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>> Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Hello Crafty Friends.



My grandson Lewis (age 5) informed us again he has changed the theme of his birthday party. back to sharks.  He has been waffling between a shark theme, a lego theme, and a superhero theme. We have 2 months to go so who knows which will win. I decided to go ahead and make some shark cards just in case - lol!



This card is full of texture.  I took a piece of an Amazon box (most likely held legos - lol), pealed off the first layer of paper, and cut it into a tag shape.  To get a beach/ocean theme, I painted on some white Gesso, painted the tag with different colors of blue, and added in a little beach with a strip of the paper that I removed from the tag and some more white Gesso.  I splattered on the remaining Gesso because I didn't want to waste it.  A bit of Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges and I was ready for the images.



















I water colored some paper using a quick wash, and then stamped the Happy Shark on a section that had a white strip at the bottom. I also stamped on the Fishing Square, loosley watercolored the basket tan, restamped the image in my MISTI, and fussy cut the boat, rod and basket out.  
To finish off the card, I added in the Killer Birthday Greeting.  The base layer was made using watercolors and doing the Ink/Spray/Smash technique.  

My other grandsons came over and loved it.  One wants me to make him one and one wants to make one himself.  This one got the quality seal from my family.

Hope your week is going well.

Hugz,

Nancy


6 comments:

Robin Clendenning said...

Ooh, that IS a big catch! My husband and son caught one one time when deep sea fishing and they brought it home...I made them get rid of it it really stank! My son was around 8 or so so of course he wanted to keep the thing, good grief!
Your card is really cool, love it!

Samantha said...

It's obvious why this card received the family seal of approval, it's terrific! I love all the layers!

For the party, may I suggest a superhero shark made of legos?

Karin said...
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Karin said...

I love the fabulous textures on this fishing themed card! Super job and great masculine theme!

Lisa said...

Nancy I love this fun shark and the great colors and layout too. Your water color BG works so perect with the fishing theme and the cardboard is brilliant to add some fun texture.

Julie- justwritedesigns said...

What a fun card, Nancy! Love the tag element & colors. Lewis will love it..no matter which theme he decides.

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