An ocean apart...

Hello, hello!

I've had this lovely mermaid sitting on my desk for a few years now and yesterday it was finally her turn to get on a card. She is a digi from Elisabeth Bell called, Tide the Mermaid. She is so pensive and sweet looking, I can't believe I waited this long to color her up. The sand bar she is sitting on inspired me to add a few more to the little bay that she is resting in, making it look like low tide. The sentiment felt like it matched her mood perfectly. So, that's another one off the desk which is always a win in my book.  ;)

Toodles!  

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamp- Elisabeth Bell (Tide the Mermaid)
stamps- My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, R43, R46
eye shadow- W3, W6
eyes- B12, B14, B18
hair- E50, E51, E42, E55
top- E40, E81, E84, E87, E89
tail- G00, G02, G14, BG18, BG49, BG99, Y00, Y11
mountains- BV20, BV23, BV25
sky/water- B0000, B000, B00, B41, 0
stone/hill- E42, C2, T3, W5, W7
castle- C2, T3, Y02, Y21, Y26, E37, G14
shore/trees- E31, E34, E44, E33, YG13, YG63, G94, G16
 

Mermaid to be friends...

Olo!

You probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that I have a tendency to collect mermaid stamps faster than I can ink them all up. So, when it was time to create a card yesterday I started searching through sets that haven't made it on a card yet. When I came across this cute Be a Mermaid set from Pink and Main I knew I had a winner. The set includes three mermaids, some sea critter friends and a bunch of great sentiments and I thought it would be fun to pair these two together. I loved the idea of a playful mermaid leaping out of the water and over her friend as they play together in the big, blue sea. The sentiment also plays into the whole friendship theme of this card. I gotta say, it feels great seeing these cuties finally come to life.  :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Pink and Main (Be a Mermaid)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler aquatini
Mama Elephant stitched deckle die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Nuvo dream drops cloud 9
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
diving mermaid hair/eyes- V01, V15, V17, BV08/YG11, YG45, G29
diving mermaid top/tail- E40, E81, E84/YG00, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, BG09, BG78
mermaid hair/eyes- V04, BV08, BV29/BG02, BG05, BG09
mermaid top/starfish/tail- YG17, YG67/RV21, RV14, RV29/YG00, G000, G00, G02, G16, G29
water- G00, BG11, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09, BG32, BG34
sky- BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02

No grit, no pearl...

Good morning!

It's week two of MerMay fun at Sweet November Stamps and the second of four new stand alone digis has been added to the store. These digis coincide with the current week's MerMay progression challenge that can be found in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook group. This week we've added Granny High Tide to the shop and I sneak peeked her during my Live coloring on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page Saturday. This mermaid may have been around the reef a time or two but she is still fabulous and full of sass. Once we decided on an under the sea scene for Granny High Tide I paired her with a cute seahorse from the Something's Fishy set. The rest of the scene was all colored in by hand, where we concentrated on creating a foreground, mid-ground and back ground, adding lots of depth and dimension. After the Live I added the sentiment from the Calico set to wrap it all up.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Granny High Tide)
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Something's Fishy and Calico)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler aquatini
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here


 

Mermaid my day...

Hello again! 

It's a review weekend at Sweet November Stamps and I chose to revisit the cute Mer Friends set that released last year. I went with a fun postage collage mini slimline card design using the Nellie's Choice multi frame mini slimline die and stood it vertically. The fish and background bits where pulled from a variety of different Sweet November sets and I just love that they all work so seamlessly together. I stamped the mermaid and sentiment into the large center panel then filled the smaller panels with fish from the Something's Fishy set. Because it is a postage collage, I also pulled out the Year Round Post Marks and Fantasy Post Marks to add all of the postal accents once the coloring was done.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Mer Friends, Something's Fishy,  Fantasy Post Marks and Year Round Post Marks)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black and Catherine Pooler fiesta blue
Nellie's Choice multi frame die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E50, E53, E23
top/tail- YG01, YG13, YG67/Y000, Y00, RV00, RV10, RV02, RV34
octopus- V000, V20, V22, RV63, V04, BV17, BV08
seahorses- RV10, RV02, Y17, YR04, YR18
small fish- G0000, G02, G16, BG32, BG53, BG09
sting ray- BG70, BG72, BG10, BG01, BG02, BG07
fish- C0, C2, C9, Y02, Y15
water- BG000, B00, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09

Swimming by...

Hello!

It's time for another Scenic Saturday and I'm on the Bellariffic blog with something fun for MerMay. I couldn't wait to print out the new Squidgy Mermaid for my card today.

Most of the Stamping Bella digital stamps were previously released in rubber but this adorable Squidgy Mermaid was found in the archives so she is brand new. With her happy smile and flowing curls, she looks to be just about the sweetest mermaid in the sea. After printing her and the sentiment I thought she needed a friend or two so I grabbed this sea turtle from the retired Little Bits Beach set and stamped it three times. I then proceeded to color them all up and then mask them off so I could use a wave stencil and the Copic air brush system to add the flowing water all around them. I air brushed the water in a gradient from light down to dark to create the effect of the water deepening. To create the bubbles trailing behind these cuties I used the Colorless Blender marker to push the blue ink out into lighter round dots before adding drops of glossy accents over each one. A sprinkling of additional white dots using a white gel pen adds to the sense of movement through this simple scene. I hope this card inspires you to ink up or print out one of the many mermazing mermaids you can find at Stamping Bella this MerMay.

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Copic X-Press It
digi stamps- Stamping Bella (Squidgy Mermaid)
stamps- Stamping Bella (Little Bits Beach set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Mama Elephant stitched deckle die
Simon Says Stamp wave stencil
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Ranger glossy accents
Nuvo dream drops
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- BG11, BG72, BG75, BG78, BG99
shells/tail- E40, E81, E43, R32/Y35, YR04, YR18/YR30, YR31, RV10, RV13, RV14, RV29, RV99
turtles- YG11, YG03, YG63, YG11, E84, E87
water- G000, G00, G02, BG23, BG45, BG49, BG09

 

Free as the sea...

TGIF!

Yesterday I pulled out my Impronte d'Autore binder of stamps and chose this cutie from the small Mermazing set to ink up. I didn't stop there though, after masking off the mermaid I stamped the sea monster from the Perfect Mix set behind her. I think the energy of both matches really well and they look super cute together. The sentiment is from the Mermaid Vibes set and I was able to get it and the Mermazing set at Crafty Purple Frog, who has a great selection of Impronte d'Autore clear stamp sets.  :)

Okey dokey, have a good one!

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Impronte d'Autore (Mermazing, Perfect Mix and Mermaid Vibes)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- YR21, Y38, YR16, YR27, E37, E27
tail/top/shells- G00, BG11, BG32, BG53, BG49/YG03, YG07, YG67/BV01, BV13, BV25
sea monster- YG01, YG05, G05, G16, G17, G28, BG78, R20, RV42, E04
land- E31, E33, E44, YG03, YG23, G46, G85
sky/sea- B000, B00, B01/B000, B00, B01, B02, FBG2, BG05, B16, B18