Have a fin-tastic day...

Hello, hello!

I'm back with a new Scenic Saturday post over on the Blogabella. It's MerMay so you know I just had to dive beneath the waves for a fun mermaid card. This Little Cutie Mermaid in a Clam Shell was the perfect size to fit in this mini slimline postage collage style card and I paired her with some under the sea friends that were included in the now retired Little Bits beach sets.

What's fun about a postage collage style card is that you can treat each small panel as it's own little scene or color them to form a larger cohesive scene. I went with the later, expanding the sea floor across the entire length of the card. Little Cutie Mermaid in a Clam Shell was stamped in the large middle panel and then I flanked her with the sea friends on either side. For the bottom left panel I first stamped the starfish and masked it off before stamping just the coral from the Little Cutie Mermaid in a Clam Shell image behind it. One of the sentiments from the Mermazing Sentiment set fit perfectly in the upper right corner and once it was in place I could go about coloring the rest of the card. I chose to stick with fairly light pastels throughout most of the card, saving the darker, bolder colors for the mermaid so that she would really stand out as the main character. Now this looks like a sheet of postage stamps that I would be excited to use on all of the MerMay cards that I mail out.  ;)

Stay crafty my friends!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Little Cutie Mermaid in a Clam Shell, Little Bits Beach set and Mermazing Sentiment set), My Favorite Things (postage), The Ton (Not a Bill), Waffle Flower (Postage collage)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler it's a boy and matcha
Nellie's Choice multi frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- BV00m BV23, BV25, BV29
top/tail- BV00, BV02/YG11, YG13, G07, G29, BG18
pearl/shell- C00, C1, C2, R000, YR30, BV000, BV00, BV20, BV23/E40, E81, W2, W3, BV00, R000, R21, RV42, E04, BV00
sand/sea- E31, E33, E43, E44/B00, BG01, BG02
turtle/crab/starfish- G40, G43, G94, E81, E84/Y35, YR04, YR09/YR21, YR65, YR04, YR27
coral- YR00, YR02, E97/RV42, R43, R35