Plaid Crab - Stampin' Up! Ocean Friends

   My local stampers always appreciate a guy card at class so I combined the Ocean Friends stamp set and a bit of the lovely Timeless Plaid DSP for a nice masculine birthday card at my last event.

  The layout may look familiar as I used it for this For the Books card last week for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  The sketch was too fun not to use it again so I changed it up with the colors and stamp set for another look.

  The card starts with a Boho Blue card base.  Boho Blue is an In Color that will be retiring at the end of April so if you love it and don't have it time is running out.  If you already have it double check your card stock supply and reinker so as not to be caught without once it's gone for good.

  I used the largest Around It All die to cut the half circle from the Timeless Plaid DSP and adhered it to the card base.  The seaweed is die cut from Mossy Meadow card stock.  The crab is 2 step stamped with Cajun Craze ink, die cut then popped on dimensionals.  

  The sentiment is from the Spring Corners stamp set and is tucked into the snipped apart crab claws.  To add some interest to the top of the card I stamped some bubbles and then colored them in with a white colored pencil to give them more contrast against the blue.

  Finally a bit of linen thread tied in a knot and accented with an Adhesive-Backed Texture Dot accents the seaweed finishing off the card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ocean Friends, Spring Corners (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Boho Blue, Cajun Craze

Paper: Boho Blue, Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Timeless Plaid DSP 

Accessories: Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), Ocean Friends dies, dimensionals, white colored pencil, linen thread, Adhesive-Backed Texture Dot