Swimming Fish Card

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Swimming Fish Card

I borrowed a friend's balloon punch, and the shapes made me think of fishes. So I made this card.

The fish are 1-1/8" balloons, turned on their sides. Their eyes are punched with a 1/8" hole punch, and their mouths are a small V cut with scissors.

The cloud is a 2" scalloped circle punch. To make it into an oval shape, I repunched the scalloped circle part way up with the same punch.

The water is a strip of card stock, edged with a Fiskars clouds (~ 1/2" scallop) scissors. When I edged it, I placed the scrap edge of my card stock to the left of the scissors, so the scallop shape was my scrap, leaving the (normally scrap) wave shapes on the non-scrap side. It's adhered with foam tape to add some dimension to the card.

More details:

Card stock - Papertrey Ink spring rain (light blue card base), enchanted evening (dark blue water), and hibiscus burst (pink fish); Neenah Solar white (cloud); Paper Source poppy (orange), sunshine (yellow), and jadeite (green)
Sentiment - "Just swimming by... to say hi..." computer-printed in dark blue ink with "Handwriting Dakota" font

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (071)

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Saturday, May 7, 2011