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Olo!
Today I am playing along in the current challenge over at A Day for Daisies, which is to CASE one of the DT member's cards. I chose to pull inspiration from this lovely card created by Broni. Not only did her card get me to create another 'smooshed' watercolor background but I also found myself adding sequins and a white sentiment against the watercolor. All of this creates a lovely background for this Mermaid in a Jar digi that I have just been dying to color up. Being quite familiar with the idea of fairies trapped in a jar this was the first stamp I'd seen that had a tiny mermaid caught in the same situation and I love it. Though I'm sure it is only a temporary situation for her... perhaps she is being relocated to a new pond or lagoon. ;)
Well, thanks for stopping by today. I catch ya' again tomorrow! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
water color paper
digital stamp- A Day for Daisies (Mermaid in a Jar)
stamp- Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Versamark clear, Tim Holtz Distress mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, mustard seed, shabby shutters
Doodlebug and Studio Calico sequins
American Crafts Zing white embossing powder
Kaiser Craft gems
Ranger Glossy Accents
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E50, E00, R00, R20, R22
hair- E81, E84, E87
tail- YG23, G07, YG67, Y04, Y15
sand- E30, E41, E42, E43
fish- Y04, Y15, Y38
jar/water- YR21, Y21, Y26, Y28, B0000, B000, B00
Hello, hello again!
It's another beautiful June day and I've got yet another mermaid card to share. Today's card features Aurora from Sister Stamps, whom I just adore, as well as a friendly turtle pal also from Sister Stamps. I am such a fan of these stamps and I'm secretly hoping they will design some fairies someday soon so I can add them to my collection of fantasy type stamps. :)
I paired Aurora and Mr. Turtle with some older scraps of Doodlebug papers I found in my stash, that stripe even dates back from 2001... yikes! It can't be a good thing when your crafty supplies start making you feel old, LOL! Anywho, I really like how they both look like they are going against the flow which ties back to the sentiment nicely.
Now I know this month is all about our flippered friends but I do have a special little four legged guy to introduce you to. Meet Cosmo, he is the newest member of the Young household and even though I am starting to feel like a bit of a 'crazy cat lady' this handsome fellow has quickly found a place in my heart. And luckily he is getting along quite nicely with his big brothers. I'm not sure what I will do if he takes a liking to spending time in the crafty room too... three cats on my desk won't leave me a whole lot of space to get anything done, LOL! :)
Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Doodlebug
stamps- Sister Stamps (Aurora Mermaid and Turtle set), Paper Smooches (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versamark clear
American Crafts Zing white embossing powder
Doodlebug border sticker
Doodlebug Silver Sprinkles
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- RV52, RV55, RV17, RV69
tail/shells- BG000, BG53, BG15, BG07, W1, W3, RV00, BG000
turtle- YG41, G12, BG32, G02, G16, YG01, R20
TGIF my friends!
Just a quick little card today to ink up this amazingly cute little mermaid from a Penny Black mermaid set I've had for quite some time now. I started coloring this mermaid before pulling papers to use with her and I may not have gone quite so blue with her hair if I had. Oh well, it may not be a great match to everything else but I guess it does help her stand out on the card. I also chose to do a rosy sky for added contrast and I love how it looks like she swam up out of the deep blue to bask in a beautiful sunrise. The gold Sprinkles seemed like the perfect embellie to finish off the design and tie back into that fancy gold belt she is sportin'. ;)
Well, that's all I've got for today.
Hope you have a fintastic weekend and I'll see ya on Monday! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Heidi Grace (Beyond the Sea)
stamps- Penny Black (Mermaids set), Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Hero Arts peach ombre
Doodlebug gold Sprinkles
White Sharpie
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R22, BV20
hair- B16, B28, B79
tail- B02, B06, BG34, YG01, YG25
belt- Y11, Y21, Y26, Y28
rock- C0, C1, C2, C4, W1
water- B000, B52
sky- Y32, R30, R0000
Hi there!
There have been some changes at The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh challenge, it now runs an entire month and the big prize is a $50 gift certificate to the store. So no way am I not playing along, LOL! The challenge for June is to add buttons to your card and considering I have plenty of those in my stash this one was easy-peasy. In keeping with my current month of mermaids theme I chose Sea Bean from the Magical set but did a simple head swap with Winky Bean. This one was so simple, all I had to do was cut out Winky's head, minus her pigtails, and glue it right over Sea Bean's face, the hair on the top of her head matched up real nice to the flowing locks below. That cute fishy paper is from the new Camp Out collection by Bella Blvd and as always their cute designs just seem to go hand in hand with Greeting Farm stamps. Now if they would only start making 6x6 paper pads of their designs like Doodlebug does then I would be a very happy camper indeed. :)
Ok, time for me to mosey. Hope to see ya again tomorrow!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Bella Blvd (Camp Out)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Sea Bean, Winky Bean), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black
Papertrey Ink scribbled circle die
The Twinery Twine
buttons
Liquid Pearls
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyeshadow- YG01, B0000, B00
hair- YR30, YR31, Y21, E33
tail- B21, B37, B99
everything else- YG01, YG25, Y17, Y38, YR18, R24, R29
Hi-dee-ho!
Today I've got a pair of lovely mermaids gracing my card. The stamp is called 'Little Mermaid Friends' and is from Lili of the Valley. The image is so intricate that I knew from the start there would be no fussy cutting so instead I went with a very clean and simple card design. Heck, I didn't even add any embellishing other than some glossy accents on the bubbles and Wink of Stella glitter on the fins. And I'm still tickled to get more use out of those star sentiments by playing off the whole starfish theme going on here. All in all, I'm quite pleased with how this simple and sweet card came together. :)
Alrighty, I'm outta here.
TTYL!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Karen Foster
stamps- Lili of the Valley (Little Mermaid Friends), Mama Elephant (Shooting Star set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black
Ranger Glossy Accents
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Paper Smooches die
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E21, E35, E59, Y02
hair- Y21, YR24, E33, Y02
tail- BG10, BG23, BG49, Y02
tail- B00, B52, B95, Y02
shells- E40, R00, BG10, BG90, BG93
starfish- Y32, YR24, Y38, Y08
Good morning!
Today's mermaid comes from the Under the Sea set from Some Odd Girl. She's been stamped up and waiting to fulfill her card destiny for quite some time and while her sister was colored up ages ago this little lady hadn't been as lucky. But I think the wait was worth it because I know she wouldn't have turned out half as cool two years ago.
The card design all started with the ombre washi tape that I wanted to use. With its blend of mint and coral I thought it would be perfectly pretty for a mermaid. Next I couldn't resist jumping on the watercolor background bandwagon that seems to be all the rage over on Pinterest. The 'smooshing' was actually a lot of fun so don't be surprised if this technique pops up on my blog again sometime soon. When it came time to color up this mermaid I kept coming back to that coral color which then got me to thinking about beautiful spotted koi fish and I knew I had my inspiration. I'm sure that a koi mermaid is just as lucky as the fish are believed to be. ;)
Well thanks for stopping by for day two of my month of mermaids. I'll be swimming by with another card tomorrow.
Laters! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Hero Arts, Copic X-Press It, and Watercolor paper
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Under the Sea set), Papertrey Ink (Swoosh sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Hero Arts peach ombre, Tim Holtz Distress Abandoned Coral and Dried Marigold, Studio Calico Mint Hint
Pink Fresh washi tape
Papertrey Ink swoosh sentiment die
Studio Calico sequins
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, BV20, R02, R05
eyes- BG10, G00, BG34
hair- YR000, R02, R12, R05, YR07, E09
tail- YR000, R02, R12, R05, YR07, W0, W2, W3, W4
top- G00, BG34, BG18
Hello, hello!
As I mentioned on Friday, I've decided to do something a bit different this month and have all of the stamps I use follow a specific theme. So June is going to be the month of mermaids on the ol' Thousand Sheets blog! I realized recently that I have mermaid stamps from all but one of my favorite stamp companies and this will be a fantastic way to get more of them on to cards this summer.
Because I want to play along in this week's Kraftin Kimmie challenge to 'distress it' my KK mermaids were the first up to kick off this whole wet and wild month. I hadn't inked up any of the beauties from the Sea Jewels set yet so that was the first place I looked and funnily enough I kind of got side tracked into doing an altered mermaid instead. But when I saw Arielle swinging on her swing I couldn't help but think she would make for a pretty awesome mermaid herself. So I only inked her to her waist and wiped away her halter top and the strings in her hands, then stamped Arielle onto Copic X-Press It. I then borrowed the tail from one of the Sea Jewels and stamped it onto a separate scrap of cardstock. Once I had drawn in a stylish new seashell top all I had to do was color and then glue the two halves together. Voila... Arielle the mermaid, LOL! ;)
I used a Tim Holtz edge distressor to rough up the edges of that background paper and did a bit of paper tearing on the sentiment strip to fit the challenge. Then I found this great sentiment that is actually part of a different kind of star set from Hero Arts but it got my creative juices flowing even faster. I had needed something for Arielle to hold on to since her hands that had once been hanging on to a swing where now just raised randomly in the air and how perfect would it be to give her a few starfish to match that sentiment? I gotta say, I kinda love how this all came together.
Ok, time for me to get this day going. So much to do, so much to do.
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Heidi Grace (Beyond the Sea)
stamps- Kraftin Kimmie (Arielle and Sea Jewels set), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Hero Arts ombre
Kaiser Craft pearls
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R22, B00, YG00
eyes- G16, G29, BG000, 0
hair- YR30, YR31, YR82, YR65, E33
tail- YG00, YG01, YG23, G16, G29, Y02
top- G00, BG32, G16
starfish- YR16, YR17, Y02
