This is a triple challenge today. I made this fishy scene for the teapot tuesday challenge 107 and I used this for the versamark challenge on ways to use it 284.
I brayered the background with bashful blue, marina mist and not quite navy. Then I added plant life from pocket silhouettes using navy. I sponged against a ripped piece of paper with not quite navy to form the different levels behind the hook and fish. I colored the fish with watercolor pencil and an aqua painter then used versamark and ultra thick embossing enamel (UTEE) on the fish two times. I put the fish in the freezer for about 5 minutes and brought him out and cracked the utee. So I guess I have a cracked fish huh? LOL
I drew a fishing line and hook in and added the small tag punch with the greeting. I used silver cord for the fishing line and heated the embossing powder which acted like a glue to hold the cord. When the background was done, I used my versamark pad all over it. I then added UTEE. When you use one layer you get a bubbled affect which to me looked like the water. It gives it a cool droplet affect. That's it!
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010 GMT Views: 4010
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Registered: May 10, 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 27861
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 @ 7:29 AM
OH, this is super cool. I am a huge fan of embossing powders and I LOVE UTEE......luv flowers directed me to your card. I love your crackpot fish You've created such a fun little underwater scene and I agree, that it DOES look like water.
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Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 @ 7:44 AM
Whisper......Sue, hey girlfriend, I see your fish has been a little stressed and finally just cracked! Did that happen as a result of the stress of Gullible Gill being stuck up on the Hill? Or did Quido, the Torpedo, break a fin and now he's slow?
Just something to think about......
I love, love, love how your card looks wet....either you spilled your 7-up on it or you can do techniques!!! I love this card...and I am making the assumption its going to Dante, because its what you do!!! Wonderful, wonderful card....and its okay to be a slow moving Teapot Tuesday Cheater! No worries!
The cookies are soggy! Yah, I know! Someone left the lid to the tackle box open! I know! If it were me, I woulda put the cookies in the cooler too! They *taste* okay though!!!
Registered: December 19, 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 15571
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 @ 8:25 AM
Too fun!! Don`t you just love the look using one layer of Utee gives? I did a fish card not long ago doing this. I also like to use it for just ordinary images as well. Your graduated blues look perfect for the water and that fish has the most adorable look on his face! And love hes`s cracked! (poor thing! lol) Fabulous idea to put the sentiment tag on the fish hook! You rocked this card and challenge! TFS!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131671
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 @ 9:26 AM
Your headache must be better, is it? This is WONDERFUL. I love the cracked glass fish, love the Pocket Silhouettes weed and most of all your background - I've often seen that with just one layer of UTEE, but I've never thought to make a feature of it like this.