May I wish any of my blog followers with a birthday between February 19th to March 20th a happy birthday!
Swim little fish, SWIM!
To celebrate this, and all upcoming Zodiac occurrences I treated myself to a fabulous set of Cosmic Stars stamps by Mama Elephant from Simon Says Stamp.
Cute, aren’t they?
Apparently you Pisceans have a strong and vibrant presence and are willing to give yourselves emotionally and often ready to offer understanding.
I am therefore super glad to count you among my chums.
With this in mind, I made this!
Allow me to elaborate.
I began this creation by stamping the little fishy fellas with Onyx Black Versafine ink.
Then, I began to colour them in, adding light base layer of colour first and then working shades on top.
Fairly small designs and so done very quickly!
I was originally intending to create a card with this design however I recalled that I have recently been experimenting with Artist Trading Coins, Coasters and more with grey board.
This design was waiting in the wings for its starring moment!
It was a simple affair of acrylic paint, blue wax paste and clear modelling paste, spread through a stencil.
To give it a little detail, I overprimed a paint marker and shook it until the drops of white fell onto the ATC.
To finish the design I cut out the fishy folk and glued them to the ‘coin’.
Et voila!
Perfect mini make, no?
Hope you enjoyed this little make and have something to take away. What did you think? I would love to hear your thoughts.
If you do have your own ideas and would like this set of stamps, just head over to Simon Says Stamp and snap yours up today.
Anyway, time to crack on and stop mucking about.
Look forward to bringing you more soon.
Bye for now.
J :)
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
Great background for lovely little fishes, swimming in two directions perfect for Pisces!
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Really cute and thank you for your birthday wishes…..I am those fishes…setting off in one direction and then changing my mind and heading off in the opposite direction lol. No wonder I’m exhausted by bedtime!
I love seeing what great creations you come up with you really inspire my creative juices. Karen
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I love this gorgeous stamp set and what you made with it is awesome John. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Such a cute ATC John. I’m loving these coins. great to see what can be put on something so small. Kath x
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Love the idea of a coin, lots of scope. Super colours.x
Sheena
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Cute, Lovely ATC.
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Gorgeous ATC John. I love the background. Clare x
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I have a daughter whose birthday is the 15th March — but — its my 64th wedding anniversary today (the 19th February)
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Happy Anniversary Thelma!
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Happy anniversary! :)
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Wow. Happy anniversary Thelma. 64 years is quite a milestone these days. I’m halfway there at 32.
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Lovely, so cute! Well done John.
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I love the background as well as the fish. Beautifully done xx
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Wonderful creation John, love the little fishes that could be used for any occasion xx Hazel
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