simon says stamp monday challenge: life on the ocean waves

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Make Your Own Background Challenge and we hope you will join us this week in our Life on the Ocean Waves Challenge. I just picked up this new Crackle 3D Texture Fade Embossing Folder and I thought it would make excellent "waves" if I used it concave side up and painted in each section with Distress Inks. 

 

Once that was dry, I stamped and cut out the crab and the sentiment "I'm Sorry" from the Crazy Talk set, and the word "crabby' with the letters from the Blockprint set onto Kraft card stock. I love the carved look of these letters and realize these are something I should be using more often! 

 

When I had all my sentiments together, I added them to the card. I added some hardware heads to the "crabby" sentiment strip that I had aged with some Mushroom Alcohol Ink. I added the crab from the Mariner Blueprint set and tucked a bit of inked Mummy Cloth behind him.