A metallic Koi tag

This tag was the one that popped in my head yesterday, while I was writing up my previous post....

This koi stamp by Nicole Wright has got a spell over me and I just can't stop playing with it!

I took a simple black tag and rubbed copper gilding wax on it. I invested in a good quality wax and got multiple colours...as I always do ;-)

After the wax dried I buffed it and stamped the Koi with stazon ink.

I let that dry and stamped the cherry blossoms at the bottom and on the side with embossing ink. I heat set the white powder and coloured the branches and hearts with sharpies.

As a finishing touch I stained my ribbon and added it to complete the scene..

Thank you for stopping by and I hope to welcome you here again.

Comments and tips are always appreciated. And questions are always welcome.

Take care,
Frederique
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Water colour card

I finally managed to have a play again, and get another idea out of my head.

Sometimes you get your hands on a craft item, whether it be a stamp or a die, and the ideas just keep pouring in your head.

This Koi stamp set by Nicolewrightdesigns.com is one of those items.... I got this set and the cherry blossom set, and the tags and cards just create themselves. In my previous post I used both of them. Feel free to have a browse ;-)

I am a bit of a koi fan and this is the first stamp set that really tickled my fancy.

Oh...hang on...another idea just popped in my head!! Will try and make that one very soon also...

This card was very easy to do. I stamped the images on water color card stock and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. After it cooled down I sprayed water all over it and started painting with my distress inks and my trusted water brushes.

After it all dried I inked the edge with walnut stain distress ink and stuck it on a card blank.

To finish it off I added some iridescent sequins here and there for the effect of bubbles. And voila!

Thank you for stepping by and I hope to see you again.

Take care,
Frederique
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Stamps by Nicole Wright Designs...

The other day I received two stamp sets by Nicolewrightdesigns.com, a set with koi fish and  set with cherry blossoms. I ordered them at emeraldcreek.ca and am in love.

I already had a few ideas in my head from the moment I laid eyes on the stamps... and today I finally had the time to get two of them on paper.

I made a black tag with a koi stamped with embossing ink and heatembossed it with sticky embossing powder. Then covered it with copper coloured gilding flakes. And luckily it turned out exactly how I envisioned it! I heat embossed the waves and sentiment. The edge I rubbed a little with copper gilding wax.
I stained a piece of crinkle ribbon and added the bow.

The card front is water colour card stock and I stamped the cherry blossom with stazon ink. After it dried I covered it with masking liquid and let that dry. Then stamped over it with the other koi fish and also covered it with the liquid mask.

I painted the background with distress ink and a waterbrush. I removed the mask and paibted in the blossoms. I stamped a few on a scrap piece of water colour card stock and cut them out. And stuck them on the branch I stamped and coloured. I coloured in the fish with distress ink and covered it with a wink of stella brush to give it a little shimmer. I stamped the sentiment and inked the edges of the card with walnut stain distress ink and stuck it on a card blank.

I can't wait to get my other ideas on paper!!

Thank you for stepping by and hopefully until next time.

Take care,

Frederique
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