“Dream Big Little Mermaid” card and matching envelope (Whimsy Stamps AND Glue Dots blog hop)

Hello friends and Happy Monday. I hope you all had a great weekend and that creating was part of that. Today I'm joining in on the Glue Dots and Whimsy Stamps blog hop. As part of the Glue Dots design team, I got the privilege of working with the Whimsy stamps for the first time and I have to say that I'm now a fan. I love the design of the stamps and the cool dies that was sent to me. 

Whimsy Stamps and Glue Dots Inspirations HopJoin us from August 27h through August 31st for a fun joint blog hop between Whimsy Stamps and Glue Dots. Our teams will be sharing lots of beautiful projects featuring products from both of these companies. And we will have lots of prizes hidden along the hop as well as a grand prize valued at $100! To enter into the giveaways, you just need to comment on EACH blog throughout the hop. Then for the grand prize after you have commented on all stops along the hop, enter your name and email in the linky tool at the last stop. Winners will be randomly selected and announced on Monday, September 3rd. Good luck and have fun!

Here's a card and envelope that I created for the blog hop.....

“Dream Big Little Mermaid” card and matching envelope
Designed by: Grace Tolman
Time: Approximately 1 hour
Level: Intermediate
Size:  A2 card size (4 ¼ x 5 ½), Envelope (4 1/3 x 5 ¾)

Notes:  When I saw the mermaid image on the “Let’s Be Mermaids” stamp set, I knew I had to do an underwater card. It just called for it. And with some ink blending technique and marker coloring, I was able to add various layers of coloring to this card using only white cardstock.

Materials
• White Cardstock- Earth Tone Cardstock Pack, The Paper Studio
• Stamp set- Let’s be Mermaids, CWSD 227, Clearly Whimsy Stamps
• Markers- Bold set (1122 BL-6N) and Natural set (1122 BL-6M), Brush lettering, Marvy Uchida
• Envelope- Source unknown

Tools:
• Ultra Thin, Glue Dots®
• Pop Up, Glue Dots®
• Removable glue tape, Glue Dots®
• Mini dot, Glue Dots®
• Ink- Black, Hybrid, My Favorite Things; Embossing,  VersaMark, Tsukineko; Pewter, Mix’d Media, ColorBox; (Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Tumbled Glass, Fossilized Amber, Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive) Distressed Mini Ink cubes, Ranger
• Ink Blending tool- Ranger
• Stamp Positioning Tool- Tonic Studios
• Glimmer mist- Maya Mist, Maya Road
• Embossing Powder- Gold, Hampton Arts
• Glitter pen- Shimmer pen, Nuvo, Tonic Studios
• Die cuts- Card Builder Window Set (WSD 423), Whimsy Stamps; Leaf foliage 1 Die Set (WSD410) Whimsy Stamps
• Manual die cut machine- CuttleBug, Provo Craft
• 1 ¾” punch, EK Success
• Paper Trimmer
• Scissors

Directions:
1. Cut the 8 ½ x 11 white cardstock piece into two 5 ½ x 8 ½ pieces. Fold one into an A2 card size and set aside.

2. Use the other piece to cut out the frame and the leaf shapes using the respective dies.

3. Using another piece of white scrap cardstock, stamp the mermaid image using the black ink. The stamp positioning tool is best for these kinds of projects so you can get a clear impression by stamping the image 3-4 times without worrying about alignment issues.

4. Color the image with the Marvy Uchida markers. Cut out the image using some scissors. Add some shimmer to the mermaid with the Nuvo shimmer pen. Set aside.

5. Grab the rectangle die cut piece and create a water background. Blend the 3 blue distress ink pads together (Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint sketch, Tumbled glass) using the blending tool and some sponge pads onto the white paper.

6. Spray some glitter mist using the Maya mist and set aside to dry.

7. Place some Removable Glue Tap, Glue Dots® adhesive onto a white scrap of paper. Temporarily adhere the leaves on it and add color to it using the rest of the distress ink cubes and the blending tool. Spray some more glimmer mist if desired.
8. Heat emboss the sentiment on a white scrap of cardstock using some gold embossing powder. Punch out the shape with a 1 3/4 “punch.

9. Assemble the card- Place the “underwater” panel onto the center of the card using some Ultra Thin, Glue Dots® adhesive.

10. Add the underwater foliage on the bottom of the panel using some Mini Dot, Glue Dots® adhesive.

11. Place the mermaid onto the top left side of the card. Adhere with some Pop-Up, Glue Dots® adhesive.

12. Place the sentiment onto the underwater panel using some more Ultra Thin, Glue Dots® adhesive.

13. Stamp the mermaid image onto the front left edge of the envelope with Versamark ink. Heat emboss with gold powder.

So there you have it. I hope this post inspired you to create today.

Full Hop Link List

Glue Dots Blog

Sue 

Alanna

Melissa

Danielle

Judy

Celine
Deb

Melanie

Jennifer

Bev

Dawn

Iris

Kerys

Dorinda

Grace >>>> You are here

Niki

Andrea

Jeanette

Barbara

Amanda

Erin
Samantha

Whimsy Blog 

Make sure you check out the rest of the blogs that are participating in this blog hop. There are some fun prizes to be had if you do so. Check out the Glue Dots and the Whimsy Stamps blogs for more details.

Till next time,

Grace