Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Dream Big

This stamp was in a bag of stamps at the yard sale at my stamp store, I thought it would be perfect for my nephew who loves to fish. I colored it by watering down Distress inks and markers.  At the very end I decided to add a bit of sparkle with my wink of stella and it wasn't coming out very well so I shook the pen real hard and then tried again and oh my did it come flowing out, you can see it real well in the last photo, it doesn't look to bad until it is right in direct light. This embossing folder always reminds me of the grasses around the lakes and ponds in our area, thought it would go great with the fish, I have sanded it while it was still in the embossing folder so it would keep it's shape.


Heather - H-149-HR, stamp colored w/distress inks and markers
Wink of Stella clear pen
Marvy - Circle punch
Darice - Grass Embossing folder, sanded 
Tim Holtz - Distress cardstock
Sentiment from cardmaking magazine freebie


Hope your week is off to a great start, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

11 comments:

aussie aNNie said...

Wink of stella sure shows up nicely Connie, love the background stamping, great card for a guy...which is what I am searching for at the moment.xx

Esther Asbury said...

I love that embossed background with your fun fish image! They go together perfectly!! Great card!

Donna Ellis said...

It looks wonderful with that cat tail embossed background, Connie, and that DREAM BIG sentiment in the "clouds". Great find for your nephew. I know he will appreciate how his card is customized! hugs, de

Leslie Miller said...

Stella has done that to me many times! Nevertheless, it looks beautiful and the embossing folder surely does suggest the reeds you'd see along a river bank or lake shore. You did a stellar job on this, Connie. I'm intimidated by coloring realistic fish.

April said...

I love this card! That ia a great fish image. I also have that embossing folder and have not used it yet. Thanks for the inspiration.

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

This is a fun fishing image! I saw a group of guys fishing today, in the cold, at the river park. They must really like it! Thanks for the tip on using the sand block with embossing folders!

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Fabulous card. How intiguing that you embossed grass under your fish. Love it!

Darlene said...

What a fabulous creation Connie! Love the sanded embossing ... yes, perfect for your fishy image ... well done my friend!

Debbie said...

oooooh connie, i love this one so much, i think your nephew will as well!!!

i am having a great week!!!

Donna Phelan said...

Great design, especially for a masculine card! You have used the images so perfectly here! Love that fish!

Lowcarb team member said...

A fun fish image … perfect for this card.

All the best Jan