I am delighted to be invited by Ellie of Ellies Corner to be a Guest Designer for her challenge I Spy With My Little Eye this week where the challenge is something for boys or men. I don't get so daunted at male cards as I used to since becoming a Design Team member for The Male Challenge but I still had to put a bit of a thinking cap on as I really don't have a lot of male type stamps!
I did find this old set from Creative Expressions which I had bought a few years ago as hubby, and my daughter, love to fish and I knew it would come in handy.
I started off by spritzing my watercolour paper with Distress Oxide Spray in Speckled Egg.
Once that was dry I used a stencil which I think looks like fish scales and spritzed it with Walnut Stain and then turned it over and added it to the paper. I love how it gave a messed up image of the stencil lol!
I stamped the stamp which is all one image in Versafine Clair Nocturne and covered it in clear embossing powder. I re-inked parts of the stamp such as the words and the fish and added them as embellishments. The male image is one of Tim Holtz paper dolls and I cut him away from his friends he was standing with - after all fishing is a solo sport. I added some twine at the bottom for his feet to look like fish netting. This one will be set aside for Hubby's birthday.
I'm adding this into the following:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Birthdays
Daisy Chain - Boys/Men
Stencil Fun - Background stencil
Dream Valley - Man/Boy
We Love Stamping - Vintage
Classic Design Challenge - male