Alcohol Ink Oceans of Love Card

Have you seen Altenew's June release yet? It's fabulous! Many of the products have an ocean theme, including the Craft-Your-Life: Coral Wreath Wonders and Creative Cuts: Zero Waste: Beneath the Blue I used for this easel card.

To create my card, I started by making an alcohol ink panel using several blue inks and adding some drops of isopropyl alcohol for "bubbles" on the background. When it was dry, I trimmed it to an A2 size and used Altenew's Dotted Waves Coverplate Die to add some fun texture to it. 

To decorate the front of the card, I die cut the Zero Waste: Beneath the Blue several times with different papers (some were papers I had used alcohol inks on). I also die cut 2 fish from the CYL: Coral Reef Wonders set. I arranged all the little pieces where I wanted them and adhered them to the panel.

For the card base, I created a top-folding A2 card and then scored the top panel horizontally along the middle to create the fold I needed to make this an easel card. Then I adhered the blue panel to the section below the score line. 

For the inside of the card, I stamped "sending oceans of love" from the CYL: Coral Reef Wonders kit and matted it on a piece of the blue alcohol ink panel I had trimmed for the front of the card. I added the sentiment as a stopper for the easel using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I then added a piece of coral and a starfish to complete the inside of the card. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. The June release just went live on the website today, and there are so many great products to choose from! 

Close up of the panel so you can see the Dotted Wave coverplate die:

 Challenges I'm entering:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Fish/Sea Creatures (1/3; ends 7/5/26)

Cardz 4 Galz: Seaside or Coast (1/3; ends 6/24/26)

Creative Creases #116 - June 5th through July 2nd: ATG with a fun fold; I'm on the DT and entering just for fun

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of craft/hobby (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 6/26/26)

Crafty Catz: ATG (4/5; ends 6/18/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Add a sentiment (4/5; ends 6/17/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of anything but a card (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of polkadots and/or stripes (5/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 6/24/26)

Allsorts challenge blog: Anything from a garden or ATG (I chose ATG for this card) (5/5; ends 6/18/26)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (I used scissors to cut the foam tape pieces) (5/5; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of birthday/anniversary (unlimited; ends 6/12/26)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Animals: ATG with animals (1/3; ends at the end of the month) 

Critter Crazy CHALLENGE BLOG: ATG with a critter (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26