"Old Salt Sailor" Thank You Card

Well when I saw this "Old Salt Sailor" from Pink Ink Designs on Honchanda he had to go on my "wait list" for items to buy - but strangely enough for someone who yearns to live near the sea he went to the top of the list and I ordered him from Craft Stash!!  He is a brilliantly sized main image but then you get 9 other images on the set as well.

At the same time my friend did purchase the image "Sea Turtle" so one day we set out at stamping out the images.  I have to be honest but we really really struggled to get these stamps to stamp perfectly at the start even after washing them, washing them again and even baby wipes.  I even contacted Mel and Cathie for some advice who own Pink Ink Designs.  Eventually after another very long soak and a light rub at the stamps with a cloth, the stamps were primed and ready for use.

For my thank you card I have used the sailor, lighthouse, small fish, large fish, compass, anchor, both the waves and crab stamps - well all of them apart from the small button.

I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and used Pan Pastels to create the subtle background.  Around the edge of the image I used a Copper Shine Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish.  With the lighthouse, large fish and smaller fish I fussy cut them out and 3D them onto the card.

As the stamps needed to "do the talking" I simply added a shell ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and a Paula Pasqual stamped sentiment.

The Promarkers that I have used are:

Face/skin - Saffron, Spice and Oatmeal
Hair/beard - Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey 2 and Ice Grey 3
Coat/hat - Sky Blue, Azura, True Blue, Yellow and Canary
Lighthouse/anchor/fish/compass/pipe - Caramel, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna, Canary, Red, Poppy Red, Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey 2, Peach and Soft Peach.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Summer is coming
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Digi Choosday - Anything goes

Get Creative - Anything goes

Love to Scrap - Anything goes

Love to Craft - Anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes with the option of motherly love
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of a shaker card
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything goes
Daisy Chain Challenge - Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Ally's Angels - Anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes
Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of no square or rectangle cards
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes with the option of flowers
Aud Sentiments - Summer and sentiment (Summer to me is anything to do with the seaside)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes