Card Captain day 4: Turtle

Welcome for day 4 of me being the card captain for

the Enjoy Michael Strong Stampgroup.

On Thursday we always share a technique.

This is no special technique, but I want to

show you how I build this background panel.

This is what I used:

turtle stamps by Michael Strong

sentiment from stash (not sure of brand)

stencil

various colors distress oxide inks

gesso

acrylic distress paint

distress crayons

distress spray

black versafine stamping pad

First I cut a white piece of cardstock 4x5 inch.

Next I took this sea bubble stencil from my stash 

and randomly added the white gesso with a brush.

After taking the stencil of you see the bubbles here and there.

Now leave this to dry of use heat gun.

Next  adding a few drops of light blue acrylic

(distress) paint and smear it out with your fingers

on a few places.

Then i added 2 colors of distress crayons (but I am sure

watercolor crayons or oil pastel crayons also have a 

great effect). Smear it out with your fingers.

Just a few places not all over the card.

Next spray broken china distress spray on the card

and let it dry.

With a paper towel rub over the dots you made 

with the gesso, this way the show more.

Take the stencil again and a darker blue ink

to make some more bubbles.

See here the result of all the layers.

On top of all these layers you stamp the seaweed

that comes with the turtle stamp with black ink.

Now your back panel is finished.

Stamp the turtle with dark green in (forrest moss)

and also use it for coloring the turtle.

For the shield I also used cracked pistachio ink.

Then i cut the turtle with scissors and added a 

few pieces of foam tape to the back.

The sentiment was stamped on a seperate piece of

paper and colored with the same inks and crayons.

Of course I added a little bubbles with the stencil.

In the end iIadded a little blue glitter glue

to the shield of the turtle, but you do not

see that well enough on the picture.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!