Today’s little creation takes us into the murky depths of the sea, to meet a colourful friend.
This Artist Trading Card was made using a variety of bits and bobs.
To begin I stamped the tropical fish (from Clarity Stamps) onto some white cardstock. I then masked this off (using a mask that I made from a sticky note).
See D’s texture stamps were then used to create the watery depths. I used an assortment of Versacolor sea green themed pigment inks for this. I also used a flourishy swirl with a similar coloured ink in order to add a hint of seaweed in the background.
I coloured my little fishy friend in using some red toned Inktense pencils and topped this off with gold stripes using a gold fine line marker.
The foreground was made using the Small Flourish Right die from Cheery Lynn. I die cut several of these in the same cardstock as the main ATC layer but coloured them with a spattering of inks and alcohol markers, to give them a little more intense colour so that they stood out in the foreground.
To finish I added some coral coloured Anita’s Mini Pearl embellishments in each corner.
And there we have it, another mini make for the blog. 17 done, just 348 to go!
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Many thanks for taking the time to visit.
I’ll see you again tomorrow!
J :)
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
Gorgeous! x
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Love it
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Hi. Another lovely one, Does your mind ever rest?????
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No, lol :)
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Hi John this is a gorgeous ATC I do like the fish. Hugs Jackie
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Hi John, I am really enjoying your ATC series, they are packed with inspiration. This is one of my favourites so far. Keep them coming. Bx
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GREAT ATC….love the fish and the Cheery Lynn swirls!!!
TFS
JAN
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Hi John
Lovely, the colours, details and embellishments are all perfect.
Really do admire you for doing this, quite an undertaking!
Have a good weekend, hugs,
T x
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Awesome one! Well…. they have all been awesome. I am enjoying your ATC series. Thanks for sharing them!
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This is very different to the others but I like it very much.
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love the colours you have used John, beautiful card.
Regards Liz.
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another beauty John, I would love to see that colour way and background with a seahorse if you have one please x
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Fabulous :-) x
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A really interesting design John, very effective.
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Really beautiful John, and unusual too. Thanks for the breakdown on the products and procedures. You are inspirational !
Liz
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Different direction again! Nice colour combination and textures …. x
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