Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Growing in Unity - Day 3

Hello my crafty friends.  Happy Wednesday!  Here we are at Day 3 of our Unity week together.  My project today uses another one my favorite stamps.  It's from the Itty Bitty collection and is co-branded with Cosmo Cricket.  This little fish just made me smile and I thought I could use it for a lot of different occasions. 

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 I randomly stamped the image on watercolor paper using watermark ink and embossed with clear powder.  Then I took Ranger's Dye Inks in Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass and applied the inks with the felt applicator.  To kind of soften the look of the ink and to remove the ink from the stamped fish, I took an old t-shirt and rubbed the paper in a circular motion.  It just blended the colors together so well.  To mimic seaweed, I applied the ink with the side edge of the felt applicator.  When the panel was dry, I matted it with blue Bazzill cardstock and attached it to the card base.  For the fishes, I stamped them on white cardstock, embossed them and used Prismacolor pencils to color them.  I cut out the fishes and attached them with foam tape over 2 of the embossed images.  I attached a few rhinestones for bubbles and off they swam!


The sentment that also comes with the set says "If Love Was Water, I'd Give You the Sea".  Ok...now isn't that a great sentiment??  I actually stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card, and just remembered I totally forgot to take a picture for you.  Sorry about that.  This would make such a great anniversary card, right?  Or how about a 'Stay in School' card, huh?  Get it...'school of fish'....I know...I know.  :)


That's it for now.  Thanks so much for visiting.  Remember to leave that comment for your chance to win some Unity goodies!  Have a wonderful day.

16 comments:

  1. Great coloring of the fish! Love that you stamped them in the background too :)

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  2. great card - awesome work on the background!

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  3. Great card! I never would have thought of starting with watercolor paper, to get that lovely background. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  4. This card just makes me smile! Thank you so much for sharing how you made it. I can't wait to give this a try!

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  5. Cute Card~ great job on the background!!

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  6. I just love your little "school" of fish!

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  7. What a great idea! Love the colors, the technique, the subject...perfect!

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  8. Don't you love Cosmo Cricket? Your card is really cute.

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  9. Cute card. I like your coloring and the "bubbles"!

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  10. What an amazing card! So many great occasions to use it for...

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  11. Love that watermark ink technique!
    DeniseB

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  12. Absolutely adorable and I really like the way you used rhinestones for bubbles!

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  13. Love your card - and thanks for the tutorial.

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  14. Oh, so cute!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  15. Love how you made this card! What a great idea and it turned out just adorable!

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  16. Super adorable!! Love the resist technique!!!

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