Starfish Mermaid 🧜

 

Med vintern rett runt hjørnet, så har jeg lagd et kort med tanke på varmere dager... ♥ Hadde litt idétørke etter å ha malt dette motivet, og det hjalp ikke akkurat at jeg ikke vet helt hvorhen jeg har alt jeg vanligvis bruker på scrapperommet.. men så fant jeg det perfekte papiret fra Prima, med sandstrand bakgrunn!
Har nok enda litt igjen å organisere før jeg viser frem flere bilder av det nye scrapperommet... Husk på å sjekke innom her i bloggen om et par tre ukers tid ~ da blir det en ordntlig flott bloggcandy med ting og tang jeg putter i gi-bort-esken min :)

Kortet mitt er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #153., og den nydelige havfruen er et digistempel fra vår flotte sponsor LeAnn's World 101.
Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :)

With snow up on the mountaintops and the winter and colder weather coming very soon.. (too soon) I have made a card, dreaming of warmer days ♥ However, I felt a bit lost after painting this gorgeous mermaid motif.. had no idea what to do with it, and it didn't help that my new scraproom still has a major need of organizing. Soooo much stuff still in boxes! I'm quickly running out of space on the walls for new shelves.. I thought to just put her on a white background with a few ink splashes behind her, and call it done.
 But ofcourse that would not do, so a few hours later (yes I have that much papers) I found the perfect really old Prima designerpaper in my stash ~ beach and sand background! I even had two of the same paper, so I didn't feel bad for using the whole paper, wich I tend do to (=hundreds n hundreds of papers) because I cannot bare simply 'using' them up... does this sound familiar to you? Scrappers-hoarding-anonymous next! LoL ;)

My card is a DT-creation for challenge #153. at Creative Fingers sponsored by the LeAnn's World 101. and her wonderful digistamps ♥
As always we're having an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations :)
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Remember to check in here in a two-three weeks time, then I'll have filled up my 'stuff-to-give-away-box' and there will be an awesome blogcandy! I'm finding I have quite numerous duplicates, and I have found alot of neat stuff I have gotten as gifts that are really not my style, so hoping that someone else will find it just perfect for their taste. Might be some well-loved used things as well, perhaps in a seperate lot for the ones that don't mind that it isn't brand new.. ♥

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I enter my 🧜 card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● LeAnn's World 101. #7. ~ Anything goes [Oct.31st.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #90. ~ Anything goes [Oct.5th.]
● Cute Card Thursday #550. ~ Anything goes [Oct.10th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #56. ~ Anything goes [Oct.30th.]  
● Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper ch. ~ October AG! [Oct.31st.]
● 4 Crafty Chicks #423. ~ AG/Something Old is Someth. New! (prima)[Oct.10th.]
● Creative Knockouts #266. ~ Lots of layers! [Oct.10th.]
● Happy Little Stampers ~ October Watercolor w.twist Gold! (stickles)[Oct.31st.]
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inside detail

Stamps/Images: LeAnn's World 101. digistamp 'Vivian'. Various stamps from the Hero Arts MMH May 2017 Mermaid kit, and MMH June 2018 Sea and Sky kit.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Prima Marketing inc. - Celebrate! w. Jack & Jill coll. 'Lazy days' designerpaper. FancyPants desin 'All Fall' 8x8 paperpad.
Embellishments: Glitter sticker gems from Hero Arts MMH December 2017 Arabian Nights kit, and also the ribbon came wrapped around one of my kits, don't remember wich. Prima - say it in crystals 'Garden fable'(with iridescent scales).
Tools: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Martha Stewart 'Flourish Edge Punch'. Prima Marketing inc. ComfortCraft Distressing Tool by Ingvild Bolme.

Dies: none on this card, very unusual of me!
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Double Sided plus High-Tack Red Tape(Power tape). Rangers Glossy accents, misc. Ranger stickles. Uniball white Signo pen.

Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, Oxide inks, & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. Plus Prima Ingvild B. 'tak wall' chalk ink, and I also roughed up/sanded edges with the Prima distessing tool. To heat emboss I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & the pretty 'Sand embossingpowder' from the Sea and Sky Hero Arts kit from June. I really made a mess smudging the 'O' in the word Hello, so I put a gem there to cover it up.