Welcome,
thank you for taking time to come and visit.
This card started with a background I made with a Picket Fence stencil, Knots., and it was calling me to use it....
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I decided on the fishing theme as the recipient loves freshwater fishing, so my wonderful old fish stamp, (one of my originals, and it's still available) came out, and I stamped and silver embossed it on vellum, then coloured it on the reverse, including giving it some 'water' to swim in. I then die cut the vellum into an oval.
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The sentiment was an Hero Arts die and stamp set, (Happy Thanks). I layered the happy in silver on white to make it stand out
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Unfortunately the birthday doesn't show up well in the photos, but it was more noticeable IRL.
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The finishing details on the front panel were water drops of Glossy Accents.
When I mounted the main panel, I added some snippets of the silver under opposite corners
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The inside was finished with some silver spotted washi tape.
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The post heading made me smile Maxine, sounds like the perfect card for the recipient.
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The stamp may be an old one, but is beautiful! Just as your background! Love the bright colours. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFULLY done Maxine! Love your overall underwater scene! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Lovely birthday card Maxine, I like all the interesting textures. Thanks for playing along at the Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge.
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A perfect card for a fishing recipient, Maxine. Love the background and the effect of the vellum for the beautiful fish!
ReplyDeleteGreat stenciled background and perfect for your fish, Maxine. Thank you for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday this week! Take care!
ReplyDeleteFantastic fish stamp and I love that stenciled background! Great card for anyone who loves to fish!
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that stencilled background works really well with the fish. I love how you have created the silvery feel of fish by using silver embossing and vellum. Great effect xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a Super card Maxine, I love the fish and the wonderful stencil, which at my first glance looked like a die! Love your silver sentiments too.
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What a great masculine card Maxine! I love that background, the colors are great. Love how you colored your fish, what a great idea it was to stamp it on vellum, so cool looking. I saw something at the bottom of the card, just couldn't make out what it was for sure until you gave the close up. I'm sure it can be seen better in real life. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteThis is a great masculine card, Maxine, and would also work for women. I love the fish!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done Maxine. Love that fish stamp. Been years since I was fishing. Have often thought of going fishing again but my gear is so old and rusty I doubt it would work.
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Most wonderful card! Thanks for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this past week for our Stamp Act theme :) Hope you join us again soon.
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Another great card Maxine. I love how you layered the diecut on the background and the fish looks so happy swimming away. Incidentally, I can understand you having that fish as a favourite he is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Neet xx
Fabulous background, Maxine! Love the fish, too. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Crafty Catz last week and we hope to see you again this week.
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Great card - thanks for sharing it with us at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge.
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