Friday 3 June 2016

Fancy Fish!

Happy Friday!

So it's the day when Erika of Snappy Crafts blog invites us to link up with her, showing an old craft project which doesn't have to be a card.

Mine today is a card I made a couple of years ago using a Woodware fish stamp.

After stamping I did some tangling and shading and outlined the image with a promarker pen.

I added a little colour to the tail and outside of the card with distress ink and mounted onto an embossed background.

If you join in with Erika and leave a comment she'll visit you in return.

I recently bought the six new stamp sets by Leonie Pujol.  My EZ mount arrived a couple of days ago so I'm off to mount up my rubber stamps.  It's a job I hate almost as much as ironing.

But tomorrow I'm off to Coleman's warehouse demo day with a friend so I'm looking forward to that. I hope you enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned.

42 comments:

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Fabulous shaded and zentangled fish!Wow! Love the black and white with this bit of light blue!! So classy and modern work!

brenda said...

A really quick peep and hello, internet missing most of the week so a swift catch up while we still have some connection.

B x

meg said...

Monochrome cards are a favourite of mine this one is superb

Sue said...

Great tangling Barb!!! I love Woodware stamps and this one is fab! huggles Sue xx

Sylvia said...

Stunning fish,Barb.Love this card.Beautiful embossing.Enjoy your weekend.

Hugs,Sylvia.

Pen Sunshinepen said...

Fab card love your zentangle ... must give it a go.

c

Lisa Andersson said...

Wow! That fish is a piece of art. It looks amazing.
Hugs, Lisa

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

He is gorgeous and I love the way you've used him on the card with the bubbled effect at the back. Happy crafty weekend, Angela x

Erika said...

Barb thanks for joining me today sharing an oldie. I love your fish it is very striking.
Enjoy the demo tomorrow.

Hugs Erika. X

Veerle said...

Pjew internet !! Don't know how long it will work so a quick visit here.
Great card Barb, I love that fish and the shading you gave it.
Hugs Veerle x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

I love your Zentangle fish Barb, the shading and patterns look great.
Lorraine

Carole said...

great tangling Barb...have a good day tomorrow!

cuilliesocks said...

Hi Barb, brilliant card,I love how you've tangled the fish image, enjoy your demo day tomorrow, Kate x

Sarn said...

Wow - what great tangling you did there Barb. As you can probably imagine . . . I LOVE this card.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Carol L said...

That's a great tangling fish you've made there, and a fabulous birthday card for the guys!

Barb said...

Thank you all for your lovely comments. I realise I should call it tangling but to enter it into the challenge it had to be something beginning with "Z" . Barb

cotnob said...

A super oldie share Barb, your fish is fabulous.
Have a lovely weekend.
Pauline
x

Kathleen said...

How fabulous, love your 'tangling, great card.

Kath x

Valerija said...

A gorgeous card Barb, love the fish.

KT Fit Kitty said...

Hello there, Barb! I'm finally back in blogland! Thank you for your kind words on my blog! Your card is awesome! I am always amazed at zentangling - I have never tried it! Your fish looks amazing! I don't enjoy mounting stamps either, especially cutting around the image. I'm always trying to cut close but I'm afraid that I'll nick the image itself. Hope you have a great weekend!

Greta said...

Fancy fish is right! This is really beautiful, Barb!

JayBe said...

A fab design, Barb - love the tangling. Thanx for playing along at Cardz 4 Guyz.
Hugz, Jan (DT) xx

Unknown said...

Wow he really is fancy! Such a gorgeous bold effective design!
Lucy x

Janice said...

What a great stamp and fabulous zentangling Barb.
Enjoy your day at Colemans.
Janice x

mamapez5 said...

Wow. I love your tangling Barb. I have tried several times but I am never satisfied with the result. It works very well on this fish. Kate x

Diane said...

Wow Barb what a fabulous fish image and design.

Hugs Diane

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Wow! This really is an awesome looking fish and an awesome looking card. Very, very nifty!!!

aussie aNNie said...

Brilliant card with fabulous colours 'zentangle'...just gorgeous..xx{aNNie}

Cara said...

Love the patterns you've created on this fish, so effective. Cara x

Karen Dunbrook said...

love it!

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Brilliant card Barb...love the zentangle on your fish....Joolsx

Cazro said...

Wow, I adore your fish, I haven't seen this stamp from Woodware, have to see if they still sell it. I love your tangles, great patterns. Thanks for joining in the fun at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz DT.

MaryH said...

A wonderful image to do this fabulous tangling on. Really love how you've done that, and added in the touch of subtle blue. It's just beautiful Barb. TFS

Oh You Made Me Ink said...

What a great fish! I love your zentangle design! Thanks for joinging us at Cardz 4 Guyz! Cyndi, DT

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Wow, great tangling Barb, love it!


Hugs
Maarit

Jules said...

Hi Barb

What fabulous tangling. Not something I have ever tried .... that fish looks amazing.

Hope you enjoyed your demo day and the stamp mounting is over and done with! The things we have to endure LOL!!

Love Jules xx

lilian said...

That is amazing Barbs Well done.

lilian

Jenny L said...

Hi Barb,
playing catch up with my comments yet again.
My word this is so gorgeous, and such a work of art.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Pat said...

I adore this tangled fish Barb and the bit of colour you have given it is just perfect with that soft embossed background. x

Linby said...

ooh great tangling - love it, that stamps lends itself to it so well too. I hate mounting stamps too!

Donna said...

Yep... I hate Ez Mount, too. It takes forever to get the residue off my scissors.
I'm sure Sarn loves this beauty of a tangle. x

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

I really like this fish Barb. I love your how you've zentangled it and it's just perfect in black and white :) X