This is a birthday card for one of my granddaughters – who will be 7 in a few weeks. She enjoys swimming and loves to come up out of the water with her long hair streaming behind her – I guess she would really like to be a mermaid!! I used the LOTV stamp – Mermaid Friends – and coloured it with Promarkers. I glittered the mermaids’ tails with Stickles Diamond, dotted liquid pearls in blue and white and added a couple of adhesive pearls as well. To make the seaweed effect paper I had another attempt at distressing with glycerine and Distress Ink – this time I was more liberal with the glycerine and it worked much better. Once the distressed paper dried I ran it thru the embossing folder and rubbed 2 inks over it. The ribbon, pearls and gems are from my stash, and the sentiment is from LOTV. The heart button and the twine are from the Ribbon Girl.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges –
Cute Card Thursday – Too Cute http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-338-too-cute.html
Divas by Design – Anything Goes http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/anything-goes.html
The Paper Shelter Challenge – Embossing of any Kind http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-173-embossing-of-any-kind.html
MAWTT Challenge – Texture Time http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/its-texture-time.html
Crafty Little Fairies Challenge – Sparkle and Bling http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.fr/2014/09/september-sparkle-bling.html
Fab’n Funky Challenges –Cute As a Button http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-228-cute-as-button.html
Suzy Bee’s Bloomin Challenge – Anything Goes http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/suzy-bees-bloomin-challenge-46.html
Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ challenge 46 – hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT x
Lovely looking card. Love the colours of it. And the image is super cute. Thanks for playing with us over at the Paper Shelter this week.
Love n hugs
Marie
Aww, this is so sweet. Love your coral embossed sheet and the sweet heart button. Just lovely. Thanks for joining in our Fab ‘n’ Funky Challenge ‘Cute as a Button’ this week. We look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous creations in future challenges. Hugs, Wends x Fab ‘n’ Funky DT
Love your card Alison. The seaweed looks fabulous.Thank you for sharing with us at The Paper Shelter – good luck! Susan x
Great card! Cute image 🙂 Thanks for joining us at TPS this week and good luck. 🙂
Hugs Anna
Such a cute card Alison – love the shaped button – its lovely to see you at Fab’n’Funky hugs judith x
Fantastic mermaid stamp and great texture with the coral. Thanks for joining us at Moving Along with the Times this week! Jessie
A beautiful card in delicate colours and I love your little sparkles too. Thanks for sharing at CLF.
Sharon
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Little Fairies with this beautiful creation! I hope you can join us this month too!
Kelly.x