Just Keep Swimming!

This week, I created a card featuring the Anime Zodiac Pisces digital stamp kit from Stampers Delights.

This mermaid is so lovely that I wanted her as the main element, with a few small friends joining her. I imagined that this mermaid's best friends (and spirit animals, perhaps?) are sea turtles!

This is a "slimline" card, which means it's (at least) twice as tall as it is wide. The card measures 4" x 8". I colored everything with Copics and cut out the mermaid and sea turtles with my Scan n Cut. The background is a quick Distress Oxide blend (Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, and Peacock Feathers). The sentiment is from the Just Keep Swimming Hero Arts stamp set.. I popped up all of the characters and the sentiment with foam dots and added a few clear Pretty Pink Posh clear crystal drops for a little sparkle.

.List of all stamps used on this card:

• Anime Zodiac Pisces digital stamp kit (Stampers Delights)
• Turtles from the Kit & Clowder Underwater Magic Coloring Class (August 2018)
• Just Keep Swimming stamp set (Hero Arts)

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Happy Crafting!

Alice and Mad Hatter Slimline Cards

This week, I created a pair of slimline cards, featuring cards based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Presenting: Alice and the Mad Hatter!

Both cards are "slimline," meaning they're at least twice as tall as they are wide. (The Alice card measures 7" x 3.5", and the Mad Hatter card is 7.25" x 3.5".)

I created the Alice card first and then felt she needed her partner in crime, the Mad Hatter! Both images are part of a digital pack of stamps from Sweet Escape Digis. I printed both of them several months ago and finally got around to coloring them.

I colored Alice with Copics, cut her out with my Scan 'n Cut, and popped her up with foam dots. I created the sentiment in MS Word and found the background paper in one of my oldest cardstock books. (Seriously, I bought that book when I first started cardmaking about 5 years ago!) I added a few pearls, since I thought they fit the vintage theme.

I followed the same process for the Mad Hatter: coloring with Copics, cutting her out and mounting her on foam. I created the sentiment in MS Word and added the black pinstripe and neon green cardstocks. The diamond strip is actually from a spool of ribbon that's ALSO been in my stash for years! Finally, I added a few Peridot Swarovski crystals.

I hope you have an impossibly good day, and if it's your "unbirthday"... well, Happy Unbirthday!!

Happy Crafting!

Keep Your Fin Up with Chibi Marina Mermaid

Today, I created a card featuring the Chibi Marina Mermaid digital stamp from Stampers Delights. This stamp is brand new, part of the May 2020 release!

When I saw the stamp, I decided that Marina Mermaid should be part of a Mermazing Monochromatic Marine Masterpiece! (How's that for alliteration, mmhmm?)

My card measures 5" x 6.5". I decided to color her hair in the lightest blue shades, and I just keep reaching for blue markers as I continued coloring... so the card ended up being monochromatic! I colored Marina and her fishy friend with Copics and created a very simple background (a few marine silhouette images stamped in blue on a baby blue cardstock). I popped up Marina, the fish, and the sentiment with foam dots. No crazy mechanisms or sparkly embellishments this time, just a lovely mermaid and encouraging sentiment.

.List of all stamps used on this card:

• Chibi Marina Mermaid digital stamp (Stampers Delights)
• Just Keep Swimming stamp set (Hero Arts)
• Color Layering Octopus stamp set (Hero Arts)

I hope you have a fintastic day!

Happy Crafting!

Chibi Delphin Mermaid Catching Fireflies

Today, I created a card featuring the Chibi Delphin Mermaid digital stamp from Stampers Delights. This stamp is brand new, part of the May 2020 release!

This sweet lady is originally featured underwater (with a fish friend), but I imagined that she heard that human children sometimes catch (and release) fireflies. Net in hand, she's ready to try catching one, too!

My card measures 6" x 6". I added some fireflies from free ClipArt online, and then I colored everything with Copics. I added a sentiment (popped up with foam dots) and some Sunflower Swarovski crystals to make the fireflies even more magical. Here's another photo to show you those details:

.List of all stamps used on this card:

• Chibi Delphin Mermaid digital stamp (Stampers Delights)
• Magical Unicorns stamp set (My Favorite Things)
• Free ClipArt online (fireflies)

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Happy Crafting!

Anime Let's Make Waves from Stampers Delights

This week, I created a card featuring the Anime Let's Make Waves digital stamp from Stampers Delights. This stamp is brand new, part of the May 2020 release!

This gorgeous lady is very regal, so I decided to focus solely on her and not add more characters. I colored her in power colors (red and gold!) and kept everything else fairly neutral, so she shines.

My card measures 5" x 7", and the mermaid takes up most of that space. I colored everything with Copics and cut out the mermaid/rock with my Scan n Cut. The background is a quick Distress Oxide blend, splattered with water, and then I used the Ray of Light stencil and Gina K Glitz Gel (white) to create sparkly rays of light. The Glitz Gel is SO, SO SPARKLY! A few underwater plants (from the Hero Arts die set), colored with Copics, completed the scene. I also added Swarovski crystals to her crown and took another photo to show you those details:

I typed and printed the sentiment from my computer. I felt like the card needed some green, so I die-cut a few pieces of seaweed and colored them with Copics. I popped up the mermaid on her rock and the front piece of seaweed with foam dots.

.List of all stamps and dies used on this card:

• Anime Let's Make Waves stamp set (Stampers Delights)
• Coral Fancy Dies (Hero Arts)
• Ray of Light stencil (My Favorite Things)

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Happy Crafting!

Chibi Best of Fishes from Stampers Delights

This week, I created a card featuring the Chibi Best of Fishes digital stamp from Stampers Delights. This stamp is brand new, part of the May 2020 release! (You can see the newly-added items in the store HERE.)

I love these adorable mermaids, so I decided to keep the card fairly simple: mermaids, a few jellyfish, a sentiment, and some crystals. No crazy mechanisms or crowded scenes for these beauties!

My card measures 5" x 7", and the mermaids take up most of that space. I colored everything with Copics and cut out the mermaids and jellyfish with my Scan n Cut. The mermaids are so lovely, and I wanted to do them justice, so I spent nearly 3 days working on them! The background is a quick Distress Oxide blend, splattered with water. I typed and printed the sentiment from my computer. I popped up all of the characters and the sentiment with foam dots and added a few clear Swarovski crystals for a little sparkle.

.List of all stamps used on this card:

• Chibi Best of Fishes stamp set (Stampers Delights)
• Chibi Capricorn Zodiac Kit (Stampers Delights)

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Happy Crafting!

Fishy Surprise with Stampers Delights' Facebook Progressive Challenge

Today, I created a cute fishy card (with an interactive surprise) using digital stamps from the Stampers Delights' Facebook Progressive Challenge. The digital stamps in the Progressive Challenge are free, as long as you join the Stampers Delight's Facebook page and upload a picture of your project to the photo album.

This month's free stamp set includes the fish bowl, two different fish, and several items you can use to build a scene. I combined several images from the free digital stamp package with some other digital stamps: the castle is from the Chibi Pisces Zodiac Kit and the crab is from the Anime Cancer Zodiac Kit.

My card measures 5" x 6.5". I resized the fishbowl to 4" tall and adjusted everything else around that element. The cat is actually a VERY small stamp (about 0.5" tall), and I scanned and enlarged it to 2" x 2.5". The lines got fuzzy, so I had to redraw them (after coloring my image) with my C10 Copic marker. (I spent nearly two hours searching for a comparable digi stamp online and couldn't find anything I liked, so I had to adapt with the stamps I had on hand.)

I colored all images with Copics and used my Scan n Cut to cut out the various images (fishbowl, cat, and crab). Next, I used a fun, interactive die set to create a surprise element on the card... Want to see why the fish look so nervous? Check out the video below!

My Favorite Things provides an instruction video for the Double Slider Loop Slots Set on their website, and I followed those instructions to create my card. I have to admit that I found this mechanism VERY difficult to make, so I don't know if I'll use it again anytime soon. Once I assembled the card, I popped up the crab with foam dots and added some Aquamarine Swarovski crystals for a little sparkle.

Here's the card after you pull the interactive tab:

List of all stamps and dies used on this card:

• Free digital stamps from the Stampers Delights Facebook Progressive Challenge (May 2020)
• Chibi Pisces Zodiac Kit digital stamp set (Stampers Delights) 
• Anime Cancer Zodiac Kit digital stamp set (Stampers Delights) 
• 1" Circle Punch (Stampin' Up) - used to create the arched cutout above the pull tab
• Double Slider Loop Slots Die-Namics (My Favorite Things)
• Interactive Pull Tab Die-Namics (My Favorite Things)
• Cool Cat stamp set (My Favorite Things) (resized)
• Interactive Labels stamp set (My Favorite Things)

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Happy Crafting!