Happiness comes in waves...

Good morning!

Well, here we are... it's the fourth and final week of MerMay fun at Sweet November Stamps. The last of the new stand alone digis has been added to the store and the final MerMay progression challenge can be found in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook group. We are ending our Mermay digis with the adorable Shelby. This wide eyed cutie is wearing her hair in two long braids and she is crowned with shells and pearls. The challenge theme this week is to add a friend, so I paired Shelby with fish from the soon to be released Ebb and Flow set and a cute jellyfish from the More Mer Friends set. The Mermaid Reef digi provides the perfect backdrop for this sweet mermaid and her pals. I colored everything by hand until I got to the water, then I pulled out the Copic air brush system to add shades of blue-green to the background. I can't wait to see how everyone wraps up MerMay with this final challenge!  :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Shelby and Mermaid Reef)
stamps- Sweet November (Ebb and Flow and More Mer Friends)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Nuvo dream drops
Altenew clear enamel dots
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, E93
hair/eyes- E50, E53, E23, BG11, BG53, BG72, BG75/BG34, BG75, BG78
starfish/shells- YR21, YR04, YR18/E50, E81, V20, V22, YR21, YR12, E93
tail- BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, BG75, BG78, Y000
sand- E30, E31, E33, V22, V25
reef- E42, C3, N4, T5, W6, FYG1, FYG2, YG93, YG95
seaweed/corals- YG03, YG17, G46/Y11, Y13, Y18, Y26/YG21, YG23, YG95/RV63, V04/V22, V25/R43, R14/Y35, YR04, YR27
fish/jellyfish- YR30, YE31, G00, BG93, RV42/BG10, BG11, BV01, BV02
water- BG32, BG34, BG15, BG07

Sending you oceans of love...

Hello again!

It's a review/preview weekend at Sweet November Stamps and that means the team and I are sharing new cards using past MerMay stamp releases as well as sneak peeks of some of the new clear stamps coming to the store next Saturday. For my card, I've paired one of the beautiful mermaids and her otter friend from the Mermees #2 set with a sneak peek of the new card front paper pack of pre-colored scenes that will be part of the new Sea-sational MerMay release. I will be coloring more sneak peeks at 11am PST today over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page.

Hope to see you there!  :)

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Mermees #2 and Lovely Mermees)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Studio Calico clear blue
Sweet November Stamps paper pack
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen:
Altenew clear enamel dots
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, BG32, BG11, V05
hair- BV00, BV02, FV2, BV29
tail- YG00, YG01, YG06, YG09, BG10, BG11, BG32, BG49
otter- E41, E43, E44, E47, E74
crab- YR21, YR12, YR18, E40, E81, E84, E95

 

Have a fin-tastic day...

Hello!

I'm back with another Scenic Saturday card to share over on the Bellariffic blog. We are still swimming our way through MerMay so I thought I would revisit one of the lovely Whimsabella mermaids that came out last year. I ultimately chose to ink up Whimsabella Mermaid Serene Seastar and some fishy friends from the older Under the Sea Creatures set.

It was Whimsabella Mermaid Serene Seastar's seated pose that got me to choose her over her sisters because her smaller size fit perfectly on this postage collage die. This allowed me to build an under the sea scene across a handful of smaller panels. In the smaller rectangles I stamped shells from the retired Little Bits Sandcastle set and fish from the Under the Sea Creatures set. I then colored each individual panel so that the backgrounds coordinated, sand at the bottom up to the rippling waves at the top. Once all of the panels were colored, I glued them onto the sand-colored card base, within the postage frame. Only then did I grab some other postage themed stamps to add the price on each 'stamp' as well as the post marks. The sentiment at the top of the card is from the Mermazing Sentiment set and a sprinkling of clear enamel dots that look like bubbles scattered across the card front  bring the whole card together.  :)

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Whimsabella Mermaid Serene Seastar, Under the Sea Creatures, Little Bits Sandcastle set and Mermazing Sentiment set), Sweet November (Fantasy Post Marks), Waffle Flower (Postage Collage)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and london fog, Papertrey Ink hawaiian shores
Hello Bluebird Santa Postage die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Altenew clear enamel dots
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- G000, G00, BG32, BG72, BG75
top/tail- YG03, YG17, G46/Y0000, YG11, BG90, BG93
starfish/seashells- YR12, YR18/E40, E81, BV31/RV42/E50, E21, E23, R30, RV42, E04
fish- C00, C2, C4, Y17, YR04, YR18
sand- BV31, E30, E31, E33
water- BG000, BG11, BG01, BG02

Be a mermaid...

 

TGIF!

It ends up that I couldn't wait a whole 'nother year before getting the last of the cutie mermaids in the Mermaid Party set from CC Designs on a card. She just kept staring at me from the corner of my desk until I finally caved. The sway of her dancing pose is so fun and carefree and since I also had the postal modern press plate from The Greetery on my desk, I paired the two together for a faux post card. The post card layout also provided me with enough space to finally use this large sentiment from Colorado Craft Company on a card. I also remembered that I had this school of fish stencil so I finally put it to use when I was air brushing the water background after all the hand coloring was done. I really love how everything came together on this one and I'm so glad I didn't make her wait a year, LOL!  ;)

Have a great weekend! 

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- CC Designs (Mermaid Party), Avery Elle (Underwater Background), Sweet November Stamps (Fantasy Post Marks, Ebb and Flow), The Greetery (Postal Modern), Colorado Craft Company (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and london fog, Catherine Pooler and Papertrey Ink aqua mist
The Greetery postal modern press plate
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen:
Altenew clear enamel dots
Pear Blossom Press gold gel pen
Echo Park fish stencil
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- Y32, YR01, YR02, E35
top/tail- E40, E81, E43/G0000, G000, G00, G20, G12, BG93, BG96
shells/starfish- BV20, BV23/BG10, BG72/YG25/RV42, R32, R35
sand/cliff- E30, E31, E33, E35, E43, E44, W3, W4, W6
seaweed/shells- YG25, G46, BG96/BV20, BV23/R32, R35, RV42/Y11, Y21, Y26
fish- YR30, YR31, R30, R32, R35
water- BG34, BG15, BG53, BG09, BG75

 

Beach days and besties...

Hey there! 

I pulled out a bunch of older stamp sets from Hello Bluebird to create this beachy MerMay scene. I started with this darling mermaid from the Sea Friends set then added the piling from the Seaside Girls set for her to sit on. Next, I stamped the seagull and large starfish from the Hippos on Holiday set before masking everything and stamping the By the Sea Background. After coloring everything I used the The bits of seaweed were next and then the shells. After coloring them all up I used the  ric rac card die and ric rac frame die to contain the scene and I love how it kind of looks like kelp. :)

Thanks so much for swimming by today!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Sea Friends, Seaside Girls, Hippos on Holiday, By the Sea Background and Beach Bums)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Hello Bluebird ric rac card die
Hello Bluebird ric rac frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- Y32, YR14, YR27, E27
tail/top- G00, G02, G16, BG78/V15, V17
sand/grass/hill- BV000, BV11, E30, E31, E33, E35/E43, T3, T4, G43, G46
piling/starfish/shell- E43, E44/Y17, YR04, YR18/BV000, BV23
sea- B00, BG01, BG02, BG05, B16
sky- B000, B00, BG01, C0, C1, 0
lighthouse- N2, N4, T3, T5, T7, Y02
seagull- W00, W2, W4, W6, Y35, Y38