Whimsical Wednesday Mermaid

Hi! How are you today? For my DH's birthday yesterday we went to the movies to see Avatar and it was WAY better than I expected. My DD always has to get up for a restroom break in the middle of movies (which means I do too, because I am not ready to send her on her own yet ) and she sat through this 3 hour movie without wanting to get up. When it was done she said "That was good, can we watch it again?" I had no idea it was 3 hours until I saw the time afterwards because it seemed to go by so fast!

My card today uses the Whimsical Wednesday Diedrich Dare sketch. This sketch was done by Jessica (The Whimsical Butterfly)'s son Jack. If you want to play along, you still have a lot of time because the deadline is next Wednesday (the 30th) because of the Holiday! (Well, of course you can play anytime, but Randi (The Dark Mermaid) is offering a prize of one ching-chou kuik stamp (chosen by her) and one of her cards to one participant, chosen at random!)

I used Dragonfly Fantasy from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art collection (sheet 2, plate 21) available from Sweet Pea Stamps. The stamp actually has a gorgeous background to it, but I decided to cut the Mermaid out of her background this time and I added a little extra part to her tail. I made the seaweed using a Martha Stewart leaf punch and sewed and glued some seed beads to the sentiment panel. I don't know how much it will show up in the picture but there is LOTS of sparkle. The seaweed and the sentiment panel are sprayed with Seafoam Shimmerz Spritz and Gold Glow Smooch Spritz and the tail and hair have highlights with both atyou Spica Gold pen and Sakura Clear Stardust pen.

The Details:
Stamp: Dragonfly Fantasty - ching-chou kuik's Fantasty Art collection (through Sweet Pea Stamps)
Paper: DCWV, Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace, Always Artichoke - SU, PTI White
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: BV00,BV01,BV02,BV04,B01
Tail: G20,G21,G24,B01,BV01
Top:B32,B34,B39
Misc: Seafoam Shimmerz Spritz, Gold Glow Smooch Spritz, gold atyou Spica pen, Sakura clear Stardust pen, Martha Stewart leaf punch, Ek Success Border punch, Darice silver seed beads

Thanks for stopping by!!
:-)Traci

Birthday Cards!!

Hi! Well, I did manage to finish both my DD and DH's birthday cards in time!! For hers I did a little portrait card, doing my best to make Rain Anya from the "Rain,Snow, Shine" set look like my daughter. She was thrilled and when she opened it at her party she kept saying "It's me!!". That made me feel all warm and glow-y!! I also played along with the Whimsical Wednesday Diedrich Dare from last week (I am a little behind on things in case you haven't noticed!!) which was to be inspired by this plate:
After reading the challenge last week I did not go back and look at the plate again because I have a tendency to be too literal so I just went with the impression it left in my mind. I am having to fight myself now not to be disappointed that I got the colors so wrong!! LOL!!

The Details:
Stamp: Rain, Snow, Shine - The Greeting Farm
Paper: Rich Razzelberry, Cool Caribbean, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black - SU, PTI White
Copics:
I will edit and add later - during the "cleaning" for the birthday party I misplaced the notebook I always write them down in as I work!!
Misc: Nestabilites Circle and Scallop Circle, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Razzelberry ribbon - SU, Eggplant Liquid Pearls, EK Success Birthday Bandles Border punch, Stickles, Foam tape


This is going to be the card for my DH (his birthday is tomorrow!)


The Details:
Stamps: Final Frontier - Doodlefactory (Starving Artistamps), Sentiment and balloons - Inkadinkadoo
Paper: Recollections DP, Smokey Shadow, White - PTI
Copics:
I will edit and add later - during the "cleaning" for the birthday party I misplaced the notebook I always write them down in as I work!!
Misc: Foam tape

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
:-)Traci