Fish Fancy Slimline Card

Oh, hi! Aren't these fancy fish from the Fish Fancy stamp set by Whimsy Stamps sooooo. . . well . . . Fancy?!? I love how some of the fish are solid and some are open line so they can be colored.

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For this card, I started out by embossing a piece of white card stock with the Slimline Wave Lengths Embossing Folder and then I did ink blending with Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks. Then I added some splatter using my white Zig Cartoonist pen.

Next, I die-cut a piece of white card stock using the Slimline Swiss Dots die and splattered Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio inks over the front of that. Then I adhered that to my embossed panel, and then adhered that to the front of my card base.

I stamped the fish using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Cougar Super Smooth card stock and colored them up with my Copics. Then I ran them through my Brother Scan N' Cut to cut them out.

I adhered the fish with liquid glue to the front of the card and finished it up with a sentiment from the Best Fishes Sentiments stamp set and some sequins.

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Sometimes, You Just Gotta Color...

Oh, hi! The new Gerbera Daisy stamp & die set by Whimsy Stamps just made my heart flutter! I couldn't wait to sit down and color it . . . so I did . .. three times . . . three different ways.

For my first card, I reached for my trusty Copics (colors used are listed below). I've been practicing underpainting and I love how this turned out.

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For my second card, I thought I'd try out my new Zig Clean Color Brush Markers (colors used are listed below). Watercoloring is not one of my strengths, but I thought I'd give it a shot . . .I figured I could do "loose" watercoloring to warm up a bit. The colors are much softer, but I really like how this turned out, too . .. especially because I usually struggle with watercolor.

For my third card, I decided to only color some of the flowers . . . because you don't always have to color everything. And, I used my Zigs for this card, too. I wasn't too sure how the silver embossing would look, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I also used the coordinating border die to cut up along the top of the flowers, and to add some texture, I stamped the Tartan Plaid background stamp onto pink paper with Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink.

And. . .since I embossed the image in silver, I thought a silver frame around the sentiment would tie it all together.

Supplies used:

Whimsy Stamps Gerbera Daisy Stamp & Die set

Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiments Stamp Set

Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiments Die Set

Whimsy Stamps Tartan Plaid Background Stamp

Whimsy Stamps Lattice A2 Die

Whimsy Stamps Slimline Buttercup paper

Cougar Super Smooth Card Stock

Strathmore Watercolor Card Stock

Cardstock Warehouse Pure White Card Stock

Cardstock Warehouse Cotton Candy Card Stock

Cardstock Warehouse Silver Glitter Card Stock

Cardstock Warehouse Sirio Ultra Black Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

VersaMark Ink

Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink

White Embossing Powder

Silver Embossing Powder

Zig Clean Color Brush Markers

Copic Markers

Copics used:

Sky - BG000

Purple Flowers - BV02, BV00, B60

Tall Purple Flowers - B63, B66, B60, BV31

Red Flowers - R17, R14, R02, underpainted with B32

Peach Flowers - YR02, E95, YR00, E99, Y19, Y08, Y06, underpainted with B00

Yellow Flowers - Y19, Y08, Y06, underpainted with BV000

Leaves - BG75, BG72, YG61, BG90, YG67, YG17, G24, YG63

Berries - BG72, BG90

Zig Brush Markers used:

Pink, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Persian Green, Light Violet, Pale Violet, Shadow Mauve, English Lavender, Light Brown, Pale Gray

Zig Brush Markers used on silver embossed flowers:

Pink, Yellow

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