Mermaid Under The Sea Birthday Card

Happy Hump Day KaDoodle Bug Fans,

It's DT Debby stopping by to share with you a card I made using the cute newly released KaDoodle Bug Designs Pretty Little Mermaid and Cutesy Mermaid Friends files.

When I saw these files I knew I wanted to make her look like she's swimming in the ocean and there was a card on Pinterest that inspired my card.  

The base of my card is called a x-card.  The oval in the center is the perfect spot for my little mermaid to look like she's floating in the ocean and of course she had to have friends swimming with her. 

There are four sides to this card so I have a bunch of pictures to show you.

First up is the Front of card.  

I just love how she really looks like she's swimming under the sea with her dolphin friend.   I used fishing line taped between two bases of the mermaid to have her float in the center of the oval.    The sign is from the KaDoodle Bug Designs Frosty Friends enlarged to 1.288" H x 2.709 W so the sentiment would fit on it.   It's fun to look at other KBD files to see if there might be pieces that you can use for another project other than what it was designed for. 

Here's a close up of the Mermaid & Dolphin 

Here's a close up of the sign with the sentiment stamped and heat embossed to make it stand out more. 

Here's the right side of the card with the little crab.  

Thought it would be fun to make him blue instead of the normal red. 

Here's a close up of the little crab.  

Here's the left side of the card with the seahorse.  

Here's a close up of the seahorse.  

And for the last photo is the back of the card.  No creatures just seaweed, coral and a cute little shell. 

A little info on how I cut and accented the pieces. 

• KaDoodle Bug Designs Pretty Little Mermaid and Cutesy Mermaid Friends 
• Mermaid from the Pretty Little Mermaid file.
• Cut the following pieces twice:
• Her base, back of her hair, her bottom and fins.
• Can't see it but her fins, bottom and top were brushed with Wink of Stella Brush Clear on both sides.
• The edges of her bow were inked with Lavender Lace ink.
• Dolphin, crab, seahorse, seaweed, coral and shells all cut from the Cutesy Mermaid Friends.  
• Dolpin inked with White ink and googley eye from my stash.
• Crab & Seahorse accented with a white Gelly Roll pen and googley eyes from my stash.
• Coral accented with Comic markers B24 Sky, RV19 Red Violet in my eBrush and white and Fl. Vermilion Gelly Roll pens
• Seaweed accented with Copic marker BG18 Teal Blue in my eBrush and then lines drawn with Comic Marker.
• Seaweed were cut at three different sizes. 
• Sign from KaDoodle Bug Designs Frosty Friends modified to 1.288" H x 2.709" W to fit the sentiment. 

Sorry for the long post.   Lots of detail went into making this card and wanted to share all those details with you. 

I hope you like how I used an x-card to show how adorable the Pretty Little Mermaid and Cutesy Mermaid Friends are.    Please be sure to come back again to see what my talented DT sisters have created. 

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

DT Debby

Octopus Mother's Day Card

Hey Kadoodle Bug Fans,

I hope you had a fantastic day today!! : ) It was such a beautiful spring day here. I got to spend some time outside today and watched a woodpecker for a little bit. I love to go outside, especially in the springtime when it's not so hot. 

So, todays project is an ocean themed Mother's Day Card.  I used a combination of two files for this project. The first file is the You are my Squishy and the second is Princess Narwhal from Kadoodle Bug Designs.

When I was a little kid, my favorite movie was The Little Mermaid. Now it would have to be Finding Nemo or Finding Dory. I just loved all the colors that they show in the ocean. I would constantly draw pictures of the ocean and make it really colorful. Dreaming of the day that I would finally get to see the ocean in person. That dream finally came true the summer of 2015. Yay!! : )

 I had so much fun creating this card!! The more I worked on it, the more excited I became and couldn't wait to see the finished result. So to create this card I combined two files You are my Squishy and Princess Narwhal. I used the Princess Narwhal file for the seaweed, starfish, shells, and I'm going to say coral. I'm not sure if that was coral or not but I made it coral for my card. Then I used the You are my Squishy file to make the Momma octopus and the little girl octopus.

Below is a complete list of supplies and materials used to complete this project:

Paper Piecing

KaDoodle Bug Files:  Princess Narwhal & You are my Squishy

Cardstock:  Coordinations & Bazzill

Colorbox Chalk Cat's Eyes Ink: Brown, Sand, Canary, Marigold, Orange, Apple Green, Lime, Orchid Pastel, & Dark Peony

Stampin Up: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion

Studio G: Blue Pigment ink

Adhesive: Atg Gun, Zig 2 way glue, foam adhesive, & red sticky tape.

Sentiment: Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day
Stampin Up: Itty bitty backgrounds (For the sand)

White Gel Pen: Uniball Signo

Versamark Embossing Ink pad

Stampin Up: Pink Chalk

Stampin Up: Crystal Effects

Nuvo Drops: Caribbean Ocean

Stampin up: Melon Mambo Embossing Powder

Wink of Stella

Blue Crystals

I hope you enjoyed this project today and be sure to check the blog again soon.. I'd love to hear from you.  

Have a blessed week !!! : )