By the Tide 2

I promised yesterday that I would show you the original card I made for Create with Connie and Mary's Thursday Challenge.  I switched it out to the Bloomin' Marvelous flower one you saw HERE.  Now…tell me…which do you like better?  If you are with me, I liked the flower one.  But, this one also has some appeal, so thought I'd share!

Here are the details!

1. The base card is 4 1/4 x 11 of Midnight Muse cardstock, folded in half.
2. A layer of 4 x 5 1/4 Very Vanilla was stamped along the bottom with the Fan Coral from By the Tide stamp set in Crumb Cake Ink.  I also sponged a little Crumb Cake along the bottom for the floor of the sea.
3. Along the right is a 1 1/2 x 5 1/4 strip of Comfort Cafe Designer Paper. 
4. I hid the seam with some Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon.
5. The Pool Party Core'dinations Paper was embossed with the Fancy Fan folder and sanded.  (I had a bunch of these 2 1/2" circles left over from another project!)
6. I stamped the fish with Soft Suede Ink on Very Vanilla, then sponged some Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit and Soft Suede inks on him.  The eye is highlighted with a White Gel Pen.  He is cut out and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals and placed on the Pool Party circle.
7. I used an assortment of Pearl sizes for the bubbles.
8. Thinking of You from A Little Greeting stamp set was stamped with Midnight Muse on a 1/2" strip of Sahara Sand.
9. The Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon bow was tied and then a Neutral Glimmer Brad added to the center.

Enjoy!  The weekend countdown has begun.  I'm having some stampers over tomorrow for my Pop-up Posies Class!  Should be fun!