The fish and the background panel have both been on my desk for the last couple of weeks, an unfinished card from Dina's recent Green Seas MIX challenge. So I used Carla's WTUI challenge which you will find HERE as the motivation to make them up into a card.
The base layer had been done using the cling wrap background with water and gouache paints - it came out so intense that I painted over the whole thing with gesso but you can still see the wrinkles. I stamped the sentiment and embossed it with clear EP, and added some distress EP along the bottom for sand.
I was looking for my stained-glass papers for the seaweed - when I couldn't find them, I used alcohol inks on some semi-translucent paper. The red ferny bit is punched from a polished stone background. I added some die-cut sea stuff, also some half pearls and Dew Drops. The fish was embossed on watercolour paper and coloured with Twinkling H2Os, he's popped up on an action wobble. (Homemade, 28 gauge wire coiled round a foam brush handle, with each end threaded through a hole in a punched cardboard circle. It wobbles beautifully). To edge it, I added a border with a silver Sharpie, and then went over it with Crackle Accents.
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 GMT Views: 1363
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Registered: March 29, 2011 Location: Covington, WA Posts: 32470
Wed, Apr 12, 2017 @ 10:16 PM
Sabrina, your beautiful bg is perfect for your marvelous aquarium! I love all the details, the sand, diecuts and pearls. Thank you for your fantastic sample.
------------------------------ Carla ~ Proud Fan Club Member and Dirty Dozen Alumni.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105288
Thu, Apr 13, 2017 @ 12:01 PM
Wonderful card using that really old (and still great!) set.......one of my mom's favorites. Love the bg and quote.
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50743
Thu, Apr 13, 2017 @ 2:45 PM
That bg is EXCELLENT...I LOVE it!! And your undersea plants and sea creatures are wonderful! No wonder that big fish has a smile on his face with such a delightful place to swim in.
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91162
Sat, Apr 15, 2017 @ 3:36 AM
I love it when I can grab from my UFO stack and create a card. This is amazing to have on your desk and put this together for Carla's challenge. Love that fish image and love the amazing BG you created for Dina's challenge. Amazing card!