Deep Sea Kit with Debbie Selby

 

Hello, Debbie on the blog today.  Scrapendipity has made up some incredible kits using Kaisercraft's Deep Sea Collection.  I confess that often it takes me hours to review and pull out what I want to use for a layout before I can even get started on the layout itself.  That did not happen with this wonderful kit.  It has so many fantastic elements, that I really didn't have to dig for anything else.

I decided to cut the wonderful varnished clam shell paper in half to basically frame the scene of the two-page layout.  I had pictures of Bora Bora where the beautiful aqua water was the star of the show, but I didn't want it to become Boring Boring on the page.  I loved the bubbles die cuts that are included in the kit and so I decided to use them as frames for our snorkeling pictures.

 There are enough coral reef/sea weed diecuts in the kit to form the ocean floor.  Included also are some lovely seashell diecuts.  The sand bottom was just hand cut with a light beige cardstock and adhered to the bottom of the layout pages.  Although it isn't necessary and is not included in the kit, I added some Dirty Sand embossing powder from Emerald Creek to the sand bottom.  The smaller turtle diecuts which are also included, have an open shell.  I decided to attach a hand cut piece of dark green cardstock to the back of the turtle shell, just so they would show up a bit more against the busy background paper.

 The larger turtle diecut is also included and has an open design shell.  Once again, I hand cut and glued a piece of dark green cardstock behind the open shell.  I wanted some more texture, so I filled the hexagons on the large turtle’s back with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.  The Bora Bora title and year diecuts were cut on my electronic cutter and are not included.  I will make an exception and include the titles in the kit, if you are going to Bora Bora and you agree to take me with you.  I edged all the diecuts with ink and a sponge dauber to give them some extra definition. Finally, I added a bit more dimension by putting Nuvo Crystal Drops (Morning Dew) as water droplets on the bubbles frames.

The contents of this kit are simply amazing.  Today I used just some of the paper, diecuts and cardstock.  My future posts will use more diecuts, paper, stencil, wooden embellishments, ephemera, bling and a stamp set which are all in the kit.

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