Sympathetic Koi

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card that I originally started a month ago and thanks to health issues, plus migraines, has taken me until now to finish.  It was inspired by the Splitcoaststampers MAR23VSNE - Cutting Board (or make a tag) challenge.  I decided to pull out a long retired Stampin Up set Oriental Brushstrokes to make my tag.  

After stamping the koi fish image in memento tuxedo black onto scrap Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts pencils before stippling Tim Holtz broken china, spiced marmalade and tumbled glass distress inks around it using my Picket Fence blending brushes then layered onto a punched scallop scrap.  I then dusted off my hand held rectangle punch and made a hole in the top of the layers before adding two snippets of scrap ribbon.  Then, taking a white gel pen, I added dots to the scalloped "parts" before setting aside to dry.  My card has a dry embossed layer with memento pear tart and summer sky ink rubbed over the embossed images.  I then added the scalloped koi tag using pop dots before stamping my saying from another retired Stampin Up set called Hope For Comfort.  The final touch was adding a few gems from my Crafty Meraki sparkle green illusion bling pack.  There's also two tiny gems from the pack added to the koi fish eyes.

Challenges entered:

 

Hero Arts Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero May 2023 - Dance Of The Flowers (on dry embossed layer)

Gem Of a Craft Wk 9 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 593 to 594 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Snippets Playground #453 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps (tag layers, ribbon)

Tic Tac Toe #207 - See Inspiration Board (ribbon, dry emboss, free)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps, punches)

 

Tic Tac Toe #207

 

 Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Pear Tart; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Marvy Punches, Ribbon Scraps, Bling, Glue, Pop Dots, White Gel Pen, PFS Blending Brushes, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder