Thursday, August 11, 2011

"My Thoughts Exactly Thursday" (part 2) : Birthday fishes


This is post #2 for the My Thoughts Exactly Thursday, so if you missed post #1 just scroll down...
I took tons of pics and thought it would be better to separate in 2 posts...
First let me tell you I am in LOVE with this card! I hope I don't toot my own horn too often, but it's not everyday that my card comes out exactly the way I wanted it!!... So I am so thrilled about that! ;-)

When I saw this koi fish in the Asia collection of Lettering Delights, I knew right away I would use it... If I ever had my dream house one day it would have a zen garden with a pond with fishes... :-)
But back to my project... ;-P Please bear with me for the load of pics...


I cut out windows in my card front and background paper with Nestabilities, and used blue vellum paper as my "water"...


To have this as a true window, I used the same background as the card's front (origami paper) on the inside to have a finished look...


To reinforce the "water feel", I crumpled my vellum paper before flattening it again, I just love all the wrinkles this created! :-)



For my sentiment I used balsa wood and a Nestabilities tag, and stamped birthday Fishes from the Under the Sea set.

Don't forget to visit Alyssa's and Bee's blogs today for more projects with My Thoughts Exactly stamps! :-)

4 comments:

Thienly Azim said...

Oh, I LOVE this card! I do agree with you that this card is beautiful! Love the paper that you used and how clever of you to crinkle the vellum for the water! Great great work!

Bee's hive said...

Have I told you that I love Koi fish?! These are amazing fish, and your card is no less amazing, I love how you can hold it up to the light and have a beautiful piece of art. Gorgeous!

LMGentzler said...

Go ahead and toot your horn. You deserve it. It came out beautifully and what a neat idea.

Jennifer Rzasa said...

You absolutely can brag about this card- it's so cool! I love when cards come out like I imagine too. The crumpled vellum is brilliant, and I love the patterned paper.

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