For today's garden challenge. We have a fountain in our back garden that once contained three beautiful koi. I went out one morning and they were all gone, it must have been either an eagle or raccoon that decided to have a banquet? Maybe I will just fill it with water lilies now.
This card used the shaving cream technique, I had made a bunch of these panels with the last batch of shaving cream. Hero Arts new koi stamps and die sets, popped up on dimensionals.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74653
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 9:05 AM
Great card for the challenge and beautifully created. I love the shaving cream technique and have never tried it. Your Koi are so pretty.
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 9:19 AM
Your shaving cream bg is perfiction and looks so much like swirling water. The fish look like they are swimming round and round. The teal and orange are a nice color combo.
I like how you arranged the koi to form an oval around the sentiment, lovely background - looks water-y to me! Poor koi that disappeared, I hope they are in koi heaven!
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46765
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 10:37 AM
Oh, beautiful technique and I am so sorry for your koi! After you have established water lilies you can probably get some again because then they can hide! I love koi!
Beautiful card!! Thanks for playing!
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Registered: March 28, 2011 Location: Novi, Michigan Posts: 11833
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 11:20 AM
I love the look of your background using the shaving cream technique and love the koi fish forming a frame for your sentiment. Your card is beautiful, but sad about your koi.
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Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 12:48 PM
Gorgeous!! I love the koi, and the framing is terrific. WE have extra bedrooms, so come and visit........if you can stand crazy people who always have fun!!!
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 4:06 PM
What a fabulous take on the challenge. I have never tried the shaving cream technique, wow it looks fantastic. I love whispy bits of colour giving a sense of movement and your brightly coloured fin look ready to leap out of the pond. I love everything about this Joanne.
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