Today we’re rolling out the deep-sea red carpet for Megan Cooper, one of our talented Crafty Crew design team members! Megan is known for her bold color palettes, clever mixed-media details, and playful storytelling through stamps — and today’s project is no exception.
For this card, Megan dove into the darker waters of Valentine’s Day with a “Blue Valentine” twist featuring the adorably “ugly-cute” anglerfish from our Ocean Friends stamp set. Paired with the bubbly goodness of our Shark Bait 6x6 Pattern Paper and the Party Polka Dots 6x6 Stencil, this design brings texture, movement, and a splash of humor — perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or just making someone smile.
Let’s take a look at how Megan brought this fin-tastic card to life!
Hey crafty friends! Megan, with the design team here sharing a blue Valentines theme card with you. This oh so ugly, cute anglerfish from the Ocean Friends stamp set has a fun sentiment that pairs with it. You can use it for Valentine's Day, anniversary cards or even thank you cards. I paired it with the Shark Bait 6 X 6 pattern paper and the Party Polka Dots 6 x 6 stencil.
I started this card by cutting the 6 layers, not including the sentiment. Originally, I intended to have the tag style layers flipped upside down. But as I was building the layers, it just seemed off. So, I flipped it, added the twine to it, and popped it up on foam tape, then added it to the solid blue layer. Then it visually made sense to me
I used the Party Polka Dots Stencil to create the second layer. I created texture in the background by spritzing a piece of the Shark Bait 6 X 6 pattern paper with water. Then I laid the stencil on top of the Shark Bait paper and added a shim to my die cut sandwich and ran it through my die cut machine. The shim helped give a deep impression to the paper, like an embossing folder would do. The impression gave the perfect amount of texture to the solid blue background and completed the look I was going for.
I stamped the anglerfish using Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Copic safe paper. Then I used Copic markers to color the fish and the water as the background. I thought it would be fun to heat emboss the sentiment on yellow cardstock to mimic the glow from the anglerfish. I also popped the sentiment up on foam tape.
To finish off the card, I added green dots to break up the blue and tie in the fish colors. And last but not least, white splatter. Did the card need it? Probably not. But did I have fun splattering it? I sure did, and that is what matters.
I feel like this would be such a fun card to share with someone you love this upcoming holiday. Be sure to check out this cute stamp set for other sea creature fun.
Happy Crafting,
Megan
