Seas the Day!

Happy Thursday! Bit of news- one of my cards was featured today over at Color Me Copic as a design team favorite... I am so honored that my very favorite bloggers liked my card. Hugs to the gals at Color Me Copic!

Here is a card I made for Amy Rysavy's ATG Gun Giveaway contest. You can see the details of the giveaway on her blog Paper Prarie Ink here. I used AmyR Stamps Summer Fun Sentiments collection which I think goes perfect with mermaid stamps. I don't buy a lot of sentiment sets because I can just usually print what I want on my pc...but this set was so versatile that I just had to have it.

Ingredients:
Stamps- Amy R Summer Fun Sentiments, Current Ebbtide digi by Sweet November Stamps
Paper- SU! Crushed Curry, PTI Stampers Select White and Hawaiian Shores, Me & My Big Ideas Starfish Specialty patterned paper
Accessories- Island Lagoon Metal Accent Charms by the Paper Company Studio ,Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped Oval dies, sponge, velvet ribbon trim from stash, Antique safety pin, Smooch Illuminate
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black Dew Drop, SU! Crushed Curry
Copics: FISH -Y08 Y15 Y19 TAIL- BG0000 BG000 BG10 BG11 SHELLS- R00 R02 R05 HAIR- E31 E35 E37 E39 SKIN -E000 E00 RO2

Have a Fin-Tastic Birthday!

Check out the latest release from Sweet November Stamps...mermaids collection available at All That Scraps. I loved Current Ebbtide the moment I saw her and squealed with delight when I saw she was available in digi....instant gratification! This card is for my Auntie's birthday on Friday. Lets hope the USPS is half as fast with delivering the card as it was to downloading this digi!
Recipe: Current Ebbtide digi stamp by Sweet November Stamps, Amy R Stamps Summer Sentiments, Me & My Big Ideas Starfish Specialty Paper, Wrights Rick Rack, Mark Richards USA Crystal Stickers Clusters, CC Designs Copic Quality Cardstock, Rose Bud Memento Ink, SU! Melon Mambo cardstock, Smooch Illuminate, Copics: face- E11 E13 E15 R43 hair E35 E37 E57 E59 tail and shells- BG0000 BG000 BG02 BG15 BG45 BG49 YG11

Going Swimming during an Eclipse

Well it is officially at heat wave...it was over 100 degrees today. Thank goodness I went to see Eclipse and was able to beat the heat by doing some card making...but I kinda wish I had gone swimming. Since I don't have a pool...this card was the next best thing. I decided to play along with the Sketch Saturday challenge this week...

Recipe: Going Swimming digi by Tiddly Inks, Sun digi by Tiffany's Doodles, Amy R Stamps Summer Sentiments, CC Designs Copic Quality Cardstock, Tangelo Memento Ink, DCWV Safari and Glitter Cardstock, Coredinations Cardstock, Damask Tim Holtz Texture Fade, Petaloo Dazzlers, Copics: Y32 Y35 Y38, R30 R32 R43, YR00 YR12 YR15, Y21 Y23 YR21 YR23, BG0000 BG34, E000 E00 E93

By the way if you are not a Twihard and are on the fence as to whether or not to see Eclipse...definitely go. My best friend went with me and she has not read the books or seen all the other movies...and she LOVED it!!! Her exact words were..."When do we get to see the next one!" LOL!

Fin-Tabulous!

Yay! I finally figured out how to post pictures using my old computer. My new computer is broken so I can't do my normal routine: take pic, insert media card in netbook, edit pic, post pic...etc. I had to go old school and stick the usb cable in the camera and hook it to my old dinosaur computer. Biggest problem with that is no Photoshop...so the pics are a bit rough.

I have had this image colored for a few weeks now, but didn't have any patterned paper to go with her. So I finally decided to just make my own. I had a ton of fun making this background. I sponged all kinds of colors together and then sprayed the whole thing with glimmer mist. Once it dried it had that spattery- watery look I was going for. Hope you like it!

Recipe: Pearl Tidepool and Seymoore stamps by Sweet November Stamps and Summer Sentiments by Amy R, SU! Bermuda Bay cardstock, PTI Hawaiian Shores Aqua Mist and Stampers Select White Cardstock, Die Cuts With A View Glitter Cardstock, Martha Stewart Daisy Punch around the Page punches, Texture Bobbin Ribbon, Jazz Blue Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Memento Tuxedo Black Bahama Blue Pear Tart Grape Jelly Cottage Ivy and Desert Sand ink, clear dollar stamps, Diamond Stickles, Copics: B000, B01, BG45, BG49, Y00, RV42, E000, E00, E93, E95, E21, R00, E70, E71, E74, E77, YG91, YG93, YG95