I’m entering a new (to me) challenge today! Runway-Inspired Challenge takes the latest trends and fashions from the runway and asks crafters to make creations based on the fashions! It’s like the paper-crafting version of Project Runway…and I can totally get behind that! 😉
Anyway, I’ll be honest…when I saw the inspiration photo on my phone last night I was convinced that the orange in the top was a koi fish. Of course, when I looked at it on my computer this morning I realized that I was totally wrong…but I was already stuck on this koi idea. So I decided to run with it…and here’s my card:
I’m super pleased with the way it turned out! I started off by stamping the Jessica Lynn Original Koi Fish stamp onto Tim Holtz Watercolor paper and heat-embossing it with Ranger platinum embossing powder. Then I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to color the fish and the surrounding swirl of water. It’s not easy to see in the photo but I finished the water by going over it with the shimmery pearlescent color from the Gansai Tambi palette. I stamped the sentiment from the WPlus9 Hand-Lettered Thanks set with Versamark Onyx Black and scattered a few Pretty Pink Posh pumpkin sequins around the fish.
I trimmed the watercolor piece down by a half an inch and adhered it to a black card top-folding card base. I wanted to add a little more orange, similar to the bright orange buckle on the model, so I painted a scrap piece of watercolor with the same bright orange color I used on the body of the fish and trimmed it down to a quarter inch strip. I layered that strip between the watercolor piece and the black base for an extra pop of color!
Again, really fun challenge and I hope my interpretation of the fashion makes sense to someone besides me… 😉
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I like it and it makes sense to me. Very pretty card.
Thanks Vickey!
OMG, it’s beautiful! Great job Jessica! 🙂
p.s. it looks like an orange koi-fish until you take a closer look 😉
Thanks Mateja! Glad I’m not the only one! 🙂
Fabulous take on the inspiration. I immedately got the Japanese feel too.
Thanks Maria! It does look very Japanese! 🙂
This card is gorgeous. I love the swirl of water.
Wonderful watercolouring, very apt for the inspiration! Thanks for strutting your stuff with us at Runway Inspired Challenge!
So happy you found our challenge! Your card is just stunning…the silver embossing powder looks awesome with the watercoloring! Thanks so much for joining us on the Runway!