Hello, Echo Park fans! It's
Tya up on the blog today sharing with you handmade card featuring the lovely
Mermaid Dreams collection. It has such beautiful colors! I am so loving purple right now so I included a few of my favorite purple papers on my card.
I created this card by using a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch piece of white cardstock for the card base. I find myself always reaching for the 6x6 paper pads when I make cards. The small scale is just right for card making so I chose some pattern papers from there to decorate my card front. I used a piece of dark blue paper and glued it to the card base. I cut a piece of coral and light teal paper from the 6x6 paper pad. I cut a scalloped edge on the coral paper with a border punch.
I then cut a slightly smaller piece of light purple bubble paper out. I ran this paper through my manual die cutting machine and used the Mermaid Scales Embossing Folder to add some dimension to this paper. I then located the small multicolor bubbles paper from the 6x6 paper pad and cut this paper into a banner shape. I decorated the card with a few different stickers from the Element sticker sheet. The sentiment, shell, seahorse, and mermaid are all stickers that I mounted to the card with some foam tape. I added 2 small rhinestone jewels to the bottom corner.
I really liked this starfish and wanted to use it as a decorative element. I found this on one of the 4x4 Journaling Cards and fussy cut it out. I cut 2 small strips of purple stripe paper from the 6x6 paper pad and notched the ends to make 2 banner shapes. I glued these to the back of the starfish. I added a blue twine bow and a rhinestone brad from the Decorative Brads to further embellish the starfish. I add this to the card front with some foam tape.
Here is another look at the card all put together.
I had so much fun with this collection. I have always loved anything mermaid themed and this collection did not disappoint! I hope I have inspired you to make a few handmade cards of your own with this beautiful collection. Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy Crafting!
Supplies:
Mermaid Dreams 4x4 Journaling Cards
Mermaid Dreams 6x6 Paper Pad
Mermaid Dreams Element Sticker Sheet
Mermaid Dreams Decorative Brads
Mermaid Dreams Mermaid Scales Embossing Folder
4 1/4 x 5 1/2 White Cardstock (for card base)
Scallop Border Punch
Rhinestone Jewels
Blue Twine
Foam Tape
Manual Die Cut Machine (for embossing)
