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Teneale Williams

Stampin' Up! Australia Independent Demonstrator, Sydney

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2020/2021 Annual Catalogue, By Theme- Friendship Cards, Design Team- Global Design Project, Design Team- The Spot, Product- Designer Series Papers, Product- Vellum

Keep Swimming

July 28, 2020

By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Cardmaking Just keep swimming dory
By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Cardmaking Just keep swimming dory

Maybe you should breathe deep for this blog post, it might get a little long-winded, I have a story to tell. Last week I was catching up with a friend and like most of my conversations lately, COVID was a hot topic, he spoke about the effect it is having on his business and commented that felt like he was drowning under the pressure of everything.

I replied with the first thing that popped in my head and being a Disney Fan

You know what Dory would say?
When life gets you down,
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming

I think I even sang from the first line of Just keep swimming. I was feeling proud, I made him smile and even laugh at my terrible singing until 5 minutes later he asked who Dory was?

Thanks to Google I was able to pull up the clip from Finding Nemo on my phone.

 

I had been planning on making him a card to say, I am always here for coffee and a chat.  Males are not always that into cards so I was questioning if I should just text and then I saw Global Design Project had an Aquatic theme challenge and that reminded me of the Whale Of A Time DSP.

When I started flicking through the Whale Of A Time designs I spotted a sheet of fish and turtles horizontally around the paper and that would work for the sketch at The Spot this week.

The Spot Sketch Challenge

That is a tricky sketch but I am happy with the outcome. Can you see the swimming fish and turtles?

By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Cardmaking Just keep swimming dory

To make them look further in the background I placed White Vellum over the top embossed using Tasteful Textile Folder and sewed the edges.  I also added White  and Balmy Blue ink splatter.

By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Cardmaking Just keep swimming dory

No stamps were used in the card, which happens so rarely. The greeting ‘breathe deep’ is from Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack.

By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Card Breathe Deep

For inside, I typed up the words and printed it on Whisper White A4 Card Stock and went to town fussy cutting the tiny fish!

By Teneale Williams Whale of a time DSP Stampin Up Australia Cardmaking Just keep swimming dory inside

It was such a fun card to make.

 

Product List

Tasteful Labels Dies

Tasteful Labels Dies
$54.00

Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Whale Of A Time 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
$20.00

Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack

Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack
$19.25

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock
$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
$17.00

Just Jade A4 Cardstock

Just Jade A4 Cardstock
$15.25

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

White Vellum A4 Card Stock
$17.50

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack
$17.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
$16.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
$6.50

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
$15.75
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About Teneale

A passionate, creative, always stamping, paper hoarding, ribbon collecting, button fanatic, stationery geek. Sometimes funny, sometimes just boring!

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Picard says: July 29, 2020 at 3:14 am

    This is absolutely genius! And as someone who has watched that movie more times than I can count, I would say you gave your friend very sound advice:) Love the card and the story behind it.

  2. Gerri K says: July 29, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    Love this card! Can’t believe you fussy cut those tiny fish! They look fabulous. Your friend will surely appreciate this card.

  3. Karen Messinger says: August 4, 2020 at 12:26 am

    This is gorgeous! I love what you did with the vellum that makes it look sort of dreamy. So creative!

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