FISHIN' AROUND

At my Stamp-In Workshop in September, my attendees made a cute almost-any-occasion card. In that, it says, "Thinking of You" on the bottom. I mean, for any occasion, if you are sending someone a card, you ARE thinking of them, right?

When I saw the precious single stamp, "Fishin' Around," on page 58 of the big catalog, yup. You guessed it. I HAD to have it.

And, of course, the first thought in my mind was PAPER PIECING! Those little fishies were simply begging for it!

See what I mean??

This cute card is fairly easy to create. Would you like to recreate one of your own? Here's how:

Supplies:

Curly Cute stamp set (retired -- so sad)

Fishin' Around stamp

Pumpkin Pie cardstock

Coastal Cabana cardstock

Naturals White cardstock

Watercolor Paper

DSP in oranges in a small print

Coastal Cabana ink

Baked Brown Sugar ink

Black StazOn ink

Stampin' Write Marker in Crushed Curry or any other "treasure" color you prefer

Big Shot

Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Circles Collection Framelits

Chalk Talk Framelits

Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon (retired)

Mini Glue Dots

Paper Snips

Aqua Brush

Stampin' Dimensionals

3/16" Corner Punch

Instructions:

Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Naturals White cardstock in half, creasing well with a bone folder.

Run the front of the card through the Big Shot inside the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. Use the 3/16" Corner Punch to round ONLY THE TOP TWO CORNERS of the card front.

Create an open-topped tag from Pumpkin Pie cardstock with the Framelit from Chalk Talk. Adhere the tag to the card front. Tie a piece of the Pumpkin Pie ribbon into a perky bow and attach it to the tag with a Mini Glue Dot.

On a piece of watercolor paper, stamp the fishbowl image in Black StazOn. Use ink in the lid of the ink pads to color the water in Bermuda Bay and the sand in Baked Brown Sugar with an Aqua Painter. Color the treasure with the Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker.

Choose scraps of DSP for your fish. They can be different, as in my sample, or the same. Your choice. Stamp the fish in Black StazOn onto your DSP. Carefully cut them out with the Paper Snips. Adhere them over their stamped counterparts inside the fishbowl.

Use the circle Framelit to cut out the fishbowl. Adhere it to the tag with a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals.

Adhere the 1/2" x 4 1/4" Pumpkin Pie strip and the 1/4" x 4 1/4" Bermuda Bay strip to the bottom of the card, leaving a bit of white between the colors.

On a 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of Naturals White cardstock, stamp the sentiment in Black StazOn ink. Adhere this to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Fishin' for

Smiles.