"Often when people go on vacation there is water involved – fishing, cruising, checking out the aquarium, enjoying water sports or playing in the sand at the beach. For this challenge I want you to create a vintage or shabby chic project that reminds you of one or more of these past times."
So say the design team for the July 3, 2019 challenge at the Funky Junkie Boutique Blog (formerly known as Frilly & Funkie).
Well, I rarely do water sports of any kind (I'm not a good swimmer), the last time I fished was in the 1960s (caught a lot of suckers and not a single rainbow trout!), our last cruise was on an ocean liner French Polynesia, and I haven't played in sand at a beach in ages. However, I do enjoy aquariums, fish bowls, even views of fish while safely on a dock by a lakeside, so I decided to go the "fish pond" route...
I started with a watercolor background in an attempt to portray water. I had several layers in this and still didn't accomplish my goal but, it's a background, after all, and most of it will be hidden at the end. I started with ZIG Clear Color markers on a wetted piece of watercolor paper and, would you believe it, all four of the colors I chose were dry as a bone. So I bailed for a sample card of Daniel Smith Water Colors that came in a Hero Arts Jungle Palette and used a water brush and multiple layerings to get this:
So say the design team for the July 3, 2019 challenge at the Funky Junkie Boutique Blog (formerly known as Frilly & Funkie).
Well, I rarely do water sports of any kind (I'm not a good swimmer), the last time I fished was in the 1960s (caught a lot of suckers and not a single rainbow trout!), our last cruise was on an ocean liner French Polynesia, and I haven't played in sand at a beach in ages. However, I do enjoy aquariums, fish bowls, even views of fish while safely on a dock by a lakeside, so I decided to go the "fish pond" route...
I started with a watercolor background in an attempt to portray water. I had several layers in this and still didn't accomplish my goal but, it's a background, after all, and most of it will be hidden at the end. I started with ZIG Clear Color markers on a wetted piece of watercolor paper and, would you believe it, all four of the colors I chose were dry as a bone. So I bailed for a sample card of Daniel Smith Water Colors that came in a Hero Arts Jungle Palette and used a water brush and multiple layerings to get this:
Next, I stamped some aquatic weeds and a sentiment and trimmed the panel to fit an A2 card:
I stamped three color-layering fish on Neena Solar White, die cut them, and placed them on the card. I layered the panel on a sea blue A2 notecard from Hero Hues:
Products used in the making of this card were:
I'm also entering this in the:
- Stamps: Hero Arts "Color Layering Koi" (CM127) and "Color Layering Goldfish" (CL945)
- Dies: Hero Arts "Color Layering Koi Frame Cuts" (DI176) and "Color Layering Goldfish Frame Cuts" (DI354)
- Inks: ZIG Clear Color Markers " Haze Blue" (302), "Green Shadow" (049), "Pale Green" (045) and "Lt. Blue" (036); Danel Smith Watercolors/Hero Arts Jungle Palette "Pthalo Blue", "Prussian Green" "Pthalo Turquoise" and "Permanent Green" (999001114); Hero Arts "Fiesta Yellow". "Moss", "Pine" and two shades of orange from My Monthly Hero sets, colors unknown); GInaK "Amalgam"
- Papers: Ranger Watercolor Paper (ISW39532); Neena Solar white; Hero Hues "Sea Mixed" folded notecards (PS571)
- Adhesives: iCraft "Easy Tear Tape"; GinaK "Connect" glue
I'm also entering this in the:
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, July 1, 2019: Make Your Own Background
- Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge for July 2019: Watercolor #sssigchallenge
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