Friendly Crab - Stampin' Up! Ocean Friends

   My card today is designed to play along with the Addicted to CAS challenge to make a 'friends' card.  I always seem to use Basic White for the card base in clean and simple challenges so I gave myself a personal challenge to try a different color base.  What do you think?

 I went with Azure Afternoon for the base and then embossed a wide band of the same color with the Soft Waves embossing folder.  I think since it's tone on tone that it feels more CAS than if it was a different color.

  Using a big Spotlight on Nature circle I stamped the friend sentiment from Ocean Friends stamp set in Azure Afternoon.  The crab was stamped next with the outline in Flirty Flamingo and the fill in with Petal Pink.

  The bubbles are added in stamped off Azure Afternoon going right off the edge of the circle.  Finally the finished circle is popped on dimensionals.  I left off any embellishments to keep with the CAS theme but I did color in the bubbles with Wink of Stella for a tiny bit of shimmer in real life.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Ocean Friends

Ink: Azure Afternoon, Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink

Paper: Azure Afternoon, Basic White

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Soft Waves embossing folder, dimensionals, Wink of Stella