Mermaids for Mother's Day

Happy Monday, Everyone! A brand new week to play and have fun! I'm sharing a fun and playful 5x7 card today that I made for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Don't you love the cute mermaid pair playing with their octopus friend? The fishie trio below them want to play too!

SUPPLIES:
*140# Watercolor paper
*Card Stock: Neenah Solar, SU and Recollections
*Patterned Papers: DCWV, Doodlebug
*Dies: Spellbinders 5x7 Matting Basics B; Avery Elle Wonky Scalloped Frames; MFT A2 Pierced Rectangle Stax #1
*Crafters Companion 5x7 Bubbles Embossing Folder
*Stamps: Tiddly Inks Digital, Avery Elle, KI Memories, Impression Obsession, My Favorite Things, Papertrey Ink, Neat & Tangled
*Inks: Tsukineko Memento, Ranger Distress (and markers), Ranger Dylusions, Wink of Stella clear glitter ink
*Stash items: Sequins, circle punches

I used the current Fusion sketch and their photo inspiration (see graphic below under Challenges). The sketch makes a great CAS card, too.

I used this Tiddly Inks mermaids digital stamp to play in their Showcase challenge. And I used watercoloring of the background, the mermaids, and the circle behind my sentiment for Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge option. I also used up a bit of my leftover papers ("snippets") to make my circles and the patterned papers inside and on the back.

I stamped and heat-embossed the little fishies in white on navy card stock and punched them out. Then, I made a Distress ink watercolor background on 140# wc paper using blues and yellows, stamped some waves and heat-embossed in gold, and punched out 3 circles from that.

Next I took some more wc paper and painted it using Dylusions London Blue and After Midnight, trying as hard as I could to get a navy color. I splat water droplets on it to try to get a bubbles look. After it dried, I die cut a rectangle. I printed out my mermaid duo, colored it with Distress inks and markers, brushed on some clear Wink of Stella and fussy cut it, stamped my sentiment and fussy cut it, then assembled my card, adding my sequins as a final touch.

Here are my inside and back of my card. I used some patterned paper scraps or snippets from my stash. I distress-inked the edges and added some inky circles to the pool tiles pattern using a sponge finger dauber in Blueprint Sketch (as it most closely matched my Dylusions color on front). I also die cut the wonky frames in a solid blue that matched. As my inside sentiments would not fit horizontally in the frame, I stamped them on the diagonal for a playful twist.

Here are some more views with details of the glittery shimmer on the mermaids:

CHALLENGES:
1. Tiddly Inks Challenge #224: Showcase Mermaids Digital Stamp
2. Fusion Card Challenge: Tropical Fish + Sketch - I used both the photo inspiration and the sketch.

3. Happy Little Stampers April Watercolor: AG + Optional BRIGHT - I played the option for bright colors.

4. Stamplorations April CAS Challenge: Anything CAS Goes + Optional Color Twist NAVY - I played the optional twist and used NAVY.

5. Colour Crazy Challenge Week 15: AG with Colouring - my mermaid digital stamp was printed out in black and white and water-coloured with Distress inks and markers. This is my 2nd and final entry.
6. Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge April 19-May 2: AG (Mother's Day) - already maxxed out this challenge
7. Take a Word Challenge: Two of Something - I've got TWO mermaids.
8. Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge: For Mom from the Kids
9. Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge #139: LADIES
10. Outlawz Monday Greetings April 29-May 12: AG with Greeting
11. Jo's Scrap Shack #279: Always AG
12. Time Out Challenge #134: Playful - I've used mermaids playing in the ocean and I played with watercoloring.

13. Pixie's Snippet Playground Challenge #351: AG with Snippets - I used snippets of white card stock to punch out 6 circles and a snippet to stamp my sentiment on. Also, the patterned papers inside and back were snippets.
14. Creative Crafters Challenge #15: Always AG
15. Crafting from the Heart Challenge #242: Always AG
16. Crafty Creations Challenge #389: Always AG

That will be it for me this post. I hope you liked my card and your visit was very much appreciated! Hope we all have most excellent Mondays - remember to make time to play and have some fun! xoxoxo