Fishy Friends & Baby Showers
Hi readers! Happy Sunday to you! I hope your weekend is going wonderfully so far! I’m so pleased to have the amazing Debby Hughes back as a guest on our blog to show us some more unique ways to stretch your SSS exclusive supplies! Isn’t that little fishy so cute?
I’ll let Debby take it from here… enjoy!
Hello friend! Debby here taking a creative look at Simon exclusives with a view to really get the most from our supplies. Today, I’m concentrating on one die set which has so many possibilities for out of the box thinking – Tiny Tags! This set has a great array of shaped tags which bring all sorts of different options to mind, but the one I worked with is the square tag with two rounded corners if that makes sense! I’m sure there is a correct term for this shape but it is eluding me LOL. Looking at this tag the first thing that came to mind was a fish! I cut the tag from Neenah solar white and coloured by blending in Cotton Candy ink and then finished with a spritz of a new love of mine – Tsukineko sheer shimmer sprays! For those of you that love the Zig wink of Stella pens – think liquid wink of stella and you won’t be far from the mark. Gorgeous!
The fins and tail were from the Full Card Triangle Die and treated with Hero Arts dark quartz ink. Finally a little rhinestone eye finished off this little fishy. However, the fish wasn’t the only supply in disguise on this card! See the sparkly bubbles in the background? They were created by pressing Versamark ink through the Falling Snow stencil and then heat embossing with Judikins iridescent sparkle embossing powder. Other dies making an appearance were the A2 Card Curved Edge die as the sand, the Leaf Column Outline and Life Column Background as pond weeds cut from Mint and Green Apple respectively and finally the Talk Bubbles 2 die with sentiment from the Tiny Tags stamp set.
Moving on to my second card and a CAS one this time. I used the Tiny Tag dies to cut four tags and coloured with Simon’s Cotton Candy and Hero Arts dark quartz, fresh peach and soft granite. These were then given a liberal spritz of shimmer spray and grouped into a graphic flower shape. I wrapped a strip of vellum around the panel and then added the Baby die cut and a sprinkling of Basic Grey enamel dots. The sentiment was completed with the matching Baby stamp set.
I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a closer look at the Tiny Tag die set and that you will take a fresh view of your own supplies :)
Thanks so much for reading today and thanks to Debby for two jaw dropping inspirations!!
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Such great cards – I simply love your fishy card – fun and very creative Debby :)
Debbie is a total legend! Everything she creates is totally amazing . everything here today just reinforces this.
Truly beautiful cards, love the baby sentiment die so i’m going to put it in my basket! TFS! x
CUTE & BEAUTIFUL cards Debby!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your creative inspiration and giving us new ways to use the Tiny Tag dies :)
Oh I adore the baby shower card! Love your use of the shapes and the colours that you picked. Looks so effective. Thanks for sharing! !
Debby is awesome! Love when she gets creative with her supplies.
Love the use of tiny tags die. So very cute
What absolutely great cards! You truly are a queen at cards~!
These cards are wonderful and that fishy card is so creative – love it! The baby card is very sweet and the design could be used for many events! Thanks so much!!!
Debby is so creative. Love both cards.
The fishy card is just fabulous; so creative. I learn something new from Debby every week!
Love your fish and the bookpaper sand. Always great to see dies used in unique ways
They are both so very nice!
LOVE these!!
I love that fishy card, what a great idea! Gorgeous cards!
Love the fishy card great idea!!!
Love the baby shower card. Great use of vellum!
So clever! I love both of the cards especially the fish scene. This is definitely an enabler post.
Wow gorgeous cards!! Love the colors, soft and pretty!!
Great out of the box thinking, wish I could do that. I love the new shimmer spray, anything that glitters grabs me.
I like the creative ways you used these dies.
So clever turning the tiny tag into a fish…..love the cards! Great inspiration!
You’ve done it again, Debby… I’m off to the craft room!! Always an inspiration =]
As always, Debby Hughes makes awesome cards. Love her style and her soft color palettes.
Debby – these two cards are simply stunning and clever!!
Lovely cards Debby!!
Very cute cards! Great ideas for creating different stuff with our tools!
Brilliant cards!
Lovely cards! The fish is adorable:)
Beautiful cards :)
two fantastic cards but the first one making that symbol into a fish….so creative!
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Wow, Debby, you are always soooo creative … love how you used these die cuts … quite splendid! Anita :)
Debby is amazing! Love her first card today!!
What sweet cards! I love the soft and pretty colors.
Oh my, the second card is utterly fab!
Lovely cards!
Love the fishy friend idea. I forget about using shapes for other purposes than they were originally intended. Thanks for reminding me.
Love these cards, Debbie is a creative genius, gorgeous products showcased!!!
Absolutely adorable!
I loved them all!
Such awesome creativity…love what you have done with with tags…too cute!! This puts a new spin on tags…thanks!
Orrr, the baby card is soo cute! I love the colors and the way the vellum is used – it makes the card look very elegant, that’s unusual for a baby card. I really like that.
The first card is brilliant! LOVE it. Genius you! :)
OMG, that fish card is so cute. What a great idea.
Very cute. Love how you made a fish.
Great die set and really cute cards!
Awesome cards–so creative! :)
Debby always has such a special look to her cards and tags. These are simply lovely.
So beautiful and creative!
Love the card. Great colors and great layout.
Love the clever fish scene and the simple charm of the baby card.