The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: Underwater Gel Card

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Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop August 17 - Dawn Olchefske - Fish Bowl

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Dawn Olchefske - we are thrilled to have Dawn join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . We hope you find great inspiration from the projects.

Blooms & Wishes card created by Dawn Olchefske for DOstamperSTARS Thursday Challenge #DSC186 #dostamping #stampinup

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This is the card by Dawnthat I have chosen to CASE. As soon as I saw the card I started thinking of things that I could fit into the gap!

This card features some sneak peeks of new products from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue that will be available from 1st September 2016.

Eventually I decided to create a little living room scene with a bowl of fish! I used the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set (142238) to create the wall and "curtains". This is a new set in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue.

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I used Dawn's tutorial to make the basic card but added a couple of layers

I used my usual method to put the fish into the gel. (see here , here and here). I used the Sprinkles punch with Basic Gray and Sahara Sand cardstock to create some stones for the bottom of the fish bowl.

To create the bowl shape, I used the largest of the Layering Circles dies - partially cutting with it and then cutting the straight edges with a craft knife.

The bows are dies included in the new Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies (141851) in the new Holiday Catalogue.

Squeezing (gently!) the gel makes the fish move around the bowl!

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments.

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

'Til next time.
Stephanie

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Friday, 29 July 2016

Jar of Fish - Gel Card

This card is entered in the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights this week. Click here to see all the other great projects and vote for your favourites.

I haven't finished experimenting with the gel card idea yet! Two of these little fish have been caught in a jar while the others make their escape!

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This card is for a very special couple who I will be visiting soon

I strongly suspect that my treatment of the water and perhaps even the little fish swimming between the waves may have been influenced by the work of others that I've seen on Pinterest although I haven't consciously CASEd anyone. So I think I should say, if there are any elements of this card that bear a resemblance to something that I may have seen on Pinterest - thank you.

I should have moved the fish in the jar before I took the photo - one looks a bit ill because he's upside down!

The easel card is made from Dapper Denim card, to which I added a layer of Night of Navy card.

The decorated layers are made from Pool Party Cardstock. I gave them a watercolour wash with Bermuda Bay and Dapper Denim inks, dried them and then ran them through the Big Shot with the Seaside embossing folder. I inked another piece of Pool Party card using Bermuda Bay, Dapper Denim and Night of Navy inks and the Swirly Birds stamp set and then cut out the long design from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits. I used Dapper Denim ink and an aquapainter to paint some sections to create a bit of depth and then adhered it to the embossed panel, slipping some fish in before the glue dried.

The fish were stamped with Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder inks onto Whisper White card using the fish in the Jar of Love set. I cut them out by hand and then used the Reflection Technique to ink the design onto the back of the fish. I used Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder markers to smooth out the ink and then laminated two of the fish. (Thanks for the suggestion again go to my reader, Rachel!) I then cut them out again and popped them into a small zip lock back with some shower gel.

I stamped the jar onto a piece of Bermuda Bay card and snipped out the middle. I laid this on top of another piece of Bermuda Bay card and drew a pencil line around the cut edge. I then snipped along those lines. I created two frames from Dapper Denim card and adhered them to the Bermuda Bay panels and used Fast Fuse to stick the zip lock bag between the two pieces of "jar". I adhered that to the card front - being careful to apply adhesive only to the bottom of the panel, and added the banner with dimensionals.

I stamped the banner and greeting from Banners For You in Dapper Denim ink and cut it out with the matching die from the Bunch of Banners Framelits (I bought them as a bundle and saved 10%). I then added a light wash with Dapper Denim ink and dried it quickly to avoid too much blurring.

The decorated panel is popped up on dimensionals to support the easel.

I repeated the watercolour wash and Swirly Scribbles panels on the inside of the card - just omitting the embossing.

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

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Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Banners For You Photopolymer Bundle

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Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

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Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

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Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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2016-2018 In Color 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[141412]

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

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Pool Party A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

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Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

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Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

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Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Friday, 22 July 2016

Jar of Seaside Joy

This card is entered into this week's Crazy Crafters' Team Projects Highlights. Click here to see all the other great projects and vote for your favourites.

A few weeks ago I shared with everyone a card I had made for my husband that featured a porthole with a fish swimming in a shower gel sea! You can see that card here.

At the time I mentioned that I had yet to perfect the process because the fish was deteriorating in the gel after a few days, despite the layers of clear heat embossing.

A reader by the name of Rachel came up with the genius suggestion of laminating the fish which I thought was brilliant and couldn't wait to try it! Well, it works!!!

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The laminated fish stays pristine inside the gel!

I made this fish at the same time as the one in the previous card so it seemed an ideal test! I laminated it and then carefully cut around it, being sure to leave sufficient margin to retain the integrity of the lamination. It has now been in the gel for several days and still looks perfect! The poor fish is a bit cramped in that jar but he's coping!

So .... here's a HUGE shout out of gratitude to Rachel for solving my problem! You are amazing and wherever you are, take a bow!

I'm not entirely happy with the card itself - it started out simply as a test prototype and sort of grew from there and I think that shows - it's not the most cohesive card I've ever made - but I'm so happy with the success of the process that I don't mind sharing it!

My brother-in-law liked the card I made for my husband and said he'd like something similar (his nickname is The Fish), so I tried to keep a masculine look. The front of the card is stamped in Bermuda Bay and Dapper Denim (stamped off) using the Touches of Texture stamp set. I added a strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock and some Dapper Denim Enamel Shapes. I stamped the greeting from Birthday Blooms onto Pool Party cardstock with Dapper Denim ink, cut it out with one of the dies from Lots of Labels and then cut a mat for it from Dapper Denim cardstock.

I made a narrow banner from Pool Party cardstock for the top of the jar panel and then adhered the greeting label with dimensionals.

I kept things really simple inside the card to make the fish the star of the show.

I kept the inside of the card quite plain, because I didn't want to detract from the fish.

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

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