26 July 2014

Birthday fishes

Hello Everyone,

Happy Saturday! Today I am sharing a quick card with you that I made this morning for a friend's birthday. I finally got to play a bit more with my Mama Elephant Cosmic Stars stamp set. There is a big order of ME stamps on its way to me (YAY!), and to celebrate my happiness, I decided to use the (currently) only ME set I have :-)

I went a bit mad with different techniques on this card - nothing complex, however, so if you want to make something similar - I don't think you'd have any problems with it!

The "fishes" part is heat embossed in gold (I used the Stampendous embossing powder), the background behind the fish was made using a waterbrush and some Distress Inks. I sprinkled some water on top of the distress inks, to get a bit of a "bubble" effect. The fish were fussy cut from orange cardstock - the same one I used for the base of the card - and they got a bit of a Wink of Stella treatment. A few sequins added in the corners and voila! 

Hope you like it! I have a few more ideas on similar "fishy" birthday cards, so stay tuned!




 I really like the "bubble" effect - aren't Distress Inks just great!?


You can see the glitter from the Wink of Stella here.
Subtle but really nice!

I am entering the card into the following challenges:
QKR - Swimming
Inky Impressions - No design paper
Inky Chicks - Happy Birthday
Moving along with the times - Colour challenge
Mama Elephant - Inspired by photo

I fish you a lovely weekend! ;-)

M.

6 comments:

  1. So so cute, love the background and the shimmer of the 'wink' is perfect! So glad you could join us at Mama Elephant & Me!

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  2. Just adorable! Love the background effect you achieved and popping the fish up was brilliant! Thanks so much for joining us this week at QKR Stampede for the weekly challenge!

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  3. Oh it is so cute!!! Love your background! It's perfect for the fish! Very cool card. Thank you for playing along at Mama Elephant & Me Challenge :)

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  4. Great card, love the dimension and glitter. Thanks for joining us this week for our Swimming challenge.
    Karal DT for QKR Design

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  5. Hi Mirella love the card! I myself lately got to experiment with watercolours and I just can't get enough of them :). Little digression... all in all simplicity at its best! Hugs, Justyna xxx

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    1. Thank you Justyna! For some reason I only saw this comment now... :-(

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