Sunday, May 17, 2009

Birthday Girl Gold Fish- kwerner color inspiration #52


I saw Kristina's Color Inspiration this week and liked the colors and had time, so I decided to make a card. The colors are Baja/aqua, saffron, mustard, sand and white. I needed to make a birthday card for my husband's little cousin who is going to be 5, so I used this challenge to get it done (I know she will like this card).

I saw these colors and thought of a gold fish in the water, so I went with it and here is what I came up with.
This little girl gold fish is off to her birthday party. I made her using punches and used some ink to sponge around her to give her some more depth. The "party" is a white rub on. I used only the colors in the challenge.

In this close up you can see I used the Big Shot and the Flourish texture plate to give the Baja Breeze card stock some texture. The pebbles are made using the 3/4" and the 1/2" circle punches and again sponged to give them more depth.


I figured I better show you where she is going, so here is the inside of the card. A present is


waiting for her on a table and a Happy Birthday banner is hung all in celebration of her!

The banner was stamped in Versa Mark using the Birthday Wish stamp, from the Under $10 page, and then embossed with white embossing powder. I again used the Flourish texture plate and the Big Shot to give the Baja Breeze card stock some texture.

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

20 comments:

  1. Wow! these cards are sooo cute!

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  2. Great idea using punches, your cards look great!

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  3. What an ingenious card!!! Love your imagination!!!

    Smiles,
    Lesley :)

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  4. So creative and original and pretty! TFS!

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  5. What a great idea, love what you have done with the colours and the punches.

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  6. Very clever. I love them

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  7. You are a clever girl, Rochelle! This is absolutely darling!

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  8. Amazing... so cute and clever. Love it!

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  9. How cute is this?!?! Your fish card is my favorite! So cute! =)

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  10. oh my goodness look at these water bubbles LOL!!! So cute

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  11. Much more creative than mine. All that cutting and paper piecing! A perfect children's card!

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  12. Too cute! Love the little bow on the fish!

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  13. Oh my gosh!!! You are so stinking creative. Fabulous job with the color challenge.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  14. This is the cutest thing I've seen ever! Great idea of goldfish in water! Very creatve! Love it!

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  15. I am in love with this card! Your female 'party fish' is amazing! Love all the little details. I posted a link to it on my blog today. You can see it here:
    http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/punch-art-wednesday-again.html

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  16. What a fun card -- inside and out! Fantastic use of your punches!

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  17. Rochelle! Your little fishy is just adorable! Love it :)

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