Sunday 24 February 2019

Koi for a Boy

...or , in fact, a man.

I've been with my partner for 15 years now and so that's been 15 years of trying to come up with new variations on cards featuring koi carp, which are the hobby of his mum and step-dad. This one's for his step-dad's birthday.
Close up to see the metallic
Here, I stamped an Indigo Blu script stamp in silver and then stamped the fish over the top - it's a Hero Arts layering stamp in three parts and for the top part I used gold ink.

I'd like to enter:
Sparkles Monthly  include an animal 



16 comments:

Dawn Phillips said...

That's such a lovely card hun. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Monthly Challenge. Love Dawn x

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Brilliant card, I’ve that stamp set as a NBUS how could I! Love this,
Shaz in Oz.x

Ros Crawford said...

It's wonderful and so effective!

Helen said...

A great card, Marina! Very clever using the koi combined with the text and I love the 'pop' of gold! A perfect make card! Thanks so much for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week!

Karen Brown said...

I LOVE your Koi card with the added interest of the script! Very nicely done! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday.

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Very clever to use the layering set this way. Great card.

Donna said...

Fabulous Koi card, you did great coming up with an idea!

Donna Scholz said...

You've really set a life-long challenge for yourself, Marina! Koi for life!!! They are beautiful animals, so their possibilities are endless (thank goodness). Your composition is really beautiful, and the stamping on black makes the card look quite elegant!!! Thank you for sharing how creative you can be with your self-imposed central theme with us here at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges! -Donna

Mac Mable said...

Well done you on this wonderful Koi themed masculine card.....And for fifteen years of the same theme it is fabulous and unique. Love the little bit of bling and the Koi stamping is so striking. Love the script stamping too and such a stunning card x

Claire said...

This is really striking Marina, the text background on dark cardstock adds to the drama of the Koi. I know you say masculine but I think it works either way x

Maria said...

Very beautiful! Love the text background and Koi! It makes for a wonderful masculine card!

Darnell said...

This is a beautiful metallic koi card, Marina! He will love it!! Hugs, Darnell

Monika Skinner said...

Brilliant card, Marina! Love the effect of your metallic stamping. Thanks so much for playing along at The Male Room craft challenge. Good Luck!

Vickie Y said...

Love the Koi image and card! Thank you for sharing with us at Sparkles Monthly Challenge

Wei said...

Beautiful creation with the sparkles. Thanks for playing along with us at The Male Room. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries again.

Paddington fan said...

What a great card, I love Koi! Thank you for joining our animal challenge over at Sparkles this month, I do hope you'll join us again very soon,
Love Jacky x
Sparkles DT