The downside? The theme was based around her love of Finding Nemo. Since we've been sick, she hasn't wanted anything to do with Nemo. Oops.
The only thing I provided in making these cards, is the idea.
I started out by asking a friend from work for some bags she used to put earrings in that she sold. I then put sand, and shells I got from my sister-in-law, Renae and blue food-colored water in the bags. I laid them out on this paper towel to see if the would leak.
I stamped a fish (stamp set courtesy of my mom) on the cover of the card and put rhinestones as bubbles (also courtesy of my mom). I colored the fish with chalk (again...my mom's).
On the inside, I stamped an octopus, and I wanted a phrase that related the theme, so we went with the hokey "It's o-fish-al" ('official').
The inside left of the card was left blank and just looked like it was missing something, so I added a cute crab for no other reason than to take up the empty space. Maybe this can represent Carley after the presents have been opened and she crashes from her cake high.
This is the "invitation" part of the card.
I cut a hole out of the cover of the card so the fish can peek through and when I attach this to the front, the bag with water/sand/shells will be between the hole and the fish, so it appears the fish is in water. The front says "Under the sea, under the sea..." and "...come celebrate my birthday with me."
Once put together it looked like this:
I attached the card together with brads (supplied by my mom) and this is the finished product. Voila!
