July Inspiration Station

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https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/

Welcome to July! Comin’ in hot lol. I had so much fun putting this project together as my interpretation of the inspiration photo. I loved the play of light in the water and tried to re-create that with paper, rather than trying mixed media or paint or some other medium. Let me know what you think! (Below is this month’s inspiration photo)

To play up the light and water effects, I started with a blue marbled 5 x 7″ card base. I did this project landscaped to get more real estate for my water look.

Next, I used designer series papers from the Stampin’ Up! Bright and Beautiful 6 x6″ paper pack for the water-colored frame layer.

I used the Color Layer Goldfish stamp set from Hero Arts to add the bubbles, plants and fish which I stamped with Altenew Crisp Dye Inks in Starlight and Hunter Green-I wanted to keep the water scene of this card low-key to offset the colorful kitties, so stamping in these colors on the layered blue paper from the Bright and Beautiful pack worked perfectly.

Next (and to cover an inky boo-boo, lol) I stamped the sentiment from the same fishy set, in the Starlight blue ink on a scrap of the marbled blue paper. (Pro-tip: incorporate you scraps and use the same inks for as much of your project as possible to keep the flow and feel of the whole look consistent and easy on the eye.) The sentiment was edged with the Starlight blue and raised up on Altenew dimensional foam tape.

Next, using another fabulous piece from the Bright and Beautiful pack that had the feel of those beach ball colors, I die-cut some curious cats from the Tim Holtz Thinlits Sizzix “Mischievous” die set.

I adhered the kitties with the adhesive foam tape as well to finish the card.

I hope this card inspired you. Remember, even if you are not a great artist, you can still re-create a look you want like I did with the paper here, to replicate the water look. You can do it!!

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