Yesterday I made a few backgrounds using stencils and some foil. Actually, I initially used a new to me 3D glue by Sizzix and a stencil from the Crafter’s workshop as I wanted to try foiling my design. While my stencils were out I picked a few others and inked some designs the normal way. Once the 3D glue had dried I took a piece of holographic foil added it on top and ran it all through my Platinum. The result was great and the piece I’ve used here is the negative leftover. The challenge at Shopping our Stash is round and round or circle and dots and I thought this stencil was perfect for this challenge.

I wondered what it would look like added to the black CS, decided I liked it and added glue where it doesn’t show through. Once that was done I left it as I had no idea what design I would add. My hubby took me for lunch today, and the little café had a fish clock on the wall. A lightbulb in my head went off and I remembered this stamp set from Catherine Pooler I haven’t used in a while. I also remembered I had one swiped inked piece left over that I didn’t like when I did it but thought it would work if I cut it along the curves. My foiled piece wasn’t quite centered on the card front so the inked curve covers that up as well as grounding my fish. Once I had my fish stamped, I used some shimmer watercolours to paint them and when dry I die cut using the matching dies. Using foam tape I added them as you see but decided against a sentiment for the time being.

When I showed it to my hubby his reaction was very gratifying and gave me confidence that it looked good. The camera picked up the some flare from the negative piece unfortunately. I guess you could say that I truly shopped my stash making this card.

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