Thursday, May 6, 2010

Quite the Catch Blog Hop~

Hello there, welcome to the Quite a Catch blog Hop Event!

Just a quick description of my card so you can continue hopping along:

This cute crabby is stamped onto Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black and quickly dunked into clear embossing powder. After embossing, he was colored in with Prismacolor colored pencils. After he was colored in, he was mounted to a red mat that has been edge distressed.


The sentiment was stamped on PL Ivory, punched out, pierced and trimmed a bit before mounting at the bottom of the card on dimensional foam. A second sentiment was stamped in Vivid! Brick and the single word "crabby" was cut out and popped up over the aqua.

A reverse scallop border from GK Turquoise Gem cardstock makes a wave effect atop the October Afternoon patterned papers. A satin bow and four silver mini brads finish things off.

Finished card is 5" x 5"

Visit these designer's blogs tonight for even more samples with the Quite a Catch stamp set
To see the adorable samples in the StampTV gallery, check out this link: quiteacatch

Thanks for stopping by!

V.~

17 comments:

Jessica said...

Oh, this is simply adorable, Valerie!! I adore your coloring on Mr. Crabs - he's perfect!! Thanks so much for joining us tonight!

JessicaK said...

Awesome coloring with the Prismas. The blue shading is really cool, and that DP is cool.

Tina Gilliland said...

FABULOUS coloring!!! Love the blue shading.

joy said...

Wonderful coloring on the crab - perfect!

Becky said...

Gorgeous colors.

Lagene said...

Very cute crabby card!!! love your colors!

Bev Gerard said...

Your darlin' crab truly erases away any 'crabby' thoughts! Send this one to someone in need of a sweet lift for sure!

~Bev

Payne Holler Cards said...

lovin how you laid this out and your background coloring! need to have several of him ready to go...love these colors!

Jennie said...

This is adorable and LOVE the colors. The way you did the sentiment is is so cute!

Theresa Momber said...

Gorgeous coloring on this!!! Love the scene you created.

Sharri Seffens said...

Valerie, Beautiful card! Your coloring is gorgeous!

catdidit said...

What a gorgeous card Val! Love your coloring with the pencils on this and how you used the reverse of the scallop for a 'wave' too cute!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fabulous coloring~ Love the card!

MichelleY said...

Oh Val...this card is just too dang cute! I love that little crab and your fun colors.

Joan B said...

beautiful little crabby guy!

colleen said...

Totally adorable!!! Love the background on him... super cute card too!

Loraine Arderne said...

Gorgeous card, love the crab........