Having no big holiday plans today, the girls are off working or with their friends, I have the day to stamp to my heart’s content, so that is what I’m doing. Before I went to bed last night (which was late for me) Roxie had already posted today’s Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast, and I immediately had a vision for a card – LOL doesn’t happen to often these days.
Anyhoo, when I was at the Orlando Stampfest I went berserk in the Rubbernecker booth. (BTW, if you click on that link right now it says their site is under construction. When they are at shows, they take the site down. It will be back up when they get off the road.) The owners, Dave and Pat, are so much fun to talk to and very helpful when looking for something in particular. Their booth JUST happened to be right across the aisle from the My Favorite Things booth and it was so easy to bounce back and forth – hehe. So, to still do my own personal challenge of using new rubbah as much as possible, I reached for one of my new sets from Rubbernecker – Fishy Fishy! Way too much fun! AND, they just happened to have a chicken wire background stamp too – WOO HOO – been looking for that one for awhile!
I stamped one of the images from the set in Brilliance Graphite Black on Neenah Solar White Cover and then colored it with Copic markers. The bubbles are highlighted with a Gelly Roll glaze pen, but it is hard to see in the photo. Cheesecloth is stamped in Cool Caribbean on Cool Caribbean, and I set the eyelets in to make it seem more fishy. Now when it came to the second panel, my wild and crazy thoughts ran to my new Chicken Wire background. I couldn’t resist using it along with a crab holding a sign Clams . . . the other white meat. Get it?? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, I’m crackin’ myself up!
Stamps: Cheesecloth; Fishy Fishy and Chicken Wire from Rubbernecker
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Cool Caribbean, Blue Bayou
Paper: Neenah Solar White Cover, Cool Caribbean, Black
Accessories: Brads, Eyelets, Hemp twine, Copic Markers, Gelly Roll Glaze Pen, Mounting Tape
This is just great Sherry, really made me chuckle! Enjoy your holiday!
Sherry, this is so stinking cute! LOVE the background stamps you used, the eyelets, the coloring, the colors you chose, the hemp, the brads. It’s perfect!!! Happy Fourth. Hugs and smiles
this is simply adorable! your coloring is fantastic, love your backgrounds, your sentiment, everything just works perfectly!
How cute! Although, I must say, even though clams may be the other white meat — give me my chicken!
Love the colors — so bright. And the hemp is great. Happy July 4th!
Super…so much fun! Love the use of background stamps here!
That crabby is just too cute.
Very cute! I love your coloring! PS – I will soon be the proud owner of the first two sets of Copics! Yeah!
Oh…this is sooo cute!! I love it!! The background really got me. 😉 So clever!
LOVE this! So cute and the chicken wire really goes!
So funny and cute! I’m not so sure the clams look particularly happy about this idea, though. I sure love the Caribbean on this, and your backgrounds. Great card!
Too stinkin cute Sherry…I just love this card…the sentiment is perfect!