bubbly shark

Today’s card uses the same Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge layout as the card I posted last Thursday, but I used the mirror image of the sketch.  I didn’t want the shark to look like he was swimming off the edge of the card.  I realized as I was making the card that this is the first time I’ve used Stampin’ Up’s Pacific Point cardstock.  Why haven’t I used that color before?!?  (This is where you imagine me imitating Homer Simpson saying “DOH!”) I really like it with the black and white and grey here. 

I kept CAS-tastic challenge #12 in the back of my mind as I was creating this.  The challenge requirements were to use at least three of the following things to keep it SIMPLE:  Stamped (or digital) image; Inked edges; Masking; Paper piercing; Lace; Embossing.  The shark is my stamped image (kind of obvious, huh), I inked the edges of the shark image panel with black ink, and the long Pacific Point panel is dry embossed with the Cuttlebug “Spots & Dots” folder.  The embossing made the card eligible for the CAS weekly challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

This is going to be a birthday card.  The sentiment inside reads, “Have a KILLER birthday!”  I thought with the image it’s pretty cute!

Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Sweet (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Basics White (PaperTrey Ink); Basic Black, Pacific Point (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon (May Arts); Premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); odorless mineral spirits (Houston Art)