Poolside Pets

 It's officially Summer!  Today I have the perfect summer card that just makes me smile.  I have used the new Poolside Pets Stamps and Coordinating Dies from Catherine Pooler and the Take A Dip Shaker Die.  ADORBS!!!!

For the background on this card, I inked white cardstock with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink.  The lower layer, which in the pool water, is inked with Tumbled Galss, Mermaid Lagoon, and Salvaged Patina.  To give the "water" a little bit of movement, I used the Cow Print Stencil from Trinity Stamps.  I lightly inked the cardstock with Tumbled Glass.  I laid the stencil on top and inked in the Mermaid Lagoon, then I moved the stencil to a different spot and then inked in the Salvaged Patina.  

I used the Take A Dip Shaker Die to cut the pool from the Twisted Citron inked cardstock.  I also cut the pool and the surrounding tiles from gray cardstock lightly dusted with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink.  

To created the well for the shaker pieces, I laid the pool shape that was cut out from the Twisted Citron cardstock on the lower layer and placed double sided adhesive foam tape around the shape.  I used two layers of 2mm .25" tape.  I filled in the rest of that layer with more tape in the open areas.  I filled the well with Iridescent Cobalt Shaker Pop Elements from Trinity Stamps and sealed them in by placing a piece of acetate cut to 4.0" x 5.25" on top of the tape.

I glued the Twisted Citron layer and gray tile trim on top of the acetate.  Now it's time to decorate the top of the card.

I used Copic markers in the following colors:

• E50, E51, E31, E33, E35 - Dog
• YR30, YR31, YR24, YR27 - Fox
• C00, C0, C2, C3, C5 -Cat
• RV10, RV00, RV02, E31, E33, E35 - Donut Raft
• RV43, RV14, R33, YG13, YG07, YG17,Y00, Y08, Y17 - Watermelon Raft
• Y00, Y08, Y17, B0000, B000, B01, B02 - Sky Raft

Make sure to color multiple rafts so that you have enough to fill in the front of the card.  When I was making my card, I had just put my little friends in the pool and felt like the card had a lot of blank space, so I placed some rafts randomly on the outside of the pool and trimmed off where they were hanging over the edges.

For the sentiment, I used the the dies from Trinity Stamps Sunshine Die Set.

This is such a fun and colorful card and the icing on the cake, so to say, is that the shaker elements create such a fun noise when moved around.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a fantastic summer!!!

Sandy