Mermaid Birthday Card

Hello Everybody!

Sometimes I look back through my blog for a technique or a card I made.  And every now and then I come across something funny.

I made this card for a friend of mine.  It's late (ugh!).  Her birthday was August and she won't get it until October because all of a sudden September is almost over.  LOL. 

So I was going through my blog and found a blog entry around this time last year--for the same thing.  A birthday card for the same friend---and the same tardiness.  Wow.  How does that happen?  LOL.  Here's the link in case you wanted to see.  It's Throwback Thursday so I'm on time for something, right?  LOL.

Moving along---Here is my card using a mermaid stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker stamps.  I used Copics to color her and the "water" is distress oxides. 

I masked the mermaid which is white there is this glow around her.  It was hard to get a lot of ink into the spaces of her hair.  The shell is a button that I cut the back part off.  And then a little bling. 

I am entering these into the following challenges:

{Pin}spirational Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...keep swimming! :)

Princess Pop Up Box

Hello Everybody!

A very special little friend of our is having a birthday so I know I needed to make her a special card.  And a pop-up card is super special!  

I used my Silhouette machine to cut the card base out using the grilling card file by Lori Whitlock. (I love her stuff!!)  From there I made it into a princess card rather than the grilling card-which was challenging.  I'm a boy mama-LOL so princess stuff is scarce in these parts.  ;) 

And here is the card open up-magical!  

Here is the first panel.

Here is on the right side.  I had these pink flowers cut out (from a cuttlebug flower die cut) and on my desk.  I used gems from G studio that I got at Christmas for the centers.

Here is the left side.  This paper, the paper on the bottom, and the cardstock are all from Close to My Heart-Daydream.  (It's a bit old but I was so glad to have it.) :)

 Here is a close up of the middle.  The Silhouette cut the swirls on the farthest panel back and the crown.  The metal castle is a light weight metal brad (that's why the whole at the top).  I have also had this for a loooong time and either bought it at the Scrapbook Expo or the Internet.   The present is a stamp that I colored and fussy cut and the white flowers are Martha Stewart.

And then I tied it all up with a bow.  :)

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts--#132 Use a die cut or punch--the flowers are from Cuttlebug, the crown and swirls are die cut from the Silhouette machine.

Crafty Gals Corner--#62 All about the Girls--pink, crowns, swirls, flowers :)

The Sisterhood of Crafters--Use die cuts or punches--the flowers are from Cuttlebug, the crown and swirls are die cut from the Silhouette machine.

Silhouette Challenges--#35 Must use the Silhouette--anything goes--the base of the card, swirls, and crown.