The Seaside Seagull stamp set from My Favorite Things is adorable beyond words. The images remind me of the lovable seagulls from Finding Nemo. Which is why the "mine, mine, mine" sentiment from the set just cracks me up! When I spotted this week's MFT sketch #338 with the heart, I decided it was perfect for this set with the love-themed sentiment.
To create the heart scene, I sponged some Distress Oxide ink in Broken China over an old cloud mask I've had for years. Then, I die-cut two wave borders from Brilliant Blue cardstock, inked the edges in white to make them stand out and layered them over the white sponged cardstock. I used a heart Framelits die to die-cut the layered cardstock, and I stamped some clouds from the stamp set over my remaining sponged carstock, handcut them out and popped them up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then stamped the seagull image in black ink, colored it and handcut it out. I have some adorable enamel eyes that I thought would give this seagull the perfect dazed and confused look. (The look of love, perhaps?)
The colours were inspired by the MFT Colour Challenge #72.The grey background was embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder, one of the items I was most looking forward to getting from the new Stampin' Up! annual catalogue. Now that we have the 3D Dynamic folders, they gave us this awesome realistic wood texture that I know I'm going to love adding to my projects. (Just like I've used my Hardwood background stamp over and over again.) Inspired by a trick I saw in the catalogue, I sponged some white ink over the embossed cardstock and it really made the grey details stand out more and gave the wood texture a nice weathered look. A few enamel shapes were added around the main image.
By the way, only when I copied the sketch image to my blog post did I notice that the sketch actually includes a frame around the heart!! Oh, well. Let's call that artistic license...
Supplies
Stamps: Seaside Seagulls (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White, Tuxedo Black Memento, Broken China Distress Oxide, VersaMark
Accessories: Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies, Markers, Ocean Wave Borders Dies (Lawn Fawn),
White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Doodlebug Twine, Cloud Template, Enamel Shapes (Brights, Regals),
White Medium Envelope, Enamel Eyes (Doodlebug / Simon Says Stamp)
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