Monday, June 15, 2026

Two adventurous fish

 After 'three of something' there is now a challenge with 'two of something' - how fun. I paired it with a sketch and got ideas for it via two other challenges.

 

But first,  I pulled out the fun stuff I thought I would need: two embossing folders, dies, stamps and gelli printed and ink smushed paper in suitable colors. I sketched the outlines of the wavy pieces, then tore them. The sun was die cut. The fish were first stamped with pale blue an a pink gelli print, then stamped again with grey and when that didn't look good enough and it was still wet, I sprinkled some clear embossing powder on them and heat embossed.

 

The bottom blue layer was dry embossed with a seaweed kind of pattern - not that you can really tell. (It is Weeping Willow by Creative Expressions.) The 'sky' part was embossed with a ray pattern.

 

Entering this in these lovely challenges that inspired me today:

Freshly Made Sketches: #740  

Cardz 4 Gyuz: #386 Squash it 

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Fish / Sea creatures 

The Alphabet Challenge: D is for Double 

And because this was the first time using the seaweed dies, I am showing this in the

NBUS: # 87 June



6 comments:

  1. Alice, your 'under the sea' version of our sketch is just fantastic! I never would have imagined that! Just gorgeous! I love your cratered moon!
    Thanks so much for playing along!
    =] Michele

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  2. Embossed sunrays...awesome...and I love your torn papers!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our "Smash It" challenge over at Cards 4 Guys!! You nailed both elements of our challenge...the masculine & the embossing!!
    Deb Horst, DT #C4G386

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  3. Such a fantastic underwater scene with your gorgeous inked papers! Thanks for linking up to Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  4. OH what a fun creation ... great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at the Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Sisterhood of Crafters Owner

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  5. What a wonderful interpretation of a summer day. I love the underwater scenery, and how you managed to incorporate so many paper scraps into your creation. Thanks for joining the Alphabet challenge.

    Hugs, Veronika

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  6. Awesome scene and love the papers and all you used. Thanks for sharing over at Alphabet, Cardz 4 Galz

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