Saturday 12 February 2011

Something fishy...

Jennifer is hosting this week's One Layer Wednesday challenge and she's asked us to use two image stamps and nothing else - no sentiment, no embellishments. Full details here if you'd like to play along!

I struggled a bit to decide on what images to use and eventually settled on this beautifully detailed fish and the bubbles stamp from the same set.

I swooshed ink onto the card base directly from the pads and then added just a few tiny streaks with a watercolour crayon. Rather than colouring the fish with a marker (allowed under the challenge rules) I removed colour with bleach - I'm sure that's in the same spirit! Versafine ink is unaffected by bleach once it's been left to dry fully (maybe because it's an oil-based ink?) so the detail of the fish remains clear. I used an opaque white pen on the eye, just to make it stand out a bit more.

Stamps:
Under the Sea (Darkroom Door)

Paper:
Smooth white

Ink:
Distress ink by Ranger (Tumbled Glass and Broken China)
Versafine by Tsukineko (Onyx Black)

Other:
Bleach
Neocolour II water soluble crayon by Caran d'Ache
Inkssentials white pen by Ranger
Corner Chomper by We R memory Keepers


Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend!

21 comments:

Lisa A. said...

AMAZING!!! Wow...what creativity!!!

Effie said...

Fabulous stamp... he really stands out, a case of less is more!

Kathy said...

It's lovely, Joanne. That turquoise is absolutely stunning

joanne wardle said...

great card, the big fish has great impact

Sam & Poppy said...

Absolutely brill, love it!

S-J said...

Wow! That is fabulous, the stamp is gorgeous and a handy tip about the versafine and bleach too Thanks.

Lesley Edmonds said...

This is stunning. I love the electric blue behind the fish and thanks for the tip about versafine and bleach - didn't know that :)
Lesley x

Tineke said...

What a beautifull fish in the water!
Greetings from Holland,
Tineke

Hazel said...

Love the fish stamp - you are so accomplished at these CAS cards x

Vicky Hayes said...

I am utterly lost in admiration! If I had made the last three cards on your blog I'd be able to die a happy woman!

Scrappy~Sarah said...

That is gorgeous :o)

Susan said...

didn't know about the bleach trick...thanks! GORGEOUS card!

Karen said...

Oh Joanne, you do these cards so well my lovely! I love this fish & the bubbles just finish it all off. I am thinking I should have a go at something like this, it looks so effective and unfussy! xxx

cookcreateread said...

Wow, this is really lovely Joanne! I love the background water!

Mari said...

An awesome example of CAS! Love the image, too!

Janice said...

What a very detailed stamp for the fish. Very effective technique.

Deborah Frings said...

Absolutely stunning - very unusual design - but fabulous!

Carol said...

This is really thinking outside the box! What a great card! Love that you used bleach to 'color'/remove color from the fish...I've never thought of that other than on colored cardstock! Who knew!???

Anonymous said...

Stunning! x

Paulette S said...

Joanne,
How simple, but outstanding and this exactly why I like your style of making cards. The bleach is brilliant. =D

Jennifer Styles said...

This card is just spectacular!

Adore!

Great job on the challenge and thanks for playing along with OLW40!