You’re Swell
I cannot look at this stamp set and not laugh. How adorable are these puffer’s?
I was going to watercolour, but I thought I would change it up a bit and use my Chameleon Color Tones. I have had them for awhile, yet this is the first time I have used them. I have to say, I enjoyed them very much. They were easy to use and I very much like the colours that are offered. They also come in a great box for storage.
On to my card for today. I am using Hero Arts “I’m A Puffer For You” stamp set.
I first die cut the panel using my Memory Box die, then stamped and heat embossed the waves using Nuvo embossing powder. I mixed up distress oxide inks to colour the water, starting with Salty Ocean, then Cracked Pistachio and finally Broken Glass, drying between each application. I did not want my frame to have colour, so I applied the colour with a rough brush and flicked small amounts of splatter towards to top of the panel representing beads of water falling from the puffer balloon.
I stamped the fish and proceeded to colour with the Chameleon Color Tones, starting with the lightest colour and ending with the lightest colour. What that means is, I start with the lightest colour, go to the medium colour, and once done with that colour I go back over the blending lines with the lighter colour. I go from medium to dark and go back and do the blending area with the medium colour. I colour using small circles as I don’t like to see lines. Needless to say colouring with pencils is time consuming for me, but also very relaxing. Once I am done with my colouring I go over everything with a light covering of Gamsol, or you can use Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol.
I attached the panel to my card base using foam tape and arranged placement of the fish. I styled each of them and propped them up on foam dots, adding Wink of Stella to the gills, fin, lips and eyes, and white gel pen on each of the fish covering the black circles. I added the hearts with glue, stamped the sentiment using Manganese Blue and the “Blub” sentiment using Jet Black ink.
Scrap’n Stamp has $10.00 off the Chameleon Color Tones for the next week, so now is a good time to add them to your craft supplies.
I hope you have enjoyed this card today and thank you for visiting the Scrap’N Stamp Blog. I have a close up of my card on my blog which you can find here.
