Tuesday, March 22, 2011

O”FISH”ally Awesome

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You can see the glossy texture in this photo. The cut line is actually a mark left after I pulled out a cat hair!

Hello!!!

Have a “male” card for you today! Don’t make these very often because I CANT do these! I end up adding pearls and flowers every time. This time though I didn’t feel the need of pearls! :) I made it for my mum’s colleague. He has a great sense of humour and is quite a prankster!

The card is based on Chupa’s sketch this week and follows the theme of Cute and Cuddly at Wee Memories.

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Don’t know if fishes come under this theme, but these fishes looked so cute!  The sentiment is from TLC, the fishes from Mami Doodles (I think). The argyle pattern is cut with Silhouette, I bought this from their store. The pattern paper is from Shery K Designs.

I have used lacquer on the fishes to give them a glossy finish. Used yellow gel pen on their fins and tails. The white CS is distressed with French Blue ColorBox queue ink (Thanks Stef!) and the PP with Colonial Blue ColorBox queue ink . The light orange layers are coloured with Crayola markers.

I will be entering this card in Sentimental Sundays as well.

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Challenges: Sentimental Sundays, Wee Memories, Sketchbook Saturday Challenge#3, Outlawz Greetings Challenge

22 comments:

Cheryl said...

Wonderful card! I love the pun and the argyle die cut.

Thank you for joining our “Let’s Get Sentimental” challenge at Sentimental Sundays .

~Cheryl~

Stacey G.-2 Craf-t-4u said...

I don't know if fish are cuddly, but these are definitely cute! Love your whole design E.T! The argyle pattern is quite cool! The sentiment is perfect! Great male card! I find them very difficult. I like my pearls are girly things too!

Laurel Beard said...

Soooo cute! :) Thanks for playing along in the Lawnscaping/Wee Memories bonus challenge!

McCrafty's Cards said...

what a brilliant card ET I like everything about it,
Kevin xx

jimlynn said...

It's GREAT! Love this one - as I do all of them.
I've attempted to e-mail regarding being one of the winners of the RAK! THANKS! Anyway, don't know if you got it. If not, my e-mail is jimlynn01@yahoo.com
(Still not officially back - but trying so hard! Will catch up on all your beauties when I can)
Lynn

Tee said...

You my girl are O'fishally mind-blowing! Love the super colors on this..super super cute argyle pattern and that lacquer is superb!

Karuna said...

My dear lord absolutly gorgeous!!! the fishy are adorable and so the background!

Christina said...

This is completely adorable! The fish are so cute, and I *love* the argyle overlay. Orange and blue is such a great color combo for a masculine card, too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such sweet comments! I'm so glad to have found you and your gorgeous creations. And thanks for the tip on adding a pop-up comment window. I prefer those too but didn't know I could change it in my settings.

Thanks again, and I'll be checking in regularly now!

Unknown said...

awwww super duper cool card.. Thanks for dropping by and leave a comment. Glad everytime you do that. Cheers

x

Unknown said...

awwww super duper cool card.. Thanks for dropping by and leave a comment. Glad everytime you do that. Cheers

x

An Occasional Genius said...

This is fantastic! The sentiment is brilliant & I love the colours xx

yyam said...

How adorable is this!!! I love those cute fishes and the colour combo! The dimension is awesome!!! :)

Ann English said...

What a fun card and I love your clever sentiment!

Thank you for joining us this week at Sentimental Sundays.

Shelly said...

Marvelous card!!! I like the touch of shimmer on the fish fins. Hugs to you!!!

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

OMG this is frickin' ADORABLE!! LOVE your die-cut pattern, it adds so much texture to the card, and your fishies are awesome!!

Shelly said...

I've awarded you the Versatile Blogger Award. You can find the details at my blog:

http://inkyhugz.blogspot.com/2011/03/nice-surprise.html

Hugs!!!!

Shelly said...

I've awarded you the Versatile Blogger Award. You can find the details at my blog:

http://inkyhugz.blogspot.com/2011/03/nice-surprise.html

Hugs!!!!

cabio's craft corner said...

Super cute card and love the dimension. Thanks for sharing :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Dawnll said...

This is amazing with that pattern.
Your creations are so wonderful- how have I missed you before?
Wanted to pop in to thank you for entering my candy giveaway and sharing on both Feline and your blog- What a sweetie you are.
Good Luck.

Spardha said...

Wow!.. Its really pretty!.. yeah it does look like a masculine card!.. love it soo much!.. I really might end up casing it! :D
P.S. the fish do look cute and NOT at all girly.. :)

~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~ said...

Lovely evening Ms ET and lovely card! I have the same problem with cat hair, but usually mine is with my tape, silly cat loves to sit on it for some reason! Please stop by my blog as I have left something special for you HERE. I hope you do not mind and that you will accept it. Your work truly is beautiful and I feel it should be acknowledged and shared.

mel m. m. mccarthy said...

Ouuuu! Love the blue & orange and yup those fishies are super cute. That cut out layer of diamonds looks amazing!