I just knew straight away what I wanted to do - FISH! I am going through a very watery phase at the moment I think!
I made the background with alcohol inks, Lettuce, Aqua, Bottle and Stonewash then stamped the fish (Stampin' USA) in black archival, stamping off the page for some of them to create depth.
I drew the seaweed with Pinflair Gel and stuck seed beads and a few sequins on to give more dimension and shimmer. It is the first time I have done this and it seems to work well. The initial came from Rob Adams' Medieval CD which I clear embossed and mounted onto some green satin mirri board like the main image. To finish off I stamped some more fish in Versamark on the base card.
I hope you like it - I am well pleased with this! Feel free to leave a comment, they are very much appreciated.
Amazing card Janet - so clever. I love everything about it but the seaweed is genius
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Wow, this is really stunning Janet. I love it
ReplyDeleteBeryl x
Very clever Janet It is a gorgeous card.xxx
ReplyDeletewow how fantastic is this Janet. Love the seaweed idea great. I too am in a fishy mood lots of lovely ones out here. Thanks for fishing with me this week Love Cynthia x
ReplyDeleteVery clever idea Janet. Love the alcohol ink background - very effective.
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Lesley Xx
Wow - love it! Ingenious idea to use seed beads for the seaweed.
ReplyDeleteWow Janet you have made such a beautiful card. Love it.
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Janet, I hope everyone will enlarge this to see those fantastic Versamark fish on the outer edges. The background looks so much like water and your stamping is perfect, so clear and distinct. Super piece. It deserves to go to somebody for their birthday. It would be a fantastic masculine card.
ReplyDeleteAbout the picture of my mother and my ggm: I actually remember the ggm. She lived to be 71 (killed in an auto accident) so even as a 5 year old, I can still see her standing tall and straight with a bun on the top of her head.