This is a colorful tropical card with a very sparkly background. I used several die cuts along with a netting cover die and a stencil to add the water. all the die cut fish and sea greenery started out white. Makes it easy to pick a lot of colors without having to die cut each color.
For the Inspiration Challenge IC1015, we are visiting Coral & Tusk and their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS picture of fish.
To make my card, I die cut all the fish, coral, seaweed & netting out of white card stock. I used the different inks & detail blending brushes to add the colors then pieced the fish together. If you get lost on what piece goes to what fish, just keep the package picture handy. It’s easy to sort them out by looking at it. The pictures are also true size. For the background, I used a waves stencil & the sky & odyssey inks. To me, it looked like the lines from the stencil were competing with the netting so I added more sky ink all over. Then I rubbed Versamark over the entire background & heat embossed it with a clear, sparkly powder. Worked like a charm! The navy blue oval was cut to place over the oval opening with the netting behind it. All the seaweed was tucked inside the lower edge with the bottom 2 fish over & under them. The top 3 fish were popped up as was the top panel. I wanted some depth between the fish & the background.
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Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)
Stamps: Brass & Bliss: none |
Paper: Staples 110# white, navy blue |
Ink: Versamark, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #4, set #7, set #8, set #11 |
Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Ovals, Netting Cover, Tropical Fish, Seaweed & Coral dies, Detail & Lg Blending Brushes, Wavy Stencil, Ranger Embossing Powder |