Tuesday, April 30, 2019

IO Summer Release- Day 2




Welcome to the Impression Obsession Summer Release Celebration!

The Impression Obsession Summer Stamp Release Celebration starts today! Each day (April 29th - May 1st ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am. Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday 7th at noon CT. All winner will be announced on Monday May 6th.
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There is a new clear set called Fishies that I absolutely love.  In particular, there is one fish that I am particularly fond of that made an appearance in both of my samples.  I just love him!

In the first card, I used underwater elements and a sentiment that all came from the Fishies clear set.  I masked the fish and rocks before airbrushing a little blue and brown Copic markers to create a landscape for the scene.  I didn't bother masking the sentiment or bubbles (what a pain).  Instead, I simply colored them with Prismacolor pencils that covered up the airbrushing.  I used an airbrush, but you could just as easily use ink and a sponge.


For the second card, I used fish from the set and an older sentiment.  I once again used masking, but it wasn't as much work as it might seem.  I  had a mask for the puffer fish from the other sample and for the brown fish, I only cut out a mask that covered the body and tail.  I didn't worry about the fins because I knew they would be colored with a dark brown marker.  I did cut out about 12 masks, but that took no time at all since I stacked 6 masks on top of each other and cut them all out at once and then did the same for the other six.  Of course, I saved all my masks for future use.

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Impression Obsession Items Used:
Fishies clear set CL958
In a Crowd A5445

27 comments:

Donna Phelan said...

Oh these are great! Love the fishy scenes! Perfect!

Lori Kobular said...

Love your "you stand out" card! It is absolutely adorable! Love the underwater scene on your first card! Great cards!

Shari Czerwinski said...

Beautiful coloring and great sentiments! We always say "just keep swimming" :)

Kelsey Thomas said...

Cute cards. :)

TLady said...

LOVE the simplicity of the first card, Laura! A NICE SCENE!!! WONDERFULLY DONE!!! AND your second card made me SMILE! :D LOVE that odd little fish swimming amongst the others! LOL The sentiment is PERFECT!!! ;)

Colorado Crafter said...

Love those fish stamps!!! Just so cute!!!

Becca Yahrling said...

Fabulous job with the masks!! Seems so daunting. And I love the air brushing especially on the 1st card. It's simply perfect!

Mary Holshouser said...

Fun cards. The sentiment
on the first says it all.
Love the stand-out in the
second. thanks for
sharing.
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Melissa said...

Love your cards! That is a cute little fish!

Denise Bryant said...

Darling cards! The fish are just adorable!

MadeByMeghanK said...

OMG! I love the stand out in the crowd one! GREAT COLORING!

B. Poteraj said...

I like them both--too funny. Great job making the 2 scenes.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Each card is so well designed. The first one is perfect and that is such a cute fish. I love the way you colored the designs too.

Helen said...

These cards are so delightful and fun. I especially like the whimsical look of the sentiment on the first card. tfs

Plum Crazy Valerie said...

I love these cards, but not happy about the temptation you've created in me for these fish! Great sense of humour.

Leanne said...

Lovely cards!

Jean said...

Daeling cards!

Anonymous said...

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Sandee Lunneborg said...

Awesome cards! They really turned out cute!!

Dee Earnshaw said...

what fun cards - love them:)

Jeanne Beam said...

Such fantastic cards! Love the first one....
Thanks for sharing.

Laurie2cats said...

The first card is colored so skillfully, love the humor in the second one

Sue D said...

Cute fish cards. I like your coloring.

Kelly Kennedy said...

Great cards! Coloured to perfection!

Jane Booth said...

Love anything “sea”...but especially adorable critters!

Jeanette said...

Love your fish! Very fun card! Thanks for sharing!

Lee Ann Barrett said...

Oh my goodness, this are outstanding! First of all, that puffer fish is adorable. The first card is CAS perfection and the second just plain old fun and a wonderful layout!