TGF Mermaids

Hello!

Hope you all enjoyed a nice and safe 4th of July.  It was quite loud and colorful in our area.  With the drought & mandatory water restrictions I'm very surprised the Governor/Mayor has not banned fireworks throughout California except for the ones that are displayed by professionals.  Just sayin'...

Continuing on with my water-color postcards I picked the mermaids from TGF.  This first one I colored the image back in May.  The second one I just completed today.  Both of these were fun to put together.  Keeping both CAS was the key.

I added the Island Scrapbooking laser cut sentiment with the MFT sentiment right below it.  Colored the Aloha with an ombre effect using two different Copic colors. I really like the background on this one, and that pop of pink gives it that fun element.

Here the colors are bolder, but still fun.  I'm so happy I remembered this mermaid, she's still one of my favorites.  The sentiment is also another Island Scrapbooking laser cut word that I colored with Copics.  Two more under my belt and I'm happy with them both.  I worked on more today so will be sharing them over the next few days.  Until then, enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Good morning!

This is the birthday card I made for my mom who celebrated her "22nd" birthday yesterday!  hahaha!  I used the exclusive newsletter, Gift Mermaid Anya, from The Greeting Farm and some beautiful new dies I just received in my April La-La Land Crafts club kit!!   Also included are one of my favorite Sizzix embossed backgrounds and a laser cut sentiment from Island Scrapbooking.  I have to admit I had no idea what this would look like in the end, but I'm so happy with the outcome.  Lucky for me I already had the mermaid colored up and using a few Copic markers the flowers were done in no time.  Used Tumbled Glass DI for the backdrop.  Here are a few more pictures from last night...

Dinner at Ai's a Japanese restaurant my parents like to go to

The birthday cake with only 1 candle

yum tasty!

Tulips and a Mermaid

We also got her a mini iPad so now she can face-time with her sisters and friends.  All-in-all a wonderful day to celebrate a wonderful lady.  Okie dokes, sorry to cut this short but I have a lot to do today so I'll stop right here.  Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous Saturday!!

Challenges:
TGF FFF: Flowers
Loves Rubberstamps: Use 2 dies

Easel card with Mermaid Anya & Friends

Hello!

Yep this is my second post!   Haven't done that in ages!!  hahaha!  Thought I'd share the last project we finished during the card swap at Kathy's house.  Here's the adorable easel card Kathy put together for us:

Isn't it cute?!  I love how she incorporated every element, including the dots in her hair!  "Her" being special gift Mermaid Anya.  Loved the fun beach themed papers and underwater stickers she added.  Yes more stickers!  I don't usually use stickers, but I picked a few fun ones that added an additional cute factor.  Without further ado, here's my card:

So just about everything is the same except for the underwater friends.  I thought adding the smiley faces would be a lot of fun.  Once you open the card it turns in to an easel card.  Kathy die cut the sentiment, "Meet me under the sea" after printing it from the computer.  Adding a couple more sea creature friends and some pop-up dots and the sentiment was perfect for the stopper. 

  

I have to say this was a lot of fun to put together.  Kathy always comes up with the cutest cards imaginable.  Another fun card to add to my somewhat growing card stash and another successful card swap in the books.  Yippee!!  hahaha! 

Okie dokes thanks for stopping by to check out what I've been up to.  Hoping to get all of those colored images I colored during the #thedailymarker30daychallenge on to some cards or 3-D projects.  Have a nice TBT!!