Birds on the Beach, Birds at their Birdhouse

Addicted to CAS has a challenge called "Code Word: Water".  I got out an old favourite stamp for it and created a watery beach scene.

I created the background using the Floating Alcohol Inks technique (see this video for instructions). I dropped a couple of shades of blue AIs in a pan of water and dragged my mixed media cs through it. 

When dry, I stamped and heat embossed the sandpipers on an area that looked like watery sand at the edge of the ocean and stamped the gulls in the sky. I wanted the sentiment to be slightly more muted so used a different ink and did not heat emboss it.

I die cut the image with a stitched circle die, and then die cut a slightly larger circle out of black cs to border it.

And in my second card, the birds are at their birdhouse - inspired by the image for the Just Us Girls Photo Week Challenge (see below).

I stamped on watercolour paper, painted, bordered in black, and went over the branches with a Quickie glue pen and added some glitter.

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU Wetlands, Inkylicious sea gulls, PTI sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - black, white, and mixed media cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - various blue alcohol inks, clear embossing powder, Lil Inker stitched circle die, Spellbinders circle die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Magenta, Stampendous noel sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, cream and black cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, glitter, Spellbinders square dies