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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Whimsy Fish On in Monochrome

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We have a new challenge at the CCC Digi Challenge today, and our sponsor is Whimsy Stamps. The challenge is to create a monochrome card.


I started with the fish image, and as I have been surrounded by keen fresh water fishermen for a lot of my life, I chose to colour the image to look like a rainbow trout, but added some Iridescent Blue twinkling H2O paint to it to keep to the colour I had chosen.


I then started the background, and made it by tearing blue toned paper into strips and layering them on the base - I then ran some Kindy Glitz across the tops of the 'waves', and when that was dry, I embossed the background piece.


The embossed layer was adhered to a sparkling silver layer, and I added the sentiment with some blue ribbons behind it. The fish was popped up on foam dots, and the the whole mounted onto to blue base.
I put the sentiment "Catch More Fish" on the inside, but forgot to 
photograph it.

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18 comments:

Alyx said...

Fab and fun = a great project! Thank you for joining us over at the Scribble and Scrap Challenge. Good luck.
xx

Lovely Linda said...

This is great Maxine - I love the torn paper - it is so effective!! Always lots of interest on your cards! {{{hugs}}}

Dawn T said...

I love the background Maxine. It turned out absolutely awesome.

aussie aNNie said...

Ahh fabulous image,your fish looks super.. love the colour combo...super card...♥aNNie The Journey is the Start

Carol Held said...

Such an awesome image, and your choice of colouring is awesome was well!

Irish Cherokee said...

Excellent Maxine. Superb job.

jimlynn said...

Outstanding!!! Love the shimmer on the fish - just like a real one. The background is beautiful!
Lynn

Unknown said...

Maxine, You never cease to amaze me. This fish looks hungrier that any I have seen for a while. Thank you for posting this wonderful unique art at Word Art Wednesday.
Blessings, Carole Robb Bisson

Unknown said...

LOVE your fishing card!!

Thanks for joining us at Eureka Stamps this week.

Jo Ann said...

Hello Maxine...I love the sparkles in this fishy card creation...LOL. Such a fabulous fish to snap on. Also would love to say "Thank you" for the wonderful comment on my new card and for supporting me despite the 3 weeks I was out. I appreciate the wonderful words and for love that you are a sister in Christ! Keep fighting the good fight of faith...Hugs and blessing always.

JO ANN
http;//jatterburycreations.blogspot.com

StampArt Design by Kathryne said...

Awesome card with awesome effects! Love it! xx Kathryne

MaryH said...

Love those Whimsy designs...so much fun to work with. Your fish is spectacular with the coloring technique you did, but that collaged & embossed background was just awesome. Especially so with the glitter mat. Really a wonderful card with so much texture & sparkle. TFS & Hugs

Shelly Schmidt said...

Beautiful card- how beautiful all of the torn paper look on the background- lovely! The popped up fish is great too : )

Julie Odil said...

This is great! Love that "fish scale" looking background against the fish. Thanks for joining our sports challenge this week at Eureka Stamps. Julie, DT member

Becky said...

OH WOW! This is just awesome. I love how you did the background.

Michelle said...

A beautiful creation. Lovely colours and layout - thank you for joining us this time at Love to Scrap - Michelle x

karalschuknecht said...

This is such a beautiful card. The torn papers and embossing and then the shimmer make it so beautiful. Thanks for joining us this week for our sports challenge.
Karal DT for EurekaStamps

Marilyn said...

This is such a great guy card and perfect for someone who 'almost caught the big one'!