Chuck Knock is the illustrator and owner of Gray Wolf Stamps. At a convention many years ago, he showed me how he colored his fish while I checked out. The vellum for fins was brilliant and is his idea. When I acquired these angel fish thought IÂ’d give his idea a try again. How long does it take to color two small fish? 8 hours. I was experimenting with coloring media on vellum and nothing worked. I was amazed that even my trusty pencils removed the embossing. Zig Brush markers dried too fast, copic dried too slow and pencil on the back side looked awful. I even fussy cut the vellum hoping it looked better. Fussy cutting is not my favorite thing so having to do it again almost made me throw in the towel. At this point I remembered a boat load of colored vellum I had and finally chose a color that came closest to the fish and embossed one in silver and the gold one in gold. The body was easy, the vellum, quite the challenge which could be why itÂ’s been sitting in a drawer for 8 years. Had to stamp and emboss again, fussy cut that side fin, slit the fish and slip it in. Fussy cut the fin layer and mounted the body on the vellum. Simply watercolored the background, used Ryn stamps for the sea weed after spritzing the stamp with water. I wanted more of a bleed so sprayed more water on it. (Three tries on the background too.) The bubbles are Stamps by Ryn also. Strange as it may sound, IÂ’d love to try this again without the overwhelming turquoise.
Thanks for stopping by.
Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 GMT Views: 2332
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Sun, Jul 10, 2016 @ 9:01 PM
Wow, Nancy, it was SO worthwhile all the time it took you to create this masterpiece- your fish look SO beautiful and I love the colour of the sea and the bubbles look so real - I just LOVE this!!
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Tue, Jul 12, 2016 @ 7:45 PM
Oh my goodness, Nancy!! Your efforts sure paid off, because you created a remarkable card! Wow, the fish are gorgeous as is the water!! So glad you were determined to not give up!!
Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26117
Wed, Jul 13, 2016 @ 8:00 AM
Fie upon that vellum! ...but when it works is it not wonderful? So glad you kept on it until you succeeded in creating this amazing card! I love the underwater effects your spritzed seaweed and Ryn's wonderful bubbles made. The fish look like little jewels just as they are in real life! Super card Nancy!
Registered: November 19, 2004 Location: Lutz, FL Posts: 15938
Mon, Jul 25, 2016 @ 5:53 PM
Yes, I've been to the Grey Wolf booth at shows and they make it look so easy. If I remember correctly, they have some to-die-for layered car image samples. I'm so tempted every time and then I just catch myself because I know it is going to be REALLY time consuming. And the cars just stamped and colored aren't that exciting.
In any case, I LOVE what you ended up with - soooooooo glad you persevered. This is fabulous!!!
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