Swap card
Earlier I talked about a swap that I had this afternoon. Everyone made some great cards and it was a fun way to get some new ideas and samples using product from our annual catalog. The parameters for this swap were to choose something new in the annual catalog. Have you ever noticed when you look through your annual book that some items have a red letter “N”? That means that product is new to the 2019-2020 annual catalog! I decided to mix some of the "old" with the "new." I was originally playing around with the pigment sprinkles and one thing led to another and I ended up with this cool bermuda bay and gorgeous grape gradient over a wave pattern and I thought- " That looks like a mermaid!" I continued playing with the sprinkles and my OCD tendencies kicked in and I just couldn't handle the lack of "control" over the sprinkles but I was still stuck on mermaid. Then the mermaid tail was born!
Paper:
Base- 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Whisper White Thick Cardstock
Layer 1- Bermuda Bay 4" x 5 1/4"
Square- Bermuda Bay 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Stitched square- Whisper White
Embossing and dies
Stitched Shapes
High Seas 3D Folder
Stamps:
Vibrant Vases
Floral Essence
We'll Walrus Be Friends
Ink:
Momento Tuxedo Black
Bermuda Bay
Highland Heather Stampin' blends light
Blackberry Bliss Stampin' blends light
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends light and dark
Mango Melody Stampin' blends light and dark
To make the mermaid tails, I stamped the vibrant vase on whisper white using my Tuxedo Black ink on a scrap piece. Punched out with coordinating Punch and then trimmed up the edges a little to get rid of the white border. Then I stamped the Floral Essence flower builder stamp on whisper white scrap paper and punched it out with coordinating punch and again trimmed up the edges to remove the white edges. I cut the flower so that there were only two petals left to leave the shape of the fins.
I glue the vase to the flower with my multipurpose glue and Tadaa! Mermaid tails! I used the words from We'll Walrus be Friends but I think it would also be cute with the words from magical Mermaid located on page 136 in the annual catalog " Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes" I have a friend that absolutely LOVES mermaids, she may be getting this card as happy mail later this week, I know it will surely brighten her day!
See the list of supplies below and if you love the card I made and you would like to recreate it click my shopping link here--->I love this card! Show me the goodies!!
Product List
Also, Feel free to drop a comment below! Do you see mermaid tails or do you see funny looking vases? I would love to get some feedback on my cards, there is always creative room to improve and tweak! Happy Crafting, Friends! :)
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