Saturday, August 1, 2009

Anya Mermaid

Hello, hello!

Hopefully you've made it here thanks to The Greeting Farm/Club Anya

ANYAversary Blog Hop!

I made this card using the Mojo Monday Week #95 sketch...and it is the first of such attempts! I promised myself that I would participate in challenges regularly, although it hasn't really happened yet - I think we've got to get our new old house finished and get moved before I'll have the time to really follow through!!

Anyway, the card:





I changed the sketch a little bit, by adding the sentiment & the cute little shells in the corners. I used Mermaid Anya & the fish from TGF; the shells & sentiment ('Birthday Fishes') are from Stampendous - 'Sushi Bowl Party' & 'Sushi's Favorite Words'. I wound up spending a few hours on this card (like, 5 - lol), thanks to all the paper piecing I did... Everything on the mermaid except her skin (colored with Copic E00 & R20) was pieced, as well as all of the pink on the fish. For the glittery black parts (mermaid tail, background mat, big shells) I colored the pieces with a Marvy Uchida Wet Looks Clear marker & then heat embossed using glittery black embossing powder. The fish's body was colored with Copic C3 & C7, and once that dried, I used the Marvy marker again and clear embossed it. The mermaid's tail fins & shell bra and the fish's middle tail fin & lower fin are all popped up.


I finished up the card with an EK Success Binding Edge punch, CuttleBug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, KaiserCraft rhinestones and a bit of ribbon from Michael's. There was nothing quick about this card at all - usually anything I make has an intended recipient! (Which means I usually start out with a pretty good idea of what they like, and what I want to incorporate into the card - this one, I was totally 'winging it'!)


Since this is my first ever blog hop, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I think you're supposed to head back to The Greeting Farm and move on to the next blog!! Hopefully, you'll be back...


xo, ~S~










36 comments:

  1. I love the colours and the card is so cute. Great job
    mwah
    Trace

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  2. Gorgeous card, lovin' the colour combo too!
    xx

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  3. Fun! Love the colors and texture!

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  4. Gorgeous this Mermaid of yours!! I'm sure she's having fun :) Lovely job.. now i'm off to hop hop hop!! :)

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  5. love the pretty colours combo you used on your card :)

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  6. Gosh what a stunning card - i love the colour you have used and it looks so fab with the mermaid Anya
    great blog hop
    love tasha xx

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  7. Underbart Kort!! lovely card!!!!!

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  8. Love everything about your card - the colours, the layout, the texture!

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  9. What a fun mermaid! I love it, great job!

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  10. the pink and black are amazing. luv her hair!

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  11. wow what fantastic colors and texture! This card is simply wonderful.
    Hugs
    Lynda =)

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  12. Very cute card! Thank you so much for joining us!

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  13. Adorable card. Love the colors you used.

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  14. Love it! Great coloring and texture on it too! Thanks for sharing!

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  15. So fun with an Anya blog hop!
    I look forward to go through your whole blog later on.

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  16. I think this card is gorgeous (and my DD sitting next to me playing her video games on the laptop looked up to yell "Whoa! That is a CUTE card!" :-)Traci

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  17. Great colors for the mermaid Anya! Very different -- love it!
    I like the fish added to it, too.

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  18. Cute Mermaid Anya card!! Love the colors!

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  19. Great color combo! Very bold! Lovely card!

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  20. I love your card, and the pink and black on this Anya mermaid is gorgeous!

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  21. OMGosh now that is one gorgeous card, i absolutely adore the colours you've used, and the fish stamps goes perfectly with mermaid anya, i would love to receive this card, it really is beautiful :)
    Suzi
    xxx

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  22. ahhh, how cute this is! I love how you added the fish there! nice touch!

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  23. I am in love with this card I can not resist pink anf black as a combo like this and you have used 2 great images :D

    X Amy X

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  24. What an AWESOME creation!! I LOVE the colors, the papers, and the layout!! LOVE IT!!

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  25. Beautiful!! Love, love, love the pink and black!

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  26. Super cute, I love the pink and black combo.... and of course Mermaid Anya too. :)

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  27. I love the rich beautiful colors, great card!

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  28. Ok, this is STINKIN' ADORABLE! I LOVE all the colors and textures-wow! Thanks so much for partying with TGF today! You rock!

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  29. The colores are too cute!!! It so matches your blog, you must love those colors together :) I do too

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  30. She is so pretty! I love the hair.

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  31. This is so cool! I love the color combo and the coloring! Wow!

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  32. Soooo cute! LOVE the colors, great job!!!

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