Happy Thursday, blogging peeps. I have yet another scheduled post of a birthday card and this one has mermaids. Not a very popular theme in the dead of winter, but I do enjoy the change. I'll be resuming the winter themes soon enough.
This card was (almost 100%) made out of all leftovers from either previous projects or ideas I had and abandoned. Their odd and ends have been waiting patiently in a shoebox lid for me to get inspired to use them. The white parts were the only things newly cut. I'm kind of proud I was able to come up with covering 4 surfaces with all those bits and bobs! 😊
SUPPLY LIST:
Front
Reflections Heavy weight white card stock for card blank
Springhill Digital white card stock
KI Memories designer papers
Images: Tiddly Inks Little Valentine Mermaids, colored with Promarkers and watercolor pencils
Sentiment: We Are 3 Digital Shop Mermaid Wishes
Dies: Tutti Designs, LDRS and Avery Elle
Inside
Recycled calendar page
Digi Doodle Studios Mermaid Digital Sentiments (no longer available),
printed on pastel blue copy paper
Back
SU navy card stock
Flair and Karen Foster designer papers
I chose this Splitcoaststampers sketch for my layout design. I thought I was using this sketch for the first time, but turns out I used it back in the fall for a Halloween card.
Everything I used on this card front was already cut out from dies, except for the white card base and white mats that I die cut. The sentiment must have been printed on that background but I can't remember what digi paper I used. The little mermaids had already been colored and fussy cut (and I have more to use on a future card).
Inside I used a recycled desk planner illustration and a sentiment sheet that I arranged in PSE and printed out.
Same story on back, with the addition of a colored siggie.
And a final look. Because of the way I create, I accumulate a lot of these snippets and I just cannot seem to throw them out {sigh}. If I was smart, I'd put them all in a big box and put that out of sight...and promptly forget about them! Hmmm, sounds like a good idea!
😎
Thanks for visiting and have a good rest of the week.
XXO
MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:
Cool colors blues-greens-purples
19 comments:
Oh that's so sweet Aimslee. Great use of ocean themed background bits to showcase the cute mermaid images. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
A fabulous card
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge good luck Ginny DT
Penny's Challenge
Beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge. Greetings Sylvia DT.
I love those cute mermaids Aimeslee. Another beautiful card.
Happy weekend,
Alison x
Mermaids not popular in winter? I beg to disagree! My next door neighbour's youngest daughter would love this as she likes mermaids. I always make her a mermaid themed card for her birthday at the end of December.
Pamela
CD Sunday Plus DT.
The more I think I am staying on top of visiting blogs, the more I get behind-smile. Sunday mornings are a good time to catch up though. You can't go wrong with mermaids, can you? Even in the dead of winter. This card is just adorable. Hope all is well. hugs-Erika
I think this is a fab way to use all those off-cuts from other cards!! Especially if you end up with quite a lot - you can make new cards with less time :)
Thanks for playing along with our first challenge of 2023 at I Love Promarkers,
Hugz Tinz
Very cute card! So many cards I have commented on today were made out of little pieces of leftovers. Seems to be a trend today!
Lots of fun layering - great job with the sketch, and the fun mermaids. Thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday
What a cute card Aimeslee and great way to use up those scraps too.
Always incredible collages! Loving your papers and the ways you have used them, Aimes, but more than that... CUTEST LITTLE MERMAIDS EVER! They must be the two of us, as we shed our human skin and jump into the beauty of water, able to move freely in comparison to the dry soil from whence we came LOL Yes, my imagination gets a bit crazy. Wonderful card!
Crafting Smiles,
Donna
{Creative Smiles - my little crafting world}
Aimeslee: I'm enjoying seeing some mermaids linked to TFATU's January competition! It's wonderful that you've been able to reduce your shoebox lid leftovers with so many used for this ocean colored card! The back panel texture is terrific! Hope you come back again to share at TFATU! --Becca/new owner
I love a mermaid card (any time of year!) and yours is fabulous. I love the sentiment too.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Jo
CD Sunday Plus DT
OH! What a fun and wonderful card Aimes.
Faith x
What a great project! Thanks for joining in with a Polkadoodles challenge, Donna P (DT)
Another wonderful card Aimeslee. I must admit I wouldn't have thought of mermaids in the winter but yours look good.
Carol xx
CD Sunday Plus DT
Fabulous card - love your description of how you put it together!
Thanks for joining us at I Love Promarkers.
Helen x
DT
Gorgeous card Aimeslee. It is always good to use up leftovers!
Thanks so much for joining us for our Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #197 sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps.
We hope to see you again soon,
Lou DT xo
JemLou Productions
This is such a sweet card! Thanks for sharing your card at Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog! Hope to see you again soon!! HUGS!
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