Octopus Card Adventures: A Sunny Summer Twist

Ahoy there, fellow crafters!

Today, I am delighted to share my design team’s inspiration for the CRAFT challenge blog! My creative journey revolves around the beautiful digital stamp “Cthulhu by the Seaside”, sponsored by the fabulous Dr Digi’s House of Stamps.

Our theme for this challenge? We will be working on the theme of summer. So grab your crafting gear and join me on this delightful card journey. Together, we’ll get to work making this funny octopus card that’s perfect for summer.

This challenge is also sponsored again. This time our generous sponsor is Dr Digi’s House of Stamps.

The first step is to print the charming digital stamp “Cthulhu by the seaside” on DCP paper. I thought carefully about the layout of the card so that I could die-cut it effortlessly with a rectangular die-cut of 10 by 14 centimetres. This preparation forms the basis for a perfectly sized panel that becomes the centrepiece of our beautiful card. I printed the image two times. One for the card and the other one I use to make a mask for the digital stamp.

After printing the digital stamp, you can die-cut the digital stamp out with the rectangle stitched die.

To create a beautiful sunny background, we will use the sunburst template and vibrant ink colours. We are going to apply the background to the panel on which the digital stamp is printed. Because to do so without the image getting ink on itself, it is necessary to mask the image.

To do this, use the second printed image that is the same size as the digital stamp on the panel. Cut out this image. Now you can apply the outer lines of this digital stamp to the masking paper. Cut these out and you have your perfect mask for your digital stamp. Stick this exactly onto your digital stamp.

Now you can place the stencil on your panel and apply the sunrays with the different colours of yellow ink.

Now comes the satisfying part, namely removing the mask from your digital stamp. Now you have beautiful sun rays in the background, without the image getting ink on itself.

Now that we have our charming digital stamp “Cthulhu by the shore”, we are going to bring this quirky octopus to life with colour! I carefully chose a combination of Twinmarkers to make our octopus friend shine:

• Octopus body: Teal Blue (184), Cool Mint (181), Aqua Mint (179)
• Tentacles: Teal Green (60), Aqua mint (179), Cool shadow (178)
• Hat: Cardinal (244), English red (249), burgundy (247).
• Sandcastle and glaze on the hat: Clay (116), Rose Beige (97), Sand (107), and Leather (113).
• Bucket and scoop: Orange (23), Dark Yellow (31), and Deep Yellow (32).
• Ice cream yellow parts: Lemon Yellow (35), and Pastel Lemon (39).
• Ice cream pink parts: Rose Pink (08), Pale Pink (09) and Pastel Pink (17).

With these carefully chosen colour combinations, our octopus card comes to life. Let’s add the details to make the card shine.

No summer beach scene is complete without sandcastles, ice cream and sparkling sunbeams! Let’s give our card the finishing touch by adding a touch of magic to these elements:

Sandcastle: I used a white gel pen to add some white dots to the sandcastle, making it just a little more interesting.

Ice cream and band on the hat: Using paper glaze, I gave the strawberry ice cream and band on the hat a delectable sheen. It gives a delicious effect that is perfect for a summer treat.

Bucket and shovel: A little paper glaze was also applied to the bucket and shovel to make them look more realistic, as if they were fresh from the beach!

Sparkling sunbeams: Let’s not forget the sparkling sunbeams! I used a glitter pen to add a magical shimmer to the sunlit background, making our card really sparkle and shine.

Enchanting highlights: To give our octopus extra personality, I added white dots and highlights with a white gel pen. These little details really bring the octopus to life and give it that endearing charm we all love.

Let’s move on to the final steps.

Now that all the creative elements have come together, it’s time to put our card together! I would like to have a dark brown border around my octopus panel. I use dark brown paper for this. We glue this together. Then we glue the panel onto a craft card base of 10.5 centimetres by 15 centimetres.

No card is complete without a nice sentiment! For this card, I wanted a sentiment to match the digital stamp. I decided to make the text Tentacle Cheers.

For this, I used my alphabet punch. I punched all the letters out of white paper. I decided to place the letters on the sunburst section.

To get the letters nice and straight on the card, I used my T ruler and placed the letters on it. I used my tweezers to hold the letters so that I could carefully put glue on them and carefully place them on the card.

The sentiment adds a bit of warmth and humour to our summer-themed card and perfectly complements the charm of our beach octopus. It’s a wonderful way to convey our sunny wishes to the lucky recipient!

As our creative adventure comes to an end, I invite you all to join the CRAFT challenge blog! Make your own octopus card or card with a summer theme and submit it to share in this fun, creative challenge.

The theme of the challenge is “Summer”, so let your creativity run wild with a touch of sunshine and beach fun. Whether you are a seasoned crafter or just starting on this crafting journey, we welcome everyone to join us in spreading inspiration and creativity.

With hearts full of joy and creativity, we have reached the end of our crafting journey! I hope this summer-inspired octopus card has brought a smile to your face and inspired you to get started with the summer theme too.

I would love to hear what you think and your versions of the summer-inspired octopus card.

Happy Crafting!

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