Hello, friends! Thi here and today for my designer series project I ventured into a card I had in my head but was a little intimidated to do because I knew it would be more of a process than my usual designs. But, I did it and it was worth it!
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I wanted to pair the Little Mermaiden Agenda with the Fish Tank CC somehow, but I also wanted to use a lot of the little mermaidens, so, I decided to create a full scene inside my card and do a peek a boo window using the Fish Tank CC. And...because I'm craaazzzy, I thought, why not make it a shaker too! So I did. Haha.
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To start, I stamped my images in brown ink then colored with Copic markers and die cut them. (I love these mermaid images!)
Next, I made my card base with Bristol smooth card stock since I knew I would be ink blending a background directly onto it. I taped my card base onto a board and ink blended using a Wave stencil I made out of watercolor paper by die cutting the Ocean Wave Trio - CC onto it. I used Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire. Then I splashed with water and added some paint splatters and let this dry while I worked on the shaker card front.
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For the front panel, I die cut the Scales Cover onto white card stock. Next, I die cut the largest die from Fish Tank CC in the middle. Then, I used the smaller die and die cut it out of some vellum. This is going to add to the illusion of a fish bowl but give the card a little more interest. I glued this onto the back of the Scales Cover. Next, I glued acetate over these two layers. I then lined up my fish bowl onto my card based and used the larger die from Fish Tank CC and cut a window. I glued a piece of acetate to this side as well. I build a well onto the card base and filled it with mini stars and ocean colored mini sequins. I then adhered the card front onto the base by carefully lining up the windows.
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Next, after my ink blended piece was dry, I added the sentiment inside from Birthday Messages. I adhered all my mermaids and a few scene building pieces from Mermaid Kisses to the ink blended background with tape runner.
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To finish the front, I adhered one little mermaid to look like she's trying to jump into the party and two little clown fish directly onto the fish bowl. I heat embossed the sentiment from Mermaid Kisses onto the 3D Arch Banner - CC and put a piece of foam tape behind it and tape runner at the tails to adhere it to the front and my card is complete!
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I'm honestly not the best photographer (I'm working on it) so I don't really think my pictures do this card any justice. I love it and will have to reserve it for a crafty friend who will appreciate the love and care I put into it!
I hope you like my project and thank you so much for stopping by!
Oh wowwww!! This is absolutely stunning! I love the shaker and the beautiful scene! <3
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! Your effort really paid off.
ReplyDeleteThis is WONDERFUL! LOVE that extra layer of vellum to help with the illusion of a fish bowl! AND the inside is BEAUTIFUL with all the layers of color you created with your home made stencil! WOW! AND I ALSO LOVE that little mermaid diving in on the front! A SUPER JOB for us! All your work DID PAY OFF!!! ;)A SUPER CARD Thi Lam!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! Fabulous card!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome shaker card!
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