A big congrats to Linda, the newest Featured Stamper! She has such a beautiful gallery! I was inspired by THIS card, I kept most of the layout & the pink but I used different images & added a greeting circle & wooden embellie instead of the tied ribbon/metal holder combo.
The dolphins were stamped first w/ Memento, masked the top area, stamped the sun from Hello Sunshine, then colored them both. These are the rare pink bellied dolphins, lol. I liked the color combo so..there you go! I like shading & shadows to look believable, but IÂ’m not particularly bothered by fantasy color combos.
Since it was all still in my Misti, I over stamped w/ Versafine to make the details really stand out. (This does make a huge difference..you can see for yourself in a side by side comparison I did on This post.) The pink frame was die cut & in order to not cover up the tails on the right 2 dolphins, I trimmed around them & lifted them over the frame. I used an embossing folder on the teal bg then added the greeting circles, a bow w/ a glittered brad & a wooden wave embellishment I had in my stash.
Congrats again, Linda! Thanks so much for looking! Closeups, Copic colors & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015 GMT Views: 1032
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Sun, Sep 20, 2015 @ 9:40 AM
I love those "pink-bellied" dolphins! The out of the box look is really fab, Julie!
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Registered: March 9, 2005 Location: OH Posts: 28552
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 @ 10:40 AM
Julie, your coloring and details are just amazing!
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Registered: July 12, 2005 Location: Shakopee, MN Posts: 3684
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 @ 3:17 PM
This is beautiful Julie! And I, too, like the pink bellies on the dolphins. Your coloring techniques are amazing...and everything else about this card rocks as well. Thanks for your nice comments and for your stunning CASE. TFS