SMILING GOLDFISH

Remember a few weeks ago when I published this post? I asked you to join in a little contest of trying the guess the materials and techniques I had used to create the backgrounds in that post.

And then, a week later, in this post I announced the winner. Debbie, with the winning guess, chose this background for me to make her prize:

Well, I made her card, and here it is:

I have to admit that when I saw that particular background was her choice, my original intent was to make something fairly elegant. The design seemed to call for that. 

However, before I started the card, I was browsing through my big Stampin' Up! catalog, and came across my cute little stamp, Fishin' Around, on page 58. I wondered, if you use your imagination, could the turquoise designs look sort of like algae or some other sea plants? Hmmm. 

T H E N . . .  leafing through the newish Celebrate the Everyday catalog, page 31 jumped out at me! Aha! The FRINGE SCISSORS! Sea weeds! On top of sea WAVES! (Tasteful Trim on page 192 of the big catalog.) 

And my card idea was hatched!

For the fishbowl, I stamped the image four times: once on Whisper White, once on a Pumpkin Pie DSP, once on the tan, and once on the turquoise. I then cut out the water, the fish, and the treasure and sand and adhered them all onto the Whisper White.

Since there were pearls strewn about from the spilled treasure chest, I added a few "real" ones on the waves.

Debbie, I hope you like your card (and the rest of your prize!). It will go in the mail within a few days.

Fishy

Smiles.