October 12th Weekly Post

 Happy Sunday, Everyone!

I hope your week and weekend have been to your liking.

The last few early mornings have been in the upper 60's here, so I cannot complain. We are also entering into a dry spell, so I hope there aren't too many fires.

This week at Sunday Postcard Art, the theme is POE and is hosted by Audrey.

I went all digital with mine, thanks to a Gecko Galz digital stamp set I found in my files.

His life really fascinates me, so I felt drawn to play this week.

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I have a nephew who lives on the Texas coast south of us, and he loves to fish.

I began this card with a stenciled background, using A Colorful Life's Primitive Fish stencil with Distress Inks (Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Salty Ocean). I layered that onto a Color Mates 6x6 card base after punch-rounding one corner per the sketch (below).

Then I added some fish netting I found in my Summer bits and bobs. I die cut 2 Avery Elle banner flags in blue and white card scraps, then stamped the CC Designs and Hero Arts sentiments with Versamark and heat-embossed with white powder. Next, I die cut an Avery Elle Sinature seal out of white card and stamped the Hero Arts sentiment with Paradise Versafine Clair ink and clear heat-embossed it. I layered those on there after drawing a short fishing line with a Sakura silver-shadow gel pen. At the bottom of the line I added a hook cut with a Memory Box die (Christmas ornament die) cut out of silver mirror card.

 

Here's the sketch I used, stretching it to a 6x6 layout in PSE.

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I printed, colored and fussy cut this My Besties Winter Snow Globe Bestie Doll 9 for the focal image on this Christmas card made with an SU card base/mats and strips of mystery paper scraps from my Christmas box. I used Promarkers and glitter markers and gel pens to color her. I added the HOTP stamped sentiment and several holographic snowflakes, and on the light blue sketch element #3 I stamped a Technique Tuesday snowflake border with Versamark and heat-embossed it with Ranger Holographic embossing powder, thinking it would go with the loose snowflakes. But it doesn't really show up. I also have Ranger Poly Sparkle EP, maybe I should have used that one. I'm always confused by when to use which, LOL. One last useless fact: I purposefully put the text paper with the bigger words upside down, just for orneriness, heehee, er, I mean, creative license.

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Here is an angled shot to show all of the glitter and shine.

And here is the sketch I used, in an A7 size.

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Well, that about does it for me this time.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week ahead.

See ya next Sunday.

XXO