Swimming By To Say I Love You Valentine's Day Card

Hello Friends!

I'm back again today with another interactive card featuring the Swimming By Stamp Set from Honey Bee Stamps. Love this little mermaid 😍 

As you know, if you've been following my work I absolutely love creating interactive cards. Although I LOVE clean and simple cards (CAS), I almost never make anything simple, lol!

So her She is...

and what do you think of my background?!

Watch as the mermaid swims all around the card!

Yup, still going! 

As you probably can tell I created the background using Tim Holtz Alcohol inks. Like everyone else, I had been experimenting with them and this background was my favorite, so of course I had to turn it into a card. Since the background reminded me of water, I knew I had to use the Swimming By stamp set. And, since I was using a Mermaid stamp, I thought why not use my Mermaid Markers to color my images in! I really did have fun with this card 😆

To create the spinning part of card, I used a couple of large circle dies. I popped up the center cut out circle with foam tape as well as the outer edge of the card, the inner circle was glued directly to the card base. I then created 2 sliders for the mermaid to attach to, using a smaller circle die and a couple of slider disks. Once they were completely dry I inserted them into the well of the cut out circle channel.  Next, I glued the mermaid to the top of the slider elements. I then added the sentiments to the inside and the top of the card. Finally I embellished the card with lots of bling using a sparkle pen, glitter pen, rhinestones, and glossy accents.

Just look at all the shine, so pretty in when you see it person!

Here is a peek inside the card.

For those that want to watch these beauty come together, you can watch my Youtube video, and if you haven't yet I would love for you to subscribe!

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Hope this Swimming By To Say I Love You Valentine's Day Card has inspired you to try something new the next time you want to create an interactive card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

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Mariner Mermaid Card - Ink On 3

Hello friends!

Have you ever seen a sexier mermaid stamp?! I haven't... Wowzers 😜

This beauty comes from Ink On 3's latest release! For this card, I didn't want to stamp the mermaid in black ink and I really didn't want to do a no line watercoloring. So I thought I would experiment by stamping the image out using frayed burlap oxide ink and I love the results. The stamped line once it came in contact with the watercolors oxidized and lightened the lines giving it a semi no line watercolor look. 

To color the mermaid in, I used my Tombow Dual brush markers. Once she was dry I then fussy cut the entire image out. This is a fairly large stamp so it wasn't as difficult as it looks but I did need the help of my retractable PenBlade.

To create the background I wet the paper and then lightly touched the wet areas with Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers. These colors are so vibrant a little goes a long way. Just before the area dried I then used my distress spray bottle to splash and spread the ink around. I repeated that a few times with different colors, using my heat tool to help speed up the drying process. Once the entire background was done and dry I sprayed the background again this time picking up the droplets with paper towel.

To finish the card I then attached some jewelry chain to the anchor and used a metal wire to secure it to the top of the card panel, bending and taping the wire to the back to secure it in place. I then attached it to the A2 sized cardbase, sandwiching the wire in between both layers. I did not glue the mermaid down as I wanted her to swing freely on the front of the card. (see previous image)

Here is a closer look at the details 😍

Hope you were inspired by this Mariner Mermaid Card today.
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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

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