Hello friends. We’re having a Pet-tastic party on Instagram today for the new Honey Bee Stamps release. I’m sharing this card on the hop and wanted to provide additional details here on @BobbiHartDesign how I made this 5″ X 7″ card.

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I am using the following products from the new Pet-tastic Release:

For the basics… my featured project below is made from Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock for the card base. All of the black ink stamping was done using Honey Bee’s Bee Creative Intense Black Ink. I use Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Precision Glue and for when I want more dimension, Bee Creative Foam Dots With Tab for adhering my elements together. My blender brushes (large and small) are a must for ink blending color on the background, too. For white highlights, I use my white Gelly Roll pen. My card is 5″ X 7″ in size.

To create this 5″ X 7″ card, I started by die cutting the aquarium/tank using the Lovely Layers: Tank Honey Cuts dies. I colored it using light browns including Copic Markers in E42, E55, and E57. This tank has a woodgrain texture so I kept it light and natural wood-looking. I also die cut the elements to create the fish using the Lovely Layers: Fish Honey Cuts dies and color cardstock. I assembled them using the layering guide that is on the website. You can print it off and have it by your side as you glue the components together. I did the same for the other elements using the Lovely Layers: Tank Aquarium Add-on Honey Cuts dies. I added a sandy base to the aquarium using the base layer in the add-on set, then carefully added the scene elements to the tank. For the greens, I spruced them up by adding some additional color to the medium green cardstock using Copic YG67, YG17 and YG03. I did the same for the abandoned castle and ship using brown markers of various colors. I also used my white Gelly Roll pen to add speckles and a fine-tip black marker for the stony specks, too.

For the background, I used a sea paper from the Grab Your Passport Paper Pad. I like the Honey Bee papers because they are big enough to cover the entire front of a 5″ X 7″ card. This black and white marine paper was perfect for this “aquarium sea scene!” I also added a white background to the aquarium that I blended on Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink over it to create a light, partially colored blue water background. Normally, you would leave the background show through since aquariums are clear on both sides, but for this scene, I chose this route so the elements would really stand out versus being over the pattern paper background.

With everything in place, I used Glossy Accents for the some bubbles come out of the fish mouths and added dots of blue for more bubbles in the water. To ground the aquarium and have a place for it to rest, I added a 5/8″ strip of black and and 1/8″ red strip of red cardstock to the bottom to tie in the colors in the aquarium elements. Lastly, I added the phrase at the top to complete the card. I used the Pet-tastic stamps and coordinating Honey Cut dies to do this.

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