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You know what they say...go with the mojo when it's flowing!  Lori challenged the EWV yahoo group to use 2 ruler pieces as a roof on a project.  The inspiration piece can be found on the cover of Wendy's third book.  Lot's going on in this piece but it actually went together quite quickly and easily...not always the case, you know.

Love, love, LOVE Wendy's Art Parts!!!  The large square frame, the fish and the rulers are all art parts. 

The background on the inside layer was first covered with Tumbled Glass and Broken China distress stains.  The bubble background was stamped in Aquamarine archival ink then again in Broken China and covered with clear embossing powder.  Heat set; spray with Perfect Pearls Blue Patina Mist.

I haphazardly whitewashed the frame with Picket Fence distress stain.  Heat set; stamped the wood piece background in clear and clear embossing powder.  Walnut Stain distress ink was rubbed all over the frame.  The sentiment was stamped in Vermillion archival ink on all four sides; heat set.  Matte MultiMedium was used to hold the frame to the background.  Set aside to dry.

The rulers were stamped with Jet Black archival ink before applying orange and green distress stains (whatever was on the blending tools) and edged with Walnut Stain distress ink.  The 3/16" hole was punched using the Crop-a-dile and a 3/16" eyelet was put in the top layer.  The rulers were glued with MM; set aside to dry.

The fish were stamped in Jet Black archival ink.  Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Barn Door, Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass distress stains were smeared on the non-stick craft sheet.  Using a water brush I colored the fish and edged with Walnut Stain distress ink.  The top fish was sprayed with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist while the bottom fish was sprayed with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist.

I used Tim's Tattered Banners die to cut out the specimen labels.  The labels were inked with Jet Black archival ink.  Pumice Stone distress stain was smeared on both then edged with Walnut Stain distress ink.  I crumpled them a bit, poked holes in the ends and then in the art part.  Even Tim's tiny fasteners were too long so I cut off their legs (ouch!) and used MM to glue them down.

The final touch was creating the fish hooks from eye pins.  Once again, MM to the adhesive rescue!

The close-up pic gives you a better feel for the colors I used.  The background is much more blue and the rulers much more brown than the top photo.

Studio 490 stamps:  Remnants of Art, Art For Men, Evidence Of Art, A Form Of Art, She Created Art, Call It Art, Art Inspiration

Note:  I pulled my tag from the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge and entered this piece instead.