Sea You Soon...

Emily Midgett

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing a blissful mermaid card using our new Mermaid Stamp & Cut that was just released a few weeks ago! Mermaids are so, so popular right now, and no wonder... who doesn't want to be a mermaid, at least for a little while, amirite?

For my project today, I started by heat embossing the mermaid, turtle, and sea horse from the Mermaid Stamp & Cut onto some watercolor paper with silver embossing powder. I watercolored them all with Daniel Smith watercolors, then die cut them (and fussy cut the little sea horse). 

For the background, I used the Handmade Watercolor Paper from Hero Arts to do some wet-on-wet watercolor for a seaworthy backdrop for my mermaid. I used the new Indigo, Deep Ocean, and Pine Liquid Watercolors to create a pretty background by thoroughly wetting the paper with clean, clear water, then adding drops of color and spreading them with my very wet paintbrush until I had achieved the look I was after. I also die cut the Reef Border and Frame Fancy Die from some Pool Layering Paper

I used dimensional adhesive to add my reef frame to the watercolored backdrop, then added the mermaid, turtle, and sea horse using dimensional adhesive, as well. I heat embossed the greeting from Mermaid Stamp & Cut again using Silver embossing powder onto a strip of white card stock that I flagged at the ends. 

The final touch was a few turquoise sequins from the Ombré Ocean Sequins pack to add some pretty sparkle. 

Well, that's all for me today! Have a marvelous day! 

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  • Rachel

    My 9 year old loves mermaids. I had no idea how popular mermaids are right now!

  • Nancy Beard

    This is such a pretty card!

  • Jessica Nicholson

    Love the fantasy !!! Still brings magic through inspiration & color

  • Jane McBee

    I have this set and have used it many times but I love what you did with the coloring of the hair and body. Great set.

  • Becky Moore

    So pretty!

12 Responses

Rachel

Rachel

Mar 03, 2018

My 9 year old loves mermaids. I had no idea how popular mermaids are right now!

Nancy Beard

Nancy Beard

Mar 03, 2018

This is such a pretty card!

Jessica Nicholson

Jessica Nicholson

Mar 03, 2018

Love the fantasy !!! Still brings magic through inspiration & color

Jane McBee

Jane McBee

Mar 02, 2018

I have this set and have used it many times but I love what you did with the coloring of the hair and body. Great set.

Becky Moore

Becky Moore

Mar 01, 2018

So pretty!

Kirsty Vittetoe

Kirsty Vittetoe

Mar 01, 2018

I just love this, so pretty!

Helen Potter

Helen Potter

Mar 01, 2018

Love the use of the silver embossing. Beautiful card!

Henriëtte

Henriëtte

Mar 01, 2018

Gorgeous card, thank you.

Mary Holshouser

Mary Holshouser

Mar 01, 2018

thanks for the reminder. I have this die – need
to get it out and use it. Love your card.
thanks for sharing
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Cindy C.

Cindy C.

Mar 01, 2018

It’s so beautifully done, and I love the playful sentiment.

Karthikha Uday

Karthikha Uday

Mar 01, 2018

Super cool in blue :)

Tami

Tami

Mar 01, 2018

So pretty! Love the colors you used with the DS watercolors!