birthday fishes and belated father's day

I started my card by cutting my rectangle for my image panel. Then, I stamped the fish using summer sunrise ink. Then, I stamped over them again using versamark and clear embossed them. I stamped my sentiment and bubbles in black ink. Then, I sponged seascape ink all over the image panel except where my sentiment is. Then, I rounded the corners, matted the image panel, and created a slot to slide my ribbon through. I added my image panel and ribbon to my card base.

I added dimensional glaze to the fish bubbles to make them stand out a little more against the water background.

I started this card by stamping my turtle on a white piece of cardstock that I had cut out with a nestability die. Then, I matted my image. I created my card base from Spring Moss cardstock and cut two patterned paper slightly smaller than my card base. I added the spring moss twill to the patterned papers before adding them to my card base. Next, I added my turtle image to my card. I stamped my sentiment by masking two of the sentiments in the Pond Life set. Then, I cut my sentiment out with a die and matted it before adding it to my card.

I used the dimensional glaze again on this card to make the turtle's shell and eye stand out more.



Recipe for first card
Stamps: Pond Life, Pond Life sentiments (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white stamper's select, summer sunrise (Papertrey Ink), blue (DCWV)
Ink: summer sunrise (Papertrey Ink), noir, seascape (Palette), versamark
Accents: summer sunrise ribbon (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: corner rounder, slot tool (Making Memories), heat gun, embossing powder, sponge dauber

Recipe for second card
Stamps: Pond Life, Pond Life sentiments (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: spring moss (Papertrey Ink), landscape, noir (Palette)
Cardstock: white stamper's select, spring moss (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Father Know's Best
Accents: spring moss twill (Papertrey Ink), dimensional glaze
Tools: nestability dies