Creative Color Combos – Otter Side

Hello friends! It’s Ashley with a new addition to my Creative Color Combos series! My palette today is based on the lovely aquas found in sea glass.

Here is what I ended up with:

I decided to grab the aquas for a (mostly) monochromatic card, saving the browns just for the otter pair to really make them stand out. I am so happy with the result! I’ve never done a monochromatic card before, and I think having the neutral for one stand out image made it much less daunting.

I started by making my background of ocean waves. I used the Stormy Seas stencil along Simon Says Stamp Teal and Hero Arts Soft Pool inks. I applied the inks with my blending brush, moving the card to different locations on the stencil for each wave for a varied look. I then splattered the waves with watered down acrylic paints in white and gold. I added a stitched border with Imperial Stitched Rectangles and attached it to a piece of sea glass colored cardstock.

I stamped several images from Otter Side and Oceans of Love in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored with Copics. I used the E40s for the otters and several different BG markers for the other images. I know the palette doesn’t have pink, but I had to give the critters some rosy cheeks too! I added a few white gel pen highlights then cut everything out with the Otter Side and Oceans of Love dies. I didn’t need to have the otters hold anything for this card, but the Otter Side actually cuts around their paws so you can slip something in there! I just think that is such a cool and thoughtful extra feature!

I attached all of the images to my card front, popping only the otters up with foam squares to put even more focus on them. I added a sentiment from Otter Side with VersaMark ink and embossed with gold. I missed a tiny spot on the “h” and had to fill it in with a VersaMark pen – I highly recommend one of these to fix tiny mistakes if you don’t have one! A Glue Pen works great too! I finished with a few aquamarine jewels for some extra sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!