Something Fishy for Make My Monday #253

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #253. Our host for this challenge, Guylaine, chose Something Fishy for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my fishy easel card:

Measurements:

Trim a piece of Pebbled Path to 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches
Trim a piece of DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the outside and 1/2 by 4-1/8 inches for the inside stopper piece
Crop two patterns of Let’s Go Fishing DSP using the largest hexagon die from Nested Essentials die set
Trim a piece of DSP to6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker machine for the envelope seal
Trim a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the inside of the card
Use scraps of Very Vanilla for the sentiment banner and the hooks and bobber pieces

Putting the Card Together:

Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose glue to adhere the pieces together
Stamp the sentiment from the Gone Fishing stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of Very Vanilla
Use Mossy Meadow ink to stamp the inside sentiment on the Very Vanilla cardstock and adhere to the inside of the card
Stamp the three pieces for the bottom of the card on Very Vanilla using Pebbled Path ink
Use Calypso Coral ink for the bottom part of the bobber
Stamp the hook and lure using Boho Blue ink
Crop the sentiment using a banner die from the Nested Essentials die set, and outline it using a Mossy Meadow marker
Crop the three bottom pieces using the Gone Fishing die set
Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment banner, the three bottom pieces, and the stopper strip of DSP for the inside of the card
Adhere the two hexagons to the front of the DSP
Punch tiny holes in each of the three bottom pieces and thread some twine through the holes
- HINT: I wanted to mimic fishing line so I used the center thread of the gold Simply Elegant twine
- To get the center, twirl the end of a length of the gold (or silver) thread counter-clockwise to expose the clear center thread and pull it out
Dry-fit the placement of the three bottom pieces and adhere the ends of the thread to the back of the sentiment banner
Adhere the three bottom pieces and the sentiment to the front of the card
Adhere the front DSP piece to the bottom half of the base of the front of the card
- HINT: Make sure you do not adhere the top half of the DSP to the cardstock base
Adhere the stopped to the inside Very Vanilla cardstock
- HINT: I usually add the stopper about an inch from the top, which gives a very steep easel
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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