with turtles a few times.. Uouve made me think about being back in the Indian ocean.. And escaping this bloody rain! Px

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  2. Zoe6 July 2012 at 21:44

    This is gorgeous Judith, very different, so cute I love it xxx

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  3. catherine6 July 2012 at 21:45

    This is just super Judith and love the colours. the technique is fab. I used to do this alot on silk fabric. love watchinmg the patterns the salt makes. great job
    x catherine

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  4. Sue6 July 2012 at 21:50

    WOW!!! This is stunning Judith. I love the way you have created the scene and the colours are wonderful

    Sue

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  5. Barbara6 July 2012 at 21:56

    What a fab card, Judith...the background is great and perfect for the theme. I must try doing the thing with salt, seen it done a few times and it looks good.
    Congratulations to your daughter on her 2:1.......A great achievment x

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  6. Caroline6 July 2012 at 22:00

    WOW I love this. The scene is beautiful and the colours are gorgeous. Caroline xxx

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  7. Elaine6 July 2012 at 22:16

    Well you have done a brilliant job with these stamps. I love that salt background, beautiful colouring and you know I was very taken with the droplet stamp. Love what you have done with this card, absolutely gorgeous.

    Elaine xxx

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  8. fatmonica6 July 2012 at 23:32

    Love the turtle.That's a great effect on the background-I keep meaning to use salt but never get round to it-thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. Ryn Tanaka7 July 2012 at 02:43

    Hey Judith! Firstly congrats to your daughter! What an achievement!!! Secondly, you did an absolutely gorgeous job with my stamp designs. Love how you made a little scene with the Seaweed Set at the bottom. So neat! Thanks for sharing :)

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  10. Paula Whittaker7 July 2012 at 08:46

    Ive never heard of Polychromos pencils (where have I been?) but that turtle looks amazingly coloured...great cardsoverall too!
    And congratulations to your Daughter xx
    Have a great weekend Judith x

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  11. Aquarius7 July 2012 at 08:54

    I'm not surprised you couldn't resist these stamps - the water droplets are amazing as is the overall card. Will rummage through my stamps and other things later.

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  12. Marja's Stamp Addiction en Marja's Creativity7 July 2012 at 12:15

    Judith this is adorable. A very beautiful scene and colors.
    Lovely greet and nice weekend
    Marja

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  13. Paula (PEP)7 July 2012 at 12:59

    This looks gorgeously real with your water droplets combined with the sea salt background. I had to look twice at the little turtle for I couldn't believe you'd coloured him with pencils - the dimension is incredible & I think I've really fallen for this little chap. The two tone stamping of the seaweed is very atmospheric.
    Hope you've managed to get some rest after the packing.
    Paula (PEP)

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  14. Paper Creations by Shirley7 July 2012 at 14:12

    Hi Judith, Gorgeous creation with Design by Ryn's stamps. I love the water droplets image, it looks just like water on the page. Your background is beautiful, love the colours. Have a great weekend, Shirleyx

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  15. Aquarius8 July 2012 at 07:59

    I managed something for forgotten Friday this week - see it here combined with a couple of other challenges

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  16. craftimamma9 July 2012 at 09:49

    Those bubbles are great and what a cute turtle. Beautiful serene ocean colours too and the salt background is so effective. I love this!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  17. Sue's Crafty Corner11 July 2012 at 14:12

    This card is stunning Judith, a gorgeous turtle and I love the background stamp from Ryn, I think I'm going to have to invest in some of them soon. Congratulations to your Daughter for her great results.

    Here is my contribution to this weeks Forgotten Friday.

    Sue x

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