Thank you Julia for a great WT challenge today! I couldn't get any more original than using Stickles on my dp. but I do like the effect, and will probably do it again!
I stamped my Big Lou Pirahna fish and seaweed onto wc paper and then I painted Masking Fluid over the fish and the seaweed. I also filled my brush with the fluid and tapped it to get a splatter of the stuff over the whole page. I wanted to have the look of bubbles in the water later, and I knew that would do it. The masking fluid dries to a plastic like film. I was able to do a watercolor wash, wet into wet overtop without getting the paint onto the images. When the blue wash was dry, I peeled the masks off the fish and seaweed and then painted them. For the light wave reflections in the water, I used a small wc brush that I dampened with water and removed some of the color using gentle strokes followed by dabbing with tissue.
I used Stickles on the dp to give it that added sparkle. The saying panel and two of the balloons are popped up on foam tape.
All stamps by High Hopes stamps. TFL!
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 GMT Views: 1317
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Registered: June 23, 2005 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 4585
Mon, Jan 26, 2009 @ 11:16 PM
Wow!! this is Amazing and Super Cute!! I love how you did the water...it looks fabulous!! ...love the stickles on the paper...you coloring which is always Gorgeous!...and the netting accent you used....I think I have a bunch of this left over from my daughters wedding....something similiar anyway...must go see......
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Sat, Feb 07, 2009 @ 7:34 AM
OMGoodness, will you just look at that nautical tie and that fish net! This is just to darn sweet, girl! I love your pink cod with his birthday. Wonderfully created and beautifully presented~
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