Sea Hoppin' with Michael Strong

 Michael Strong has just released a new stamp- which I love and had to have, and Hetty suggested having a blog hop with a Sea theme- so I joined in! The image is called Cloisonne Sea Turtle/Seaweed.

  I had to use some shimmery Technique Junkies backgrounds to create a colorful card. The far background is a TJ UFO....the seaweed layer was stamped onto the UFO first. Next I stamped it on a piece of text weight paper and onto a background called Simple Sumi (6/04). A couple of the areas on the Simple Sumi were dark, so where I could not see the lines, I cut out the image on the text paper and placed it over the dark area and then cut it out. I added shimmer to the background dots with Sakura Gelly Roll Pen.
 The turtle is stamped on a TJ background called Pearl Ex Spray using Fall Fiesta Sparkle embossing Powder.  I added corner dies in Copper Metallic cardstock using a Cheery Lynn corner die.
  The digi sentiment is by Create with TLC , where I always find the best sentiments!

Here is a sideview- hopefully capturing a better look at the shimmer:

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  Here is the Blog Hop line up ( I am the last stop).

Dorly Weitzen
Hetty Sanders
Inge Postma
Lori Rife
Michael Strong
Shelly Schmidt- You Are HERE

Challenge(s)
Heck of a Challenge- Sea

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Shelly