Dance with fairies Mermaid themed 7x5in card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts!     

Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a Mermaid themed card which I have made from scratch...

  • I took a piece of greeny teal card from Tattered Lace and cut it so it created a 7" x 5" landscape card and then scored it down the middle using my Hunydory Adorable Scoreboard.
  • I then rounded the corners using a punch (again from Hunkydory).
  • I have had these mermaid and clam shell dies for ages but hadn't used them and thought I better, so cut the two sizes of mermaids in black and white card several times and then the clam shell largest nested die so cut out in white and then the next one down in black.
  • I coloured the white one in using Tim Holtz Distress inks and once I was happy with the result, stuck the black one on to it using a tape pen.
  • I stuck the mermaids in each corner and then the clam shell in the centre of the card this time with PVA glue.
  • The mermaid topper is from the Sea of Bubbles stamp set from Molly Harrison that Crafter's Companion produced and so used a stamping platform to stamp it out as I needed to ink it several times using my Gina K Obsidian Black ink (I think I need to reink it).
  • I coloured her in using various Spectrum Noir Triblender markers and then when she was done, used a blue Stabilo FSC pencil for the sea.
  • I didn't want the whole image so cut around it until it fitted the clam shell and used foam pads to attach it to the middle of the shell.
  • Finally I stamped out the Dance with fairies sentiment from the same set, fussy cut around it and stuck it to some brushed silver cardstock and just added it to the topper with a tape pen.

So if you think this sounds interesting then why not:-


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