Fishy friends

Two of my grandchildren are being brought up in France, so over the last few months I've been introduced to lots of French children's songs. One favourite on my last visit to them was "Les petits poisons" complete with actions - and here is a video complete with the actions (and subtitles for French-illiterate grandparents!)



So I do tend to have "petits poissons" on the brain rather a lot at the  moment, hence my choice of a fishy theme when Less is More asked us this week to make a one layer card with the theme At Sea

I masked off the card to leave a strip near the bottom which I brayered with Kaleidacolor ink in Blue Breeze, then stamped the fish and gravel - both of which are very old unmounted stamps from a mixed grab bag I bought many years ago - with Memento ink. With the masking still in place, I stamped over the design using a water droplet stamp from Katzelkraft, with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder. It's hard to tell from the main photo, but it gives a lovely water bubble effect that you can see on this close up

 

I finished the card with two stamped shells, also from the batch of old UMs, and the word "Friends" from an old Hot Off The Press set (from back in the days when they were on QVC) stamped with the Kaleidacolor pad.

I am sharing this with

Less is More - one layer, At Sea
Shopping Our Stash - Sounds of the Sea
Use Your Stuff - Heat Embossing
Just Add Ink - Masking