A Fish Story

Hello! It's Kim from Katydid Cards.

Another clear stamp set by Eyelet Outlet, Fish, was used to make this "Fin-tastic News" card.   I combined the greeting, fishbowl and fish images from the set with the Fish and Sandcastle Brads, Blue Pearl Bling.  Also used were the Brown Glitter and Halloween Dot Washi Tapes.

I stamped the fishbowl image twice on 3" circles of watercolor paper.  On one, I cut the center out just inside the outermost line.  I attached that with mounting tape to the second image, colored with Copic markers.  The sandcastle brad was just perfect for inside the bowl.  I also stamped a mirror image of the fish so she could be looking up at her buddy.  Speaking of her buddy, he's a fish brad who's just so happy he can't "contain himself".

I made a water trail using the multi-sized pearl bling.  Pearls were also added across the center on the Halloween dot washi tape...the dots gave me a placement guide for the pearls and were a perfect size.  I attached that over the brown glitter washi which separates the two patterned papers from an old Gina K kit.

You can't really see it from the picture, but as a finishing touch, I coated the inner fishbowl with clear Wink of Stella to give it some shimmer.

If you like the cutout effect on this card, you might also enjoy this one I made a while back.

 

Kim from Katydid Cards 

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Here's to Beer

It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today.

I have so many projects using Eyelet Outlet's newly released brads and brand new line of clear stamps, I have a hard time waiting for Tuesdays to roll around.

Today I'm sharing cards made using the new Beer Clear Stamps.  These are so much fun with which to work when paired with the new Beer Brads.

My first card uses the beer mug brads as my color inspiration.  I found some digital patterned paper on Etsy called Oktober Fest to match and then combined black, gray, yellow and white cardstocks.
After I attached everything, I realized I should have done something with the rather stark gray background so I blinged the card up a bit with Black Pearl Bling.

Next up is a card that combines another image from the set with the beer bottles and the Anodized Star Brads (which I colored black).  There are stars on one of the beer bottle labels so adding stars coordinated really well.

The card base is a cut file from the Silhouette store.  I reminded me of the beer foam.  A few of the holes I cut out were just sitting there so I added them to the empty space at the bottom of the card.

I shared a card with the beer brads previously.  I added a bit of Liquid Applique to the mugs to simulate foam and it worked really well.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!