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I have quite a few men in the family who enjoy fishing, and their birthdays are around this time of year, so it is a bit of a stretch sometimes coming up with cards for them all.
This is for one of the younger ones, so I had a bit of fun with it...
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I started with some light blue cardstock and stencilled over it in Danube Blue, moved the stencil slightly, and then added Bamboo Leaves. It was a bit blah, so then I moved the stencil again and used Versamark ink , and silver embossed that...
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On the stencil, which is called Mini Moving Vines, the design slopes down on one side, so I flipped the it over and repeated the process until I was happy with the panel.
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I then sprayed it with Lindy's Starburst spray in hydrangea blue.
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The fish was silver embossed on a wee piece of white card, and painted with Sparkling H2O's.
I then cut a slit in the background panel, following the lines of the 'seaweed' and slipped him in behind.
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The sentiment was silver embossed onto the same bottle green card that the panel was mounted on.
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Some green and silver washi tape finished the card inside.
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Lots of underwater atmosphere in today's card Maxine.
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Very cute Maxine
ReplyDeleteWow Maxine- so hard to photograph cards with shimmer- this has to be magnificent IRL, especially with the H2O's!!! Great card! Thank you for sharing it with us at Jans Digital stamps challenge!
ReplyDeleteMaxine, your aquatic creation is a glistening underwater marvel. Thank you for sharing your Monochromatic creation with us at Jan's Digi Blog Challenge. Good Luck and Happy New Year!
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Wow, so creatively beautiful and love the added silver embossing!!
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Maxine, you are soooo creative. I love how you think beyond the normal. How fun to cut slits in order to put the fish swimming in amongst the greenery. WOW!
ReplyDeleteA very shining card, love all the stencils and that cute fish!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteLove this, I was wondering how you got the fish behind the seaweed, so thanks for explaining xx
ReplyDeleteI love the embossing for this one; it looks like the glinster that you see in the water! I can reley on that it is not easy to make male cards, but I found out my dad (who is over 85...) really likes flowers and other nathure things on his card... Makes it easier... Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteThe silver embossing really makes it shine. Love this card Maxine and a guarantee whoever is getting it will love it too.
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a delightful card Maxine. Great background
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ReplyDeleteLove your card it`s beautiful .
Well done
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Wow, I love all the layers and sparkle in your background, I bet it really looks amazing in real life! Thanks for sharing with us at the Paper Funday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteO fabulous card Maxine. Thanks, it's given me an idea for one of my fishy soninlaws. CarolG
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card, and I love the fish among the seaweed growing around it. Beautiful colors.
ReplyDeleteYourcard is lovely and makes me miss the ocean. Sort of like when I watch Bob Ross paint seascapes I can almost hear the ocean. Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteFantastic masculine card. Thanks for playing along with The Male Room. X
ReplyDeleteWOW, Maxine your metallic embossing is so pretty. Love this sweet design. Thank you for stopping by my blog to leave me comments. It's always such an encouragement to me. I hope you're having a wonderful week, my dear friend.
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Underwater themes make such good masculine cards! This one is fabulous and I'm sure the recipient will love it!
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Hi Maxine, a fun card with the little fish hiding in the sea-weed, love the layered stenciling you have done, have a wonderful week, Megan
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Great work in masking combos most effective with the peeking fish. Suit lots of ages, too.. clever work.
Thanks for sharing, and may God bless you and keep you and all whom you love safe and well.
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Wow,Maxine! This must look fabulous in person with all the rich textures, layers and colors! So happy I got to see your creation at Jan’s Digi Stamp Challenges . Thanks for the inspiration, and I hope to see more of your designs soon.
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A fabulous card for one of the men in your life Maxine.
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Cathy
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Oh wow Maxine, this masculine card is fabulous! I love that stencil you used, you have created so much depth with it. I love the fish and I love how you slipped him in through the "seaweed". An amazing masculine fishing card! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteCute card! Great stenciling!
ReplyDeleteGreat card for any Fisherman or Fisher-woman! Thanks for sharing your lovely project with us at The Paper Funday Challenge.
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Lovely layering and texture with the stencil and different media. Thanks for playing along with The Male Room. Don’t forget to add our challenge graphic to your blog post to be eligible for votes. X
ReplyDeleteHow clever are you with this design! I love how you created the seaweed and then did the slit to put the fish in so that he appeared to be swimming through the fronds. I am sure I would never have thought of doing that but now I know of it I think I want to make an underwater scene.
ReplyDeleteReally terrific!
God Bless, Neet xx
This is really great!! I love it.
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Amazing underwater scene, love the texture. Thank you for joining the Male Room "Nature" -challenge.
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