Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Fishy Hello

 The latest CASology cue word is pet and I couldn't help but think of my 2 giant goldfish (not koi but palm-sized goldfish; my fav was white with just 2 little orange spots on its head) that died a couple of weekends ago after we changed the water in our pond.  I think I misjudged the pH and am now a fish mur-diddly-er-ler.  Thus, my homage to our dearly departed fishies.

I made my own stencils over the weekend using stencil plastic I found at Hobby Lobby and my Cameo.  (Note:  with this particular plastic I found a depth of 6 to work well.) I took the swirls stencil and taped it down over my cardstock.  I then took a VersaMagic chalk teardrop to add the white.  I totally could have used a sponge but because I was only pressing down and not swirling, I used the inkpad itself.  Loving how this turned out.

I then stamped the sentiments and bubbles.  The fish I fussy cut from a notecard set that someone was going to throw away at the office.  The horror, I know.  Gosh, almost forgot to mention I used Wink of Stella to add some sparkle to the fish for that hint of scale.


The Details:  Pop Tone cover stock in Sno Cone, WPlus9 Strictly Sentiments, Inkadinkado Cute Fish Cling, VersaMark Onyx Black, VersaMagic Cloud White, Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear sequins, homemade stencil using Show-Offs stencil plastic, Wink of Stella Gl. Clear

I'm entering this in CASology #104 Pet, CAS on Sunday #37 One Layer Wonder, Addicted to Stamps & More #104 CAS    

9 comments:

  1. Way to go, creating your own stencil! ! The goldfish looks cute, and the background turned out great. Thanks for joining us at ATSM!

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  2. This is so clever Toni, you are so creative, your own stencil is awesome. And remember never throw away anything!! Lobe the design and so pleased you shared with is at ATSM

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  3. This is one awesome card, Toni! The stenciled background is fabulous and the fish of course steals the show! Thanks so much for playing with us at ATSM. I hope to see you there next time, too! Hugs, Cornelia DT

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  4. Toni what a fabulous card and I am so impressed you made that stencil with your Cameo. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!

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  5. Wonderful bg! Love that sweet fish, (so sorry about your dearly departed!) you've given it the most delightful personality!

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  6. What a cute card, and wow that you made your own stencil. So sorry for the loss of your fish. Thanks for playing along at CASology this week.

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  7. Brilliant card - such a lovely background and stunning goldfish. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!

    So sorry that you lost your fishies!! x

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  8. Love the gorgeous background you created and that fish is fabulous! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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