TAWS Just Keep Swimming.........

Hello.....

Today I wanted to show one of my submissions to The Alley Way Stamps DT call.  

I found this awesome digi stamp within the freebies on their blog and just had to create something using the fish collage 'Just Keep Swimming'.

Such a cute image, I decided to paper piece it and add a little shading with my prismacolor pencils.  I first printed out this image on four different sheets, then cut out each of the fish and glued them down in place.  

Once I finished adhering the the fish, I put the blue one up on some foam adhesives to make that one stand out a little.  I then adding the shading and blended it out with some gamsol and blending sticks.

I added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Marker to all of the water bubbles and the blue fish, then I added some Glossy Accents to each of the bubbles.

I cut down some wave pattern paper and adhered with some more foam adhesives and tied on some baker's twin in Marigold into a bow.

On the inside of the card, I added three little blue fish to coordinate with the front of the card and that was it.

Hope you enjoy this card, it was lots of fun to make.

Have a great weekend.

Gina

TAWS Just Keep Swimming	Prismacolor Pencils	Gamsol	Amuse Studio - Petite Polka Dot
DCWV Cardstock	Glossy Accents	Wink of Stella - Brush marker	Baker's Twine
CC Designs 110lb. copic quality cardstock

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For a baby boy....shower

I recently threw a baby shower for my new little nephew and had so much fun creating the decor for it.  I chose a navy blue and green theme.....(a little hard to find anything blue and green in Seattle these days after the superbowl).

I created a layered banner, cutting the fishtails from my cricut Phrases cartridge.  I scored and folded 1.5 inch and 2 inch rosettes, then topped those with a circle punch and some black alphabet stickers.

I stamped the napkins in Versafine Smoky Grey ink, with the Showered with Love stamp set from A Muse Studio.  This ink might have been a little too watery for this technique, next time I would use either Memento or Staz On ink for a crisper image.

Lastly, I used these cups with a whale stamp from A Muse Studio and used Inktense pencils with a water color brush, then cut them out and popped them up on a pop dots.

Hope you enjoy these ideas.....happy crafting.

Gina