The super talented Gerda Steiner threw down an IG challenge<\/a><\/span> offering a super adorable surfing duck that I just could not resist! I decided to really highlight his adorableness, I would try to make a one-layer CAS card and just focus on coloring him up as cute as I could.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I doodled some squiggly flowers\/splotches? on his surfboard with a 0.1 pt Copic Multiliner pen (because he deserves a unique board, right?), and then I used the following Copic colors to color him up:
\nDucky: C0 and C2
\nGreen Parts of Surfboard and Sunglasses: YT 01, 03 and 25
\nPurple Parts of Surboard and Sunglasses: BV 01, 02 and 04
\nReflective Sunglasses: BG11 and 32 with a smooth coat of Glossy Accents for shine
\nBeak and feet: Y11 and 15 with a coat of clear Wink of Stella for shimmer
\nSand: E51, 53 and 55<\/p>\n

Ok, then I thought the card was too CAS so I added a strip of a similarly colored (but lighter) floral patterned paper that I had in my scrap box to one side of the card. To finish off the transition edge, I also added a tiny strip of cardstock that I colored up with BV04 to match.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Still, the card seemed to be missing something so I dug around in my stamp stash and found a little trio of speech and thought bubble stamps. I found one that I could add a little color to on the edge (to match the colors on the ducky), and stamped it out with my foolproof MFT Black Licorice hybrid ink. \u00a0Then I hand wrote in “Hang Loose.” \u00a0I’m not a fan of my handwriting and I was worried that I might ruin the card, but once I stamped out the speech bubble I knew there was no turning back. I practiced a couple of font styles and then finally just went for it. I actually like how it turned out, and I definitely think the sentiment was a good finishing touch.<\/p>\n

For the inside of the card, I found a quote online that I thought would be perfect for my hubby’s cousin who is going through some tough times right now:\u00a0“Life is like a wave. You can’t change the way it breaks, but you can change the way you ride it.”<\/p>\n

The following is a card share video:<\/p>\n