A little mermaid

Hello lovely people,

Gosh, Friday seems to have come around fast again!

So, of course I have a Dies to Die For DT card for you and I finally got round to using another of my un-inked Stamping Bella stamps!

I definitely feel like this some days...surely life is far easier as a mermaid?!

I always love the look of looped twine for detail but ooooh, it is a nuisance to get it to stay stuck in place nicely...thank goodness for Cosmic Shimmer glue!

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the links at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: E11, E15, E18
Ahem...I may have neglected to write the rest of the colours down...oops!

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Tiny Townie Mermaid stamp set by Stamping Bella
Under the Sea Sentiment stamp set by Stamping Bella
Stitched oval scallop edge frames by My Favorite Things

Other ingredients;
Treasures of the Sea 12x12" papers by Pion Design
Leafy branch 5 die by Moda Scrap for Elizabeth Craft
Beaded swirl flourish die by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions
Twine, pearls, charm from stash

Guesting for The Paper Nest Dolls with Mermaid Ellie

Hello lovely people,

Just before Christmas I was asked by Christine of The Paper Nest Dolls if I fancied doing a guest card for her...Errrrr, YES PLEASE!

I also took the opportunity to do the first of my fancy fold tutorials with a gatefold design.
Well, I say tutorial, but it's so easy it doesn't really need much explaining!

First here's my card in it's closed form;

I like to make the base up from scratch for this design, starting with a piece of card 11.5 x 5.75 inches and scoring at 2 & 7/8 inch in from each side.

If you don't have large enough cardstock to cut this in one piece, you could overlap two 5.75 inch square base cards and cut down the front flaps.

Alternatively, use a single 5.75 inch base card, open it out and score the folds as above, then cover the extra fold in the middle with DP.

I like to add a large panel to the left hand side which can be decorated with paper layers and embellishments.
It still stands up just fine I promise!
See...

The right hand flap needs to be left fairly free of embellishments so the card can still close properly but there is just room on this design for a pair of tickets.

On other gatefold designs I have made the panel sticking out from the left hand side smaller to allow room for 3D embellishments on the right hand panel too.

The mermaids are some of my favourite Paper Nest Dolls and mermaid Ellie has assured me she is ready for her close up so here we go...

The twine on here is from my stash but I think it came from some clothes I bought; it was used to attach the labels on them.
I have just curled it into shape and stuck it down with tacky PVA, then frayed the ends slightly.

Card recipe;

Image: Mermaid Ellie with seahorse - The Paper Nest Dolls

DP: Shoreline Treasures - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Shell bikini: YR30/31/Y26
Tail: B91/93/95/97/99
Seahorse: B91/93/95/97 & V20/22/25

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial of sorts and maybe next time I will move on to a fancier fancy fold design!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Tiddly Inks DT call

Hello lovely people,

This is a very special post as I am sharing my entry for the DT call over at Tiddly Inks.  I was so excited to see this as I just adore all the Tiddly Inks images :-D

Now, there isn't long left to enter and wow, the standard of the entries so far is absolutely amazing! Undeterred, I grabbed myself this newly released image called Salty Kisses and put on my best colouring hat...

Well I knew this was going to be a challenge for me to colour because of all the hair and the mermaids tail to contend with but I like a challenge!  And to be honest, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :-)

Once she was all coloured up I really didn't want to detract too much from her so kept the layout pretty simple with a sprinkling of Frantage and a button that my sister-in-law made.

Card recipe;

Image: Salty Kisses from Tiddly Inks

DP: Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E23/57/59

Tail: B0000/000/00 & BV0000/000/00/01

Rock: W1/3/4/5

Crabs: R05/08

Starfish: Y21/23/26

Flowers: YR24/27 & E99

Sea: B0000/000/00 & blender

Wow, that was my longest list of Copics to date and I did have a lot of fun colouring this image...while my in-laws were visiting at the weekend... I just couldn't stop myself!

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my creation,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Little mermaid

Hello lovely people,

Oh, what a beautiful sunny morning; I hope you have some sunshine where you are too!
I'm glad the weather is not playing along with our theme at Totally Gorjuss this week which is 'Water Water!'
This theme immediately made me think of this gorgeously cute mermaid from Tiddly Inks.

I thought the image would work well on a circular card and I layered up several scraps of paper for the fishtail banner.

I have been a little nervous of attempting the colouring on this stamp but inspired by some fab cards like this amazing card from Yasmine and a wonderful tutorial on YouTube from Kit and Clowder I gave it a go.
And I just had to give her red hair!

Card recipe;
Image: Mermaid Miranda from Tiddly Inks

DP: MME 29th Street Market (quite an old collection!)

Scallop shape: cut with Cricut

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiment stamps

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/01

Hair: R29 + E09/18

Tail: YG000/00/03/17/67

Background: BG0000/000/01

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Cute Card Thursday (dancing queen)
2. Cupcake Craft (lots of layers)

So, now you have seen my card, maybe you would like to pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what my lovely teamies have made.  If you join in our challenge you have a chance to win the prize from our fab sponsor this week, Heather's Hobbie Haven.

Thanks for visiting,
Hugs,
Kat xx