Greetings friends. I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend. Today I wanted to share a card using the Serene Goldfish die. This is one of those cards that I envisioned turning out one way and then changed the design along the way. However, I am going to show you all the steps I took and then talk about why I changed my mind in the end.
When you cut out the die, you get two pieces:
I love that it is in two pieces because it is easy to color one part without getting color on the other. In my original design, I wanted to watercolor both the background and the fish. For the background water, I cut out my fish/background using 140lb watercolor paper and drew lines using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers:
I then softened everything with a waterbrush:
I really liked the watercolor, but I think you may have noticed I didn't use it in the finished card.
Next, I scribbled some dark orange and light orange onto my goldfish. Notice that I didn't color the whole fish with markers. I wanted to leave some empty spaces so that when I softened the colors with a waterbrush, I could drag some of the paint to get a gradient of color:
After I used my waterbrush to soften the color, this is what my goldfish looked like:
The fish die has an indent for the eye, but I wanted it to really pop. Therefore I cut out a tiny circle using black cardstock and a 1/8" circle punch. As a tiny detail, I added a small dot to the eye using a white paint pen:
So, why didn't I use the blue watercolor background? As much as I loved my background, I really enjoyed how much the dark blue cardstock made the orange fish pop. I am therefore saving that piece for another card and went for a very simple layout for this card.
As I mentioned before, all of the new circle dies mix and match with the various frame dies, so I decided to pair my fish with the frame from the whale set because I really liked the shells on that frame.
Of course, to finish the card I had to add one of the new coordinating "punny" sentiments.
Supplies
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Too clever wishing ‘birthday wishes’ with the beautiful koi in the traditional colors! Using the navy blue is perfect with the orange!! Love this card cuz it’s clever, different & has the zing I love!
Posted by: Nancy yoder | 03/31/2019 at 10:10 AM
No, this auto correct thinks it knows best it is ‘Birthday Fishes’!
Posted by: Nancy yoder | 03/31/2019 at 10:17 AM
Love the card. Thanks for sharing the stages. The original background will look great with a fish more white with orange patches, like koi, but the navy is right with this fish. Amazing what a difference it makes.
Posted by: Ali | 03/31/2019 at 12:48 PM
Lov, love, love your card Laura!
Posted by: Deb Kaste | 04/01/2019 at 04:51 AM