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Aloha All!

General Announcement: I've decided to close the jewelry portion of my shop so that I can focus completely on my cards. All jewelry in my store is 50% off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week.

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Today I am so excited to share with you my brand spankin’ new little fishing card, for the guys of course!

I was just playing around with my cricut machine trying out some new die cuts for some ideas. After I cut the dies I thought that they would be too small for anything, so I set them aside. And when I fell in love with this Kraftin’ Kimmie stamp I realized that it was the perfect size for the die cuts I had previously cut. So I stamped and colored and distressed each die cut and decided to make a cute little easel card! What do you think? Pretty cute, huh?

Here’s some pictures of making the easel card.
 
Stamped and colored and textured the first die cut, then attached it to it's die cut backing.

Stamped the bubbles in blue for the bottom part of the easel card that will show.

Double-sided foam tape on the flap part of the easel card.

Layered fish prior to adhering the die cut to the flap.

Starting to come together!

Now for the waves!

Colored and adhered with some dimentionals and glued the wave tips down to add movement. Added liquid applique for a wet look.

Added a sentiment, another fishy and some pearl accents and this little guy is rockin' the fishy card! :-)
 
Hope you all enjoyed today's post! Don't forget to do the following:
 
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Cheers!
Xo Rachael

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