Each May artists on Instagram create mermaid themed projects for #MerMay. I love mermaids so I try to create at least one mermaid card each May. This one was made using a digital stamp and a Glaminator Foiling Machine. I love the shimmer foils can add to digital stamps. It also makes them easy to color because the foiling can’t smear.
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-Heather
Here are my last Mermaid themed cards for Mer-May. I’ve made two more card using the Seas the Day stamps and dies from Hello Sweetums. They are an Australian based company but not to worry if you’re in the US you can get them on-line at Simon Says Stamp and Butterfly Reflections Ink.
For my first card shown above I created a fun scene inspired by The Little Mermaid during the “Under the Sea” scene, using the seaweed to create a wreath around my mermaid adding in all the sea creatures and shells swimming around. I colored my images with alcohol based markers and white heat embossed my sentiment.
For my next card I wanted it to look like you were looking out of a porthole on a submarine at a mermaid swimming by and being a Beatles fan I used yellow cardstock for a Yellow Submarine. I made my porthole with 2 concentric circle dies and brads. Opening the card shows the entire underwater scene inside on an ink blended background with torn cardstock sand. I colored my images with alcohol based markers adding touches with a white gel pen.
-Heather
I’m so excited to share with you a card using some adorable new stamps from Hello Sweetums. They are an Australian based company but not to worry if you’re in the US you can get them on-line at Simon Says Stamp and Butterfly Reflections Ink. I made this card with their Seas the Day stamps, matching dies and Stargazer stencil using Arteza Brush Pen to watercolor.
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-Heather
I wanted to make a fun winter card but put a twist on it by using a mermaid. She’s sitting on a rock with snow falling behind and she’s going to post this pic on Instagram with the hashtag: “# I <3 Winter”.
The inspiration for this card came from the latest challenge over on the Lawnfanatics blog, it’s a Color Challenge from the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Christmas papers and I chose to focus on the blue and pink. I used Gotta Have Gingham papers, Selfie Frames dies, Mermaid for You, Yeti Set Go and Making Frosty Friends stamp sets from Lawn Fawn.
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-Heather
Swim over to my Youtube channel and check out my latest card tutorial. I’ll show you how to make this cute Mermaid Peek a Boo card using stamps and stencils from Whimsy Stamps.
-Heather
I’ve got a new card making tutorial over on my Youtube channel. I’ll show you how to make this pretty mermaid card using stamps from Some Odd Girl, dry embossing with paper sanding and adding glitter with Stickles glitter glue. Click here to watch.
-Heather
Ocean themed items from my Etsy shop.
Here’s my second card entry for the C C Designs Summer contest. I used a mermaid and seal stamp set from Sweet November and some Astrobrights metallic papers for the backgrounds, her tail and the seal, they have a wonderful shimmer to them!
I’ve been holding on to a bunch a sea shells from a trip to Florida years ago and now I know why I saved them! I stamped the mermaid image from “Stampendous” and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and added glitter to her tail with a clear Starburst gel marker from Sakura. I adhered vintage map pattern paper from CTMH on a 5″ x 7″ canvas board and inked the edges with a sponge and brown stamping ink and then layered the mermaid image on top. Then using a strong clear glue I added the shells around the edges along with a brass star fish charm and also added some real beach sand under her with the same glue. I laid out my shells before I glued them down to make sure they looked nice and would fit. I also added a snippet of text cut from a vintage book that says “Under the Sea”. I think she turned out really lovely.
This piece is currently for sale in my Etsy shop.
Continuing with an ocean theme, I made this mermaid collage. I’ve done lots of collage art with fairies inside jars and I thought why not a mermaid? So I turned the jar on it’s side and put actual sand in the bottom. I also added a background of vintage inspired map paper, a label, some actual small sea shells and a real working compass. Then I wrapped the entire canvas in some netting. I love how it turned out. I need to think of more things to capture in jars 🙂
This collage is currently available in my Etsy shop.
-Heather