Mermaids and Monthly Inspiration...

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

I hope you are all as excited as I am about another monthly inspiration.  I love this month's inspiration board (of course what's not to love about mermaids?!)

I used the inspiration and I also added a little Valentine twist...

STAMPS USED:
XO
You are Beautiful
Bettie Mermaid
Miracle tape (not stamp but vlvs)

OTHER PRODUCTS:
White cardstock base
Black cardstock
Pink cardstock
Distress ink- worn lipstick, festive berries
Memento ink- tuxedo black
Markers/Pens-zig clean color, blick alcohol-based markers, gelly roller pens, and wink of Stella
Glitter (various pinks)
Foam tape (I created my own with fun foam)
Distress Collage medium (as a wet glue for my mermaid... cant have glitter getting stuck)

I love shaker cards, but rarely ever make them.  I am super excited with how this one came out.  This one is going to be a Valentine card for someone special (Don't want to spoil the surprise by saying whom for).

I started with a white A2 card base, a black matte, and a pink card stock base. The top layer of the card was created with more black card stock, and some clear acetate from some packaging I had lying around.

On my pink card stock i started by stamping the XO stamp in "worn lipstick" and "festive berries" distress ink.  I also stamped "you are beautiful" in black memento ink on the pink card base.

On a separate piece of card stock I stamped my Bettie mermaid in black memento ink.  I colored my image with various markers (zig clean color, blick alcohol-based markers, gelli roller pens, and wink of Stella).

(before top shaker layer added)


(Close up of glitter goodness inside the card!)



(different angle so you can see all that glitter in the shaker!!!)

I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do. :)
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Easy any occasion card

Hello Again, Tera here!
Today I want to share a super easy any occasion card.

Stamps Used:

XO 1 x 1 1/2

Magic Maker Paintbrush by Cat Kerr 2 x 4 1/2

To start I picked 3 colors of distress ink and smashed them on my craft mat.

Next spritz them with water so you will get a more watercolor like effect.

I then "dragged" the card through the inks. (then used my heat tool to dry)

On a separate piece of card stock I stamped the paintbrush and used black heat embossing to really get a rich black. I cut this out then glues it down on the card.

To finish everything off I stamped the XO.

See super easy!!!
I hope you feel inspired! 

XO Valentines Day Tag

Happy HUGS day all!  It's Michele here today...

and I was wondering...what images come to mind when you think about Valentines Day??  Is it weird that I go right to the Eiffel Tower??  AND of course all the other basics like hearts and cupid but for me, Eiffel Tower = Love.
With Valentines Day right around the corner I created a mixed media tag that I would like to share with you.

After I sprayed and spackled my tag base I used the Waybill/Invoice Background (Item 19416 Plate 1440), Double Coffee Rings (Item 19568 Plate 1455), and of course Eiffel Tower (Item 1558 Plates 422 & 938 Page 134) to build up some layers.

Other stamps:  Cupid with Bow (Item 3813 Plate 402 Valentine Page 305), Checkerboard Heart (Item 10350 Plate 1045 Valentine Page 614) and XO (Item 19462 Plate 1444).

I also used Um Wow Studio love confetti, heart confetti and heart confetti stencil, May Arts ribbon, Heidi Swapp Color Shine, Distress Ink Walnut Stain, Archival Ink, thread.

While you're here today make sure to check out this months inspiration challenge, it's a GOOD one full of beautiful color inspiration!!