Welcome to my stop on the
Club Scrap Lakes Blog Hop! I was inspired by two artists this month,
+Kay Williamson and
+Jennifer McGuire. After I saw Kay's card and Jennifer's video, I had my "Aha!" moment...
Jennifer's video from her
blog post...
I loved the dangling fish on Kay's card and wanted to have the fish be the floating embellishment on mine. The CS Lite kit doesn't come with stamps, so I had to improvise. CS provides a link for Idea Recipe Cards that are included with the kits, so I downloaded and printed the
Borders and Backgrounds image sheet on the white cardstock that came with my kit. I also printed a reverse image so that I would have a front and back of the fish. I fussy cut them out and colored them with watercolor paints and Distress inks.
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| Sprayed the fish generously with homemade Perfect Pearls opal mist and dried with a heat tool. |
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| Inked the edges with CS Earth ink for definition. |
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| Cut the window with my Spellbinders die cut and Cuttlebug. |
The finished card!
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| The picture doesn't do the card justice, the shine from the Perfect Pearls mists looks iridescent like fish scales! |
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| Sentiment from the CS Gimme a Ring kit. This stamp is my "go to" for birthday cards! |
I am also a CS Digi member and made a layout using the LO Idea Recipe Card. My sister was out of town and we got my niece all to ourselves for the afternoon. Christopher was home for the weekend and Beau loves her "cuzzins"!
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| LO 1. I used the digital overlay included in the kit and changed the blending mode to overlay for the mint background. I made custom shadows for the pics and photo mattes and labels for the journaling. |
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LO 2. I changed the effects mode for the background overlay to bevel so that it looks like it was heat embossed.
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Your next stop is Karen at the
Club Scrap Blog. Thanks for hopping by!
Wow--you're absolutely correct . . . the Perfect Pearls mist was the perfect finishing touch. Fabulous cards and layouts, Wendy. Thanks for hopping with us!
ReplyDeleteGreat card and adorable LOs - Thanks for the info on the card!
ReplyDeleteWendy, your card came out fantastic! And the two layouts are so sweet. What a cutie pie.
ReplyDeleteYour card turned out super, Wendy after all the inspiration it is really your card.
ReplyDeleteThe scrapbook pages are so sweet. These colorors go great with the pictures.
Amazing card Wendy! Your little niece is adorable and the layouts you did with her are amazing! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand a thing about layouts, etc. But Beau (and of course Christopher!) are precious. Glad they belong to us ;))) Aunt Linda
ReplyDeleteI love how you printed out the fish and made your own embellishments. Club Scrap certainly gives us everything we need to let our imagination and creativity go crazy!
ReplyDeleteTickled that you like my card, but yours is so much better, love it! The floating technique and how beautifully you colored the fish is impressive! Your layouts are simply adorable as well!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with your fish considering you didn't have the stamps, I think people forget about the ol' scan and color from the ref sheets!
ReplyDeleteWowww!!! the fish coloring and floating technique is amazing!! Can i copy your technique? :P your card is so adorable wendy! the scrapbook page is so sweet and those labels are so cute, oh i love the fonts!!
ReplyDeleteYour fish card is fabulous!
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