Thursday, June 30, 2022

 

I'm once again joining Mia from Craftartista, our host this month at Art Journal Journey. Her theme is Fish.  This will be my final entry for Art Journal Journey this month.

This turned out to be a disaster on my part.  The lady was supposed to be on the opposite end.

The first thing I did was run the glue stick along the top of the page (110 lb cardstock) I cut to the size of the napkin.  Then I stamped a row of fish using two different colors.  I then laid a portion of the napkin down with glue stick, then stamped more fish.  Because the fish on the napkin were in rows, it was easy to see where I needed to glue each time.  I stamped, then glued, stamped then glued until I reached the end of the napkin.  The lady was supposed to sit where the word "enjoyed" is now.  All that work and I messed up the final bit.

Once I messed up, there was nothing I could do.  There was no way to remove the lady from the fragile napkin.

That's when I decided to make the best of a bad situation.  I hope you can read the words "She enjoyed" that I glued in place where the woman was supposed to have been.

I placed the word "swimming" upside down.  At least all the stamped fish were going that way!

Once again, the stamped fish are upside down, but the two words read "among the."

Here I turned the word to match the stamped fishes and added the word "fishes."

One more time, the stamped fish are upside down relative to the lady.

But here, the stamped fish are right side up, while the lady is upside down.  In case you can't read the entire sentiment, it reads "She enjoyed swimming among the fishes."

Bleubeard and I are delighted you stopped by today.  He is not really proud of me, though.  Please remember, you still have a few hours before we announce a new host, so we hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Fish.  Perhaps Bleubeard won't be quite so disappointed with me next month.  


17 thoughtful remarks:

Elephant's Child said...

Smiling at your creation - and I am sure she did enjoy her swim.

Valerie-Jael said...

Love all your fish, the page looks perfect to me, I can't see where you messed up. I would love to be swimmig among the fishes, too, its so hot here!Have a great July, look after yourself! Hugs, Valerie

Iris Flavia said...

I think it´s funny - this way she´s about to just dive in. If you hadn´t revealed the back-story I´d thought this is clever :-)

jinxxxygirl said...

Reguardless of it not ending up the way you planned i think it still turned out a beautiful piece.. Those fish are fantastic.. Its been alot of fun seeing your creations for the AJJ theme this month.. Hugs! deb

CJ Kennedy said...

I don't see the problem. I think this would make a really great print for a beach towel.

Linda Manning Findley said...

"E" your fish are great ant it looks like the ocean is full ... I agree it looks like she is about to dive into the water ... and it would make a great beach towel...

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving kudos ... Linda

Mae Travels said...

I love swimming among fish, though of course I wear a snorkel and a mask so that I can see and breathe. Up and down don’t make as much difference when you are under water.

best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

Divers and Sundry said...

Great save! I like it this way :)

My name is Erika. said...

I like how you can flip it up and down and get 2 different views. I think that lady just doesn't really want to be swimming with all those fish in case they bite-smile. Those fish are lots of fun as is the little stamp in the background. Happy end of June! hugs-Erika

Christine said...

Lovely pages, I wondered about that girl there.

Sandra Cox said...

I like it!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

who carez bout de ladee....we like all de fish N givez thiz peace 984 PAWZ UP !! ♥

Lowcarb team member said...

... and I like it too :)

All the best Jan

DVArtist said...

I am so loving this fish theme. I will be sorry to see it end. Have a nice evening.

Linda said...

Oh, I didn’t notice the fish were upside down until you mentioned it. Oops.

Jeannette said...

ich finde deine fischseite fantastisch du hast nichts vermasselt,es psst doch die frau sehr gut in die seite,die farben sind wunderschön und für mich erinnert es micrh an eine wassernixe.
und das es verehtt ist macht die seite doch erst interessant.
ich bin jetzt auch wider da,und schau oft bei dir rein-hab einen schönen sommer.







hugs jenny

pearshapedcrafting said...

I couldn't comment on some of your posts (thinking now it could be to do with Mr Linky!!) I love this page Elizabeth - that definitely wouldn't be me diving in - even though the fish are beautiful Hugs, Chrisx