SUOC#258 - Sea world/Triple stepper card

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another SUO challenge with the theme this time being - Nautical, Coastal, Sea world and Marine. And I thought what a great opportunity to use the really lovely Whale done collection, it's so lovely I just couldn't resist........

So without further a do lets get crafting and create a triple stepper card!!!

Materials needed:

Thick whisper white cardstock

1pc - 5" x 10" for the card base

1pc - approx 5/8" x 2 5/8" for the sentiment

Scrap piece for stamping and fussy cutting 3 x seahorses

Pool party cardstock

1pc -4 7/8" x 6 7/8" for matting and layering on the front of your card

1pc - approx  3/4" x 2 3/4" for the sentiment

Whale of a time DSP

1 sheet for the matting and layering on the front of your card (blue piece)

1 sheet with the turtles on to be fussy cut out

1 sheet for the fussy cutting to mat and layer onto the front of your card

Brights Stampin' write markers

Granny apple green and Pacific point for inking your stamps with

Flowers for every season gems

Some of the clear ones to look like bubbles on your card

Card recipe:

1. On the short side of your whisper white card base piece mark from top to bottom with a faint pencil mark (needs to be rubbed out) 2 1/2" and 4 3/4".

2. Cut, score and fold your card base as in the diagram (remember to have the 2 1/2" section at the top of your scoring board/trimmer).

You're scoring on the 3"and 6" to the first line the 8" to the second line, on the 4" and the 7" you just score the middle section and on the 5" you only score on the bottom section.

Now you cut where the diagram shows you.

Fold the 3 score lines on the left away from yourself, the next 2 towards yourself and the last score line away from yourself (this will form 2 mountain folds and a valley fold in the middle).

3. Cut your pool party piece of card as in the diagram and then glue on to each section where it fits.

4. Now cut your blue dsp piece as in the diagram and glue these pieces into place on to the pool party pieces.

(I've used copier paper so that the measurements show up better).

5. You now have your last piece of dsp to fussy cut and then you need to cut it into strips that fit on to your card and glue them into place.

(only the bottom of the sheet is used for this card).

6. Fussy cut all of your turtles out and glue them into place flat.

7. Stamp your seahorses and sentiment using your stampin' write markers (this is a lovely technique to use giving you lots of different colours mixed in), fussy cut your seahorses out and attach them to your card. Glue your sentiment onto your pool party piece flat and then attach to the front of your card using dimensionals.

8. Glue your clear gems into place using a very small amount of wet glue this will give the effect of bubbles rising up.

That's the card finished, I really hope that you liked making it and all of the fussy cutting didn't put you off as it's very satisfying once the card is complete, and I personally find fussy cutting quite therapeutic.

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Product List

Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152470] £16.00
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152460] £10.75	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £7.75	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] £8.25
Flowers For Every Season Gems [153645] £6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] £27.50	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50	Simply Scored [122334] £28.00