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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Koi and Bubbles.....

Hello everyone: I have a card to share with you today for the CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge.  Here is my card.

When I saw the sketch by Michele Ferguson I knew the chance to use this bubble stamp finally arrived. The Stamp set is from Designs by Ryn and it's called  Rising Bubbles , I just love the realistic look of this beautiful bubbles, this picture is taken from the side.

I wanted to create an underwater little scene so I stamped the bubbles onto a piece of vellum just to see where I was going to stamp the pretty Koi fish, from a retired Flourishes set called Water Lilies.
Then I stamped the fish on a piece of scrap paper and snipped them out, applied a bit of two way glue to  make them sticky to use as a mask for when I stamped the bubbles.  I used my MISTI to place the fish on top of the vellum piece stamped with the bubbles, ink them up and stamped them onto the water color paper panel. I placed the snipped fish on top of them and, using the vellum with the bubbles, I placed the stamp on the MISTI and stamped both images, removed the mask and colored the fish with Prismacolor pencils. I did look for pictures just to get the colors as close to the real ones as possible.

Here is a picture of the inside of my card.

The sentiment is stamped with SU Tangelo Twist and the Lotus Flowers with Strawberry Slush, both are from this set.

Here is the sketch that inspired this card.
Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time, happy stamping.
Hugs from Maria.

14 comments:

Karren said...

Great take on the sketch! Those bubbles are fantastic and you've reminded me I've got the water droplet stamps and never remember to use them!

Patti Willey said...

Your Koi Fish are gorgeous Maria! In fact I have a Koi Fish on my never ending wish list from Paper Source! Love the bubbles and how they shine with iridescence!

Aileen said...

Maria, perfect take on the sketch. Love the Koi and bubbles, looks brilliant.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Karren, I also have the water droplet stamp, I used it on a card for CAS(E) this Sketch! on January 18th. I hope you get a chance to ink those stamps ASAP!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Patti, I hope you get your Koi soon. I added Crystal Effects to the bubbles to make them shine.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Aileen, this sketch was the perfect one for this image. I stamped the Koi to add a splash of color.

Unknown said...

The bubbles are awesome - and so are the Kois too ! Great card . Hugs

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Anita, the bubbles are really pretty.

Sonny said...

Love this whole image ! Really a WOW !Those bubbles and your Kois are something special !!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, this is so cool! Great take on the sketch!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Leigh, the sketch was just perfect for this bubbles.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thanks Sonny, I really like the pop of color of those fish among the bubbles.

I Card Everyone said...

Hi Maria!!! LOve the bubbles, but those Koi are truly the stars of the show, as they say! Thanks so much for joining in at CTS this week. and always, for your sweet, kind, comments!!! xx
=] Michele

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you for visiting Michelle, your sketch really gave me the idea for using this bubble stamp, the Koi really look pretty swimming among them.