Hey friends! Today I’m diving into an underwater adventure with this vibrant under the sea card. I’m combining a few of my favorite techniques—coloring with alcohol markers, ink blending with Distress Oxides, and a fun stamped stencil effect using water—to bring this ocean scene to life.

VIDEO

I have a video tutorial that you can watch down below or HERE on my Youtube channel.

I walk through all of the supplies in my video and share a full visual supply list at the end of this blog post so I will quickly go through the main supplies used.

SUPPLIES

• Snappy Birthday Bundle
• Smile Bundle
• Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide
• Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide
• Unchartered Mariner Distress Oxide
• Dots On Dots Stencil
• Sentiment Labels Die

To add a little extra interest, I brought back a fun technique I haven’t used in a while—stamping with a stencil using water to lift the ink. The result is a soft, almost ethereal pattern that really enhances the underwater feel.

OLO Markers

• B4.7, B4.6, B4.3
• B0.2, C1, C0
• B0.2, B0.3
• G1.4, G1.5
• OR3.8, OR3.7, OR3.4
• E43, E42, E41 (Copic)
• R1.5, R1.7

This was such a fun project to put together!

SUPPLIES

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Snappy… [ SSS ] Dots On Dots Stencil [ SSS ] Sentiment Labels Die [ SSS ] Smile Bundle [ SSS ] Hammermill Cardstock [ SSS ] White 80lb Cardstock [ SSS ] Jet Black Ink [ SSS ] Teal Misti [ SSS ] Post It Tape [ SSS ] Intri Cut DIe Cut Machine [ SSS ] Intri Cut Die Cut Magnetic Plates [ SSS ] Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide [ SSS ] Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide [ SSS ] Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide [ SSS ] Domed Ink Blending Foam [ SSS ] Ink Blending Tool [ SSS ] Ink Pad Mat [ SSS ] Distress Sprayer [ SSS ] Craft Glue [ SSS ] Concord & 9th Assorted Color… [ SSS ] Reverse Tweezers [ SSS ] Versafine Ink [ SSS ] Dot Tape Runner [ SSS ] Scissors [ SSS ] Foam Tape [ SSS ] T-Square Ruler [ SSS ] Star Dust Glitter [ SSS ] White Gelly Roll Pen [ SSS ]