Bright tropical colors and the new Fish Tales Clear Stamp Set send birthday wishes today. Hello, welcome back to our May Release Blog Blitz! Jean Okimoto here with another design featuring this great new clear stamp set and the matching set of dies.
It's easy to organize (and find!) your favorite "open" die sets if they're attached to curtain rings from a fabric or home store. I attach the rings to a magnetic bar that's attached to a shelf in my work area. That's a lot of attachment - but it works for me!
Paint deckle-edged rough watercolor paper from Shizen Design with Peerless Watercolors and air-dry it. Add a pearly wash of diluted Peerless Transparent Silver and heat-set it. The deckled edges and texture enhance the shimmery layer and contrast nicely against the matte diecuts. Trim the right and bottom edges with a Rectangle Basics die.
Gather an assortment of yellow, orange, flamingo, turquoise and green cardstock. Stamp the happy little fish and wavy seaweed from the Fish Tales Clear Stamp Set with VersaFine Onyx Black. Heat-set the ink, then diecut the designs with the matching Fish Tales Die Set.
Diecut Seaweed Stalks from light green cardstock.
Stamp the greeting - from the Fish Tales Clear Stamp Set - on lime green cardstock. Cut it with a Rectangle Basics die.
Score, cut and fold a 5-1/2" square white card. Attach the diecuts and greeting - use foam dots for the bright yellow, orange and turquoise fishes. Add blue gem stickers.
Want a chance to win the Fish Tales Clear Stamp Set? Just add your comment to today's post - and it may soon join your Memory Box and Open Studio Collection. Add your comment to Jenny's Fish Tales blog blitz post too - and all of the other Design Team posts during this week's blog blitz. The entry deadline is 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, May 14th. Good Luck to you!
We'll be using a few of the newest dies and stamps at the May 13th SUMMER HEARTS class at Impress. We have so many great heart- and love-themed dies, stamps and papers - let's put them to work on summery cards for weddings, thank-yous and cards to say "I'm thinking of you." See you on Saturday!
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Very nice card!
Posted by: Aaron | 05/11/2017 at 07:33 AM
Very cute. Love the punny sentiment. Hugz
Posted by: ionabunny | 05/11/2017 at 07:48 AM
Love the colorful fish, so pretty!
Posted by: Vinita Jain | 05/11/2017 at 07:51 AM
WOW Jean, the colours you used on your card are awesome with this set. Well done!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 05/11/2017 at 08:15 AM
What a great card! I love sea themed stamp and die sets, so I'd be thrilled if I was lucky enough to win this!
Posted by: Lynn Hardy | 05/11/2017 at 08:19 AM
Love the textures and the Seaweed Stalks dies to create this fun underwater scene!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 05/11/2017 at 08:43 AM
Too cute! Would be great for my fish loving grandson!
Posted by: Jan | 05/11/2017 at 08:52 AM
This is cute--lots of fun!
Posted by: Sandra Williams | 05/11/2017 at 09:49 AM
Love your card and those fish are calling to me. Know what I mean? the colors you used are so happy and bright, too. Maybe I should go fishing. ha ha Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Shirley Lee | 05/11/2017 at 10:12 AM
Great background you created on the watercolor paper for these colorful fish. Very fun card !!!
Posted by: karenajo | 05/11/2017 at 10:42 AM
Thanks for the details on how you crested a shimmering sea and the storage tips. Stunning stamp set. Great card.
Posted by: Alison | 05/11/2017 at 10:59 AM
Very cute! Perfect set for "manly" cards
Posted by: Selena O'Donnell | 05/11/2017 at 11:41 AM
So cute. I like the bright colors.
Posted by: Sue LD | 05/11/2017 at 11:43 AM
Ooh, I love this cute set and the way you stamped the fish on colored card stock gives it a whole new look!
Posted by: shartl | 05/11/2017 at 12:23 PM
What a great idea for the water background. Thx.
Posted by: Talitha | 05/11/2017 at 12:46 PM
Such beautiful and bright cards. Love all the colors.
Posted by: Kathy O | 05/11/2017 at 02:16 PM
Hi Jean,
Cute card and a great storage/organization tip! You do it all, Girl! TY!👏🏻😻
Posted by: Starqueen | 05/11/2017 at 02:29 PM
I can't get enough of those fish they are adorable very nice card those weeds are perfect.
Posted by: Tracy Steinbach | 05/11/2017 at 03:16 PM
This is pure genius! I absolutely love this stamp set - a bit fishy but that is ok for the people I know. They are a bit fishy as well! LOL
Posted by: Sheri D | 05/11/2017 at 03:30 PM
Great card Jean! Makes me smile! These fish just say "HAPPY" !!!!
Posted by: Jan | 05/11/2017 at 04:12 PM
Oh my goodness - love the FISH love them - your layout is totally over the moon - made me smile - TFS
Posted by: Gail | 05/11/2017 at 05:31 PM
Great background and fun colors! Love these fish!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | 05/11/2017 at 05:34 PM
I just love the background - the colors and texture. Adorable card with a cute sentiment, too!
Posted by: Heidi H | 05/11/2017 at 07:04 PM
Super adorable stamp and card! Just perf DT for Father's Day especially since my dad over to fish!
Posted by: Mimi R | 05/11/2017 at 07:14 PM
Beautiful card! I like the bright colors and love the background!!
Posted by: Melissa S | 05/11/2017 at 08:08 PM