Tuesday 18 June 2013

CASology #49 - Fish


This week's CASology Cue Card is Fish



I don't have very many fish stamps and the ones I have (or at least the ones I could find), just weren't doing it for me, if you know what I mean.  So I used this Muji Funny Face eye stamp. I stamped the fish bodies and then masked and used the stamp again to make their tails. Easy-peasy.

I coloured them with copics in bright colours and then added a little grey shadow underneath, an easy trick that helps to add dimension to a flat card.  (ah, man, I missed one - do you see that?! Actually, I did that on purpose so that you can easily see the difference! lol!)

There was no room for a sentiment without throwing the design off-balance, so the inside of the card says "Just Keep Swimming!" - a perfect card for a time when someone needs some encouragement.

And now it's your turn. Before you go, check out what the rest of the Design Team made for your inspiration:


28 comments:

  1. Wow - masking perfection! My goodness woman, you are such an inspiration!

    The grey shading makes a HUGE difference. Great idea to leave one wee guy unshaded so that we may compare the results (wink, wink). It amazes me how you can "see" a potential image in a stamp by doing a bit of slicing & dicing.

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  2. Now that's called maximization of resources. Amazing use of an eye stamp set :) only u can do it. I love how nicely masking was done to result into this perfection :)

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  3. Man oh man Ardyth do you know how to make colors pop off the page. Love this.

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  4. A fabulous graphic card that only you can put together Ardyth! Love it!

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  5. Love your colorful school of fishies Ardyth!

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  6. What a colorful school of fish! Love the tip about the gray. Thanks for sharing your card.

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  7. Oh, this is too cute! Love the colors! :)

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  8. Oh, Lord, woman, when you use a phrase like "easy peasy" on a card that requires you to mask thirteen fishies, you are using a phrase book from some whole different and advance planet than the one from whence I stamp. WOW!

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  9. Erm ... how to put this ... colours, wow ... shading, wow (esp the one fishie inentionally without ;)) ... masking, double WOW ... I love it! Anita :)

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  10. I thought that the fish were all cut out! Your little shadow trick worked. Too bad the one little fishy gave up his secret. LOL! The colors just pop off the card.

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  11. Only you would have an "eye" for turning an eye into a fish. I looked at the link and it would NEVER have occurred to me to use that stamp. That being said, I love the little bright colored school.

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  12. What a colorful school of fish and very creative with the eye stamp! Thanks for the tip about coloring gray underneath, I see the difference!

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  13. Great, fishy design! Clever to use the eye on this neat design. Cool colors, too! :)

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  14. Love how you created these fun, colorful fish! Very creative!

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  15. another absolutely out of this world amazingly creative card!

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  16. You are just the most clever card person ever! An eye indeed!! I love this concept so much. They remind me of "Christian" fishes and this gives me an idea for confirmation cards for next year! So much work, and the result is fabulous. I love this card. Amen. I love this card! Bev

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  17. Goos to see you are your usual inventive self! Love the card too

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  18. You are so smart! An eye. Love it. There you go again thinking outside the box.

    I really need to start adding a shadow to everything. Love how it adds so much dimension.

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  19. As always, you are so clever! This is so bright and so fun and your fish are just too cute. I love that you choose the bright and vivid colors too, I could just see this fun school of fish swimming through the ocean.

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  20. Clever and colorful, as usual, and I LOVE it!

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  21. I love how you always stay true to your clean and graphic style...Awesome card, Ardyth!

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  22. So clever Ardyth and such a stunning card and I love it :D x

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  23. clever! great colourful card!

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  24. There you go again, rocking the whole placement thing! Love your grouping of fish, and how you've arranged the colors. Hey, this would look good in Smokey Shadow too!

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