Shark!

Welcome back everyone!

Hope your week was awesome! Finally, the sun is out and the weather is more like Spring.

Well I have an interesting card tonight, a fun technique. Get out that texture paste and a cool stencil, and let's get busy.

You will need:
Texture paste (I used Martha Stewart Brand)
a Stencil (I used the shark from a set of 25 white stencils with a Nautical theme)
Glimmer Mist (I used Creme de Chocolat)
Heidi Swapp Color Shine (I used Teal) by Pink Paislee
Alcohol Pearls Kit #2 - Tranquil and Sublime
Alcohol Blending Solution
Alcohol Inking Tool and pad
Black Diamond Stickles
Palette Knife
Recollections black card stock (I used #110 because I had a scrap just the right size) 4x 5 1/4
Recollections white card stock  8 1/2x 5 1/2 + a piece about 5x6
Adhesive

I first applied texture paste on the shiny side of my paper stencil to a piece of white card stock, about
5x6. I  took my palette knife and make 3 "gills" on the shark then allowed this to dry over night.
I applied both colors of the alcohol pearls along with the blending solution, to the pad on the alcohol inking tool and applied color to the paper around the stenciled shark, getting as close to the shark and the edge of the paper as I could.
Then I used Heidi Swapp's Color Shine in Teal to the top part of the shark. With a folded piece of paper, I covered the top of the shark about 1/2 inch under the top fin. I sprayed the center part of the shark with Glimmer Mist Creme de Chocolat. Then I sprayed some of the teal Color Shine on my mat and with a wooden stick (or you can use a cotton swab) I applied some of the color on the top, the edge of the tail, gills, and the two bottom fins. I let this dry a bit and used Black Diamond Stickles for the shark's eye.

I let this dry for a couple of hours and cut to fit the piece of black card stock, then adhered it to the white card base.

Texture paste is a real treat to work with, and meanwhile I am making covers for 2 journals with this same technique. I will have a post on those at a later date.

Happy crafting!

Denise
Challenges:
polkadoodle/wk-20-anything-goes
worldwideopendesignteamchallenge #5
josscrapshack282
disdigidesignschallenge/make-it-masculine-
crafterscastle.blogspot.com/spot.com
avenue613/challenge-221
corrosivechallengesbyjanet/challenge-5-
cardz4guyzchallenge-220/6-2
craftysentiments-challenge_21/5-27
http://onshortbreadchallenge94/6-2