Coral reef aquarium

The Tim Holtz colorize dies ‘under the sea’ are perfect to make a coral reef scene.

I used the scoreboard XL die ‘journal’ from Eileen Hull and some chipboard for the background. This makes a beautiful and sturdy backdrop. I used an extra piece of chipboard to glue the two pieces together. I covered the back the chipboard with some paper from my stash and for the visible side I took a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock. I colored the paper with different shades of blues distress ink and distress oxide.

Then I took the Etcetera Trim from Tim Holtz and glued them to the bottom of the ‘journal’ so it could stand up. The trims are covered Grit Paste and 3D balls from Powertex in two sizes. I colored the balls with distress paint.
The bubbles around the edges are made with the die Bubbling.

The stones I made with the dies Bubbling (I used the inner parts) and Funky Trees, colored with distress ink pumice stone.

For the coral I colored pieces of mixed media heavystock with different colors of distress ink.  I used different dies to get various sorts of coral.

Die: Holiday greens mini, color: Victorian Velvet and Carved Pumpkin with Salvaged Patina
Die: Funky Floral #3, color: Dried Marigold with Spiced Marmalade and Salvaged Patina with Dusty Concord
Die: Funky Floral #1, color Cushed Olive and Kitsch Flamingo with Dusty Concord
Die: Funky Toadstools, color: Kitsch Flamingo with Seedless Preserves, Abandoned Coral and Blueprint Sketch
Die: Garden Greens, color: Pine Needles with Twisted Citron

For the fish and the other sealife I used the dies Under The Sea.
Again I colored some pieces of heavystock with different colors of distress ink.

Little fish: Crackling Campfire with white cardstock and Squeezed Lemonade
Big fish: Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Squeezed Lemonade
Starfish: Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade
Dolphin: Stormy Sky
Octopus: Seedless Preserves, Victorian Velvet
Jellyfish: Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio

Products used:
Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock
Ranger Grit Paste, Collage Medium
Ranger Distress Ink: Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Pine Needles, Twisted Citron, Victorian Velvet, Crushed Olive, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, Kitsch Flamingo, Seedless Preserves, Abandoned Coral, Blueprint Sketch, Carved Pumpkin, Crackling Campfire, Squeezed Lemonade, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Cracked Pistachio
Ranger Distress Oxide: Tumbled Glass
Ranger Distress Paint: Pumice Stone
Sizzix Eileen Hull: scoreboard Xl Journal
Sizzix Tim Holtz: Bubbling, Funky Trees, Garden Greens, Holiday Greens Mini, Funky Floral #1, Funky Floral #3, Funky Toadstools
Idea-ology: Etcetera Trims
Powertex 3D balls medium and large