Friday 19 October 2012

A Card for the Sugar Bowl

Good Morning All, well the sun is out and on the whole is quite warm, though Im not sure I would want to strip of in it. But my card today is for this fortnights Sugar Bowl "Wet, Wet, Wet" and sketch challenge, and I have used one of Funky Kits Mermaid stamps, this was stamped onto white card then I used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a grand oval Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and used one of the new ones for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and and has been mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of aquamarine card with one of two papers from the Sweetshoppe Digi "Medsea" paper set the first being a water pattern and the second a spot one for the second mount.
I then positioned the sketch sideways so that I could place my image along the center of the card with the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used the "Loopy Rings" die from Memory Box to create the illusion of water bubbles.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/

19 comments:

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous Shirley,love the image and great layout.xxx

Lady Anne Milnes-Howard said...

What an amazing card you have made, your colouring is fabulous and I just love the bubbles, I will have to look for that die.
Thank you for sharing with us at Lady Anne's. I hope we see you again.
Love ~ Lady Anne xx
cardsbyladyanne

Anonymous said...

so cute!
Hugs and a nice weekend
Elma

Patricia St Martin said...

Hey Girlfriend! Sorry I have not been around life has been so busy for me. Trying to get outdoors things done before snow comes, hope winter is just like last year it was a nice one but every year it is different. Lot of birthdays this month also. I love that funky mermaid stamp and the colors with the baby turtle it is just adorable. Have to tell me where you find envelopes for a 6x6 card? Also tell me how you cut out the mermaid and baby turtle with the die and it did not cut their hand and fin off???
Hugs, Patricia

mueppi said...

Your card is gorgeous like allways, Shirley!
Hugs Gisela

Melisa Waldorf said...

Love that you used the loopy rings die to create the bubbles! Great card. Have a great weekend, Melisa

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Beautiful card and love the bubbles, not seen that die before xx

McCrafty's Cards said...

Gorgeous card Shirley, I like the sweet image, the colours and the bubbles.
Kevin xx

Sylvia x said...

Stunning card and i love your bubbles!!!

thanks for joining us at Nutcrafters this time for our challenge.

Good luck

Hugs

Sylvia xx

coldwaters2 said...

This is beautiful Shirley I love the colours, image and that die cut, super card
hugs
lorraine x

Dewi Lestari said...

Lovely underwater card. Love all elemet, your design, the stamp and the dies.
Thanks for playing at Stamp-N-Doodle
Hope to see you again next challenge
Xoxo
Dewi

Astrid said...

OMG, this is absolutely amazing, love it !!

hugs Astrid

Sharon said...

Love your beatiful coloring, thanks for joining us at Lady Anne's Challenge.

Elaine said...

Absolutely gorgeous card Shirley.
The mermaid is coloured so beautifully and the bubbles are simply perfect.

Big hugs
Elaine xxx

Jules said...

Hi Shirley

This is the first time I have seen that "loopy die" (does that mean I am not getting around blogland enough I wonder ?!?!?).

It looks great and is perfect alongside your cute image.

I hope all is good with you and hubby and those newly weds are super happy!

Love Jules xx

Wishcraft said...

Lovely card Shirley. Love this mermaid, and your watery paper and fab die are perfect for her :o) Hugs, Lisa x

krcmasterpiece said...

Love to loopy wrings! Go well with th mermaid.

Beautiful colors!

Thanks for playing with us @ Stamp N Doodle!

Sarah said...

Absolutely beautiful card Shirley x

Jennifer said...

This is gorgeous. Great take on the sketch and the loopy die is just perfect for these mermaids!. Thanks for playing at The Sugar Bowl! xx Jenny xx