I know I got it right for the F4A challenge - Birthday card.
Not so sure about the MIX challenge - my two seahorses are identical, one smaller than the other. They are not nested, but they are the same shape exactly. Sorry, if it doesn't qualify. Anyway........
I covered the water color paper with gesso, dried, and covered with Brusho crystals, misted with water, then dried again. Cut my card base and cut the water color background to fit the base. Stamped the coral with Versamark, sprinkled EP over it and heat embossed, then fussy cut around the outside edge. Die cut the two different size seahorses, 5 fish, a starfish and seaweed. Added Stickles dots to the fish and starfish and a line of Stickles along the Seahorses spines. Black dot for eyes. Assembled.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 4:19 PM
You DO create some of the most spectacular backgrounds and this is no exception! Love the blend of colors on that. The white die cuts look fantastic and makes those colors all the more brilliant. Beautifully designed and I just love the idea of embossing on acetate for that dimension on the coral.
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Registered: October 19, 2004 Location: Warsaw, MO Posts: 17008
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 6:14 PM
It's beautiful! I love the cool colors of your background, and the crisp white of the die cuts and the embossed image (so clever to do it that way!). 2 die cuts in different sizes is a perfect fit for the challenge - they don't have to be nesting. Thanks for playing along - I'm so glad the MIX played well with other challenges today!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132020
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 @ 9:23 AM
Oh wow!!! This is fantastic. I've got to try Brushos on gesso, you get such a fabulous effect with it. And I know how good Twinkling H2Os turn out on it, so what's stopping me!
And all those white die-cuts to create your underwater scene - just fabulous. Great way of doing the coral, too.