Happy happy HAAAAAWWWWMP Day!! Hope your week is going well!
First the big news, in case you missed it yesterday! The DAISY PUNCH IS BACK IN STOCK! Don’t know for how long – hopefully for good, but…I sure wouldn’t hang too long before you snap it up! Here’s a link to them in my Online Store (don’t forget to add the host code, y’all!!).
Now, you might think I’d have used the Daisy Punch in my card for today, but…that makes way too much sense, doesn’t it? Of course I didn’t use the Daisy Punch. I used the Magical Mermaid stamp set. And…a card from the Color Theory Memories & More Card Pack. Take a look-see:
My layout was inspired – a little loosely, maybe! – by the sketch challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch:
And I also used the photo inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments.
I started with a piece of Bundle of Love DSP in Soft Sky and cut a short panel using the scallop die in the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. Then I cut a piece of Vellum card stock with the scallop die – making it just a little shorter in length.
Using the sea grass image in the Magical Mermaid set, I stamped it in Versamark all across the bottom of the vellum panel. Then I sprinkled it lightly with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, shook that off, and filled in the rest with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. It’s not glaringly obvious that I used two colors, but I think it added a little depth.
After I heat embossed the panel, I turned it over and added some Old Olive and Pear Pizzaz behind the embossed images with my Stampin’ Write Markers. Then I used dots of my Fine-Tip Glue behind the embossed parts of the image (to hide the glue) and adhered it over my Bundle of Love panel.
The sunset is a card in the Color Theory Memories & More Card Pack. I cut it down to get as much of the sunburst in it as I could. I did a dry fit with my scalloped panel and then used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add the Magical Mermaid sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. You might notice that’s part of a sentiment. I cut the words “in you” right off the stamp.
Oh yes I did. And you can, too! No one will judge you! And it’s going to be so much easier to stamp just part of the sentiment. And – if you just make the cut and don’t trim it up, it’ll go right back together on your block if you want the whole thing! 🙂
I also stamped the small mermaid image in Tuxedo Black. Finally, I added some sea birds from the High Tide stamp set.
I used Liquid Glue to add the sunburst panel to my Basic Black mat, then I popped the scalloped panel over the mat with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped another little Mermaid in Tuxedo Black on a piece of Whisper White and fussy cut her – then added her with a little Liquid Glue and a Mini Stampin’ Dimensional over the stamped image on the sunburst panel.
I wrapped some Pool Party Solid Baker’s Twine twice around the card front, securing it in the back with scotch tape. Then I added a couple of strands of Gold Mini Sequin Trim with a Glue Dot. It’s finished off with a double-length bow, which I added with another Glue Dot. And that was it for the card front!
On the inside, I just stamped the rest of the Magical Mermaid sentiment in Tuxedo Black on a Whisper White panel. Over that, I added the bubbles image in Soft Sky. Then I thought it would be fun to add a little more mermaid – so I stamped a little bit of her in Versamark and heat embossed her in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I lightly colored her tail with Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette and So Saffron Stampin’ Write Markers.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel to my Basic Black mat and into a Soft Sky card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
On the front of my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I added more Magical Mermaid bubbles in Soft Sky, and a Tuxedo Black mermaid…
…and then I added some gold foil bubble paper from the Bundle of Love DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I love the little Magical Mermaid bobbing on the waves, watching the sunset! The sunset I did NOT have to stamp, cuz it was already there for me on a Color Theory Memories & More Card! How cool! I definitely used elements from several different stamp sets and dies on this one! Hope you like!
TTFN
Mary
P.S. Scroll on down for all the card cuts and a list of products I used in this project!
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Take a look-see at what you get in the Essentials Pack:
- Paper Snips (this is a $10 value). I flat love these! You’ve seen me make my decorated envelope flaps – this is my go-to tool for that and all my fussy cutting!
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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Product List
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Soft Sky Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″)
Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)
Bundle of Love Specialty DSP: 3 7/8″ x 3″ (scalloped panel); envelope flap
Vellum Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 2 7/8 (top scalloped panel)
Color Theory Card Pack:
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Finn-Fan Fix
First off – you’ll be glad to know that Finn is fully recovered from his harrowing ordeal yesterday! Thank you all for your well wishes!
This morning, before I could get covered up by work, we had a spa day! We washed all three horses and…yep.
See the face? That’s the face that says…”I hate this. I do wish it didn’t feel so darned good with the warm water and my mom rubbing and scratching me all over. Cuz I really hate this. No. I really really do!”
He so did not hate it! He leaped out at the end and took great delight in sharing the water with us! And now he’s all soft and WHITE!
And still some tangles. But we’re working on those.
Baby steps. 🙂
TTFN
M
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