Fin-tastic Mermaid Tail

The card base is called Trapezoid Card Base, from SVG Cutting Files.  I used the "Everyday Paper Dolls" cartridge for the sand.

The waves were created using the "Give a Hoot" Cricut cartridge.  I used the slice and weld features of Cricut Design Space to make the wave shaped mats and cut them out of light blue card stock and vellum.  I used wild honey and orange marmalade Distress Ink on the edge of the yellow mat to give it a sunset appearance.

 The seaweed is from the "Pirates and Mermaids" cartridge.

The mermaid is also from SVG Cutting Files, it is one of the Mermaid Tails cut file.  I embossed the tail with one of the Animal Print embossing folders by Cuttlebug and the fin of her tail with the Herringbone embossing folder.  The sentiment is from the Under the Sea stamp set by Jaded Blossom.  

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the Supersize Birthday Greetings stamp set and the fish is from the Fish On stamp set.  Both are also from Jaded Blossom.

I made this for the following challenges:

SVG Cutting Files: summer theme

Just Us Girls: vellum

A Pirate's Life for Me

Today's card is a fun masculine birthday card:

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4," and made of dark red card stock.  I used the "Frame of Mind" cartridge for the striped mat.  It was cut at 5 1/4"x4."  I hid the oval cut-out on the white mat to create a solid background.

The pirate skeleton is from "Pirates and Mermaids."  It is sized to fit within the oval created by the frame.  I covered the skeleton with crackle accents and the beads in his hair with glossy accents.

The banners are both metal dies from My Craft Spot.  The top one is the Ribbon Banners Die - Straight and the bottom one is the Ribbon Banners Die - Arched.  The top sentiment is from My Craft Spot, the Ghostly Greetings set.  The bottom sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, the Designer's Choice set.  The banners are adhered with foam tape.

My Sheri Crafts: Guest Designer

I was chosen as the guest designer for this weeks's challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  The challenge this time is: 

"Splish Splash"

create a project with an image that features beach, water, swimming, etc.

Here is the card I created:

The card is 5 3/8"x4 1/8," made of white card stock.  I made all my layers at 5 1/2"x4 1/4," so I had to make the card base slightly larger since I like having a border around my images.

The background, sky and waves, are from the "Crocs Rule" Cricut cartridge.  I welded a rectangle to the background in order to make it the correct size.  I also cut a rectangle from the kraft card stock to act as sand.  I added some white gel pen to the waves.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, the Beach Bums set.

The palm tree is from the "Pirates and Mermaids" cartridge.  I cut it at 3 1/2."  The girl and the beach ball are svgs from SVG Cutting Files.  The image is called Tween Beach Girl.  I cut her at 2 1/2."  I hid her eyes so that I could use a Peachy Keen face.  This one comes from the Cartoon Bombshell Face Assortment.  I added some white gel pen doodling around the towel and beach ball, then I added some polka dots to her bikini.  I colored in her lips with a shiny pink gel pen, then added some blue to her eyes with a marker.  The girl and the beach ball are adhered with foam tape.

So, that is my beach-themed creation.  I can't wait to see how you are inspired by the theme of "Splish Splash!"

Another Pirate Layout

One of the challenge blogs I follow, Stuck On U Sketches,  is celebrating their 100th sketch!  How could I not play along this week?!  I used this sketch to created another layout for my Science Museum album, featuring the "Real Pirates" exhibit.

 

  *Bonus: this layout also features some hidden journaling!

 

It is 12"x12" and I used some patterned cardstock from the Tahiti Beach Stack by DCWV for the background.  I created the frame in Cricut Craft Room.  I sized two squares using Cricut Craft Room Basics and layered one inside the other to create a frame, the larger square is 11" and the smaller one is 10 1/2."  I then welded in some waves from Life is a Beach to the bottom of the frame.  I cut another layer of waves for some color.  I added star dust Stickles to the waves for some shimmer.  My photos were printed and trimmed down to fit.  I adhered them so their bottoms were under the waves.

I used Pirates and Mermaids for the treasure map and the dubloons.  I cut the map at 3."  All the dubloons were cut at 2 1/2."  I added glossy accents to the lighter gold color, the top-most layer.  I created an additional layer under the dubloons where I printed some information.  I attached that bottom layer to the rest of the dubloon with a gold brad.  I did this for four of the dubloons.  The information on the dubloons is what is written on the photos, but that writing is really difficult to read, so this helps out.  I finished off this layout with a little journaling on the white frame.   

 

Here you can see what the hidden jounaling looks like:

 

Real Pirates - Page 2

This is the second page of my "Real Pirates" layout that I did a few weeks ago.  You can see the first post here.  Here are the two pages together:

 

This one is also 12"x12" and I used some patterned cardstock from the Stardust Stack by DCWV for the background.  The photo is 4"x6" and is triple matted.  The white layer is 4 1/8"x6 1/8," the blue layer is 4 3/8"x6 3/8" and the burgundy layer is 4 1/2"x6 1/2."

 

I used Pirates and Mermaids for the pirate ship.  It is cut at 5."  I used Cricut Craft Room to create the title.  The words "of" and "the" are from Cricut Craft Room Basics and are 1" tall.  The word "Whydah" is from Blackletter and is 2" tall.  I welded the letters together in Cricut Craft Room and adhered them to the page with foam tape.

 

I added a journaling spot on this page.  I used one of the labels Spellbinders Nestabilities dies to create it from my three main colors: white, blue, and burgundy.  I then added my journaling.

 

 



Real Pirates

Last summer my husband and I went to see an exhibit at our local science museum that was called "Real Pirates."  It was about the history of a real pirate ship that was uncovered from the bottom of the ocean.  It was a really cool exhibit and very interesting.  This is the first layout for the scrapbook I am making from that trip.



The layout is 12"x12" and for the background cardstock I used some patterned cardstock from The Stardust Stack by DCWV.  The photos are 4"x5 1/2."  I matted them each with white cardstock cut at 4 1/8"x5 5/8."  I then matted those with a single sheet of blue cardstock cut at 4 3/8"x8 3/8," some burgandy cardstock cut at 4 3/4"x8 3/4," and white cardstock cut at 4 7/8"x8 7/8."

 

I used Cricut Craft Room to create the title.  I used Blackletter for the word "Pirates" and Cricut Craft Room Basics for the word "real."  "Pirates" is cut at 1 3/4" and "real" is cut at 1 1/4."  I cut the shadow in blue and the regular font in white.  I then added crackle accents to the word "Pirates."  It doesn't show up real well in the pictures though.

 

The treasure chest, sword, and bottle all came from the Cricut Lite cartridge called Pirates and Mermaids.  The treasure chest is cut at 3 1/2."  The sword is cut at 2 1/2."  The bottle is cut at 2."  I adhered the sword and bottle with foam adhesive.  I added glossy accents to the gold in the chest, the blade of the sword and the brown glass part of the bottle.  I also added some gold and champagne Stickles to parts of the treasure and I put three gold gems on the crown.

 

The pirate is also from Pirates and Mermaids.  He is cut at 5."  I adhered him to the page with foam tape and added some glossy accents to his hook hand.

 

I made this layout using the current sketch challenge at Stuck On U Sketches.