Greg's Birthday

Hard to believe my baby boy is turning 53 - yikes!  He loves the outdoors, hunting and fishing, so it is always fun to make his cards.

This card was created using Flourish Co. What a Catch digi set.  I colored with Copics and sponged in a light blue chalk background.  No matter how many Dies I buy, I always go back to my trustee Creative Memories Oval Cutting system - such a shame they went out of business.  I used SU Gorgeous Grunge to apply the speckling around the front of the card.  The fish and lures stamped on the green are from an assortment of different fishing type sets.   Several years ago Greg had the opportunity to actually watch me take a plain white piece of paper and turn it into something, with lots of different layers of color, etc., and said he now had a whole new appreciation of the cards he receives.  So I know that he will enjoy this one.  Happy Birthday Greg!

WINDOWS...

In my dreams, this is my grandson fishing on the dock in our yard. The window was sponged lightly with Caramel and popped up on the wallpaper background with dimensionals. Crystal Lacquer smeared across the image with my finger made the window panes.

I have a new Die and am having too much fun. Pretend these are all rooms of my house (or my summer cottage), and you'll see what amazing scenery I have.

Fishes Wishes

Boy, I don't know what happened here - this scan barely resembles IRL, but you get the general idea. I put an Ultra Thick Layer of Crystal Lacquer over the fish bowl from the water line down. Between the Crystal Lacquer and the Scanner, it really washed out the color. Even the tiny fish - they were colored lavendar and green. This is for my dtr and s-i-l for anniversary. Inside has wonderful verse about how/why God made two. It's so appropriate for them.