Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Mermaids light and dark



I thought it would be fun to do a pair of cards. I like how these two mermaid beauties go together. I used Randi's tutorial for coloring hair (here's a link) to do the light hair. I topped both mermaid's hair with Glossy Accents for the shine.

Supply List

Image
Rose Mermaid and An Ordinary Summer Day by Ching Chou Kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps

Papers
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Mulberry papers-unknown
Solid color card stock-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Skin Tones-yr0000, e000, yr000, e01, e11
Eyes-v0000, v000, v01, b21, b34
Dark-Rose Mermaid
Hair-w5, w7, w9
Clothing/tail-b12, b16, b06
Rose-r27, r46, r59, g21, g24
Light-An Ordinary Summer Day
Hair-b00, b01, r30, g04, g20, 0
Clothing/tail-r00, r01, r02

Misc. Supplies:
Adhesive gems-smooth diamonds
Smooch
Silver sheer ribbon-Stampin Up
Silver metal circle for ribbon to loop through
Sakura Gelly Pen "stardust"
Chalks for cheeks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive
Ranger Glossy Accents
Lisa

14 comments:

  1. Both of them are brilliant!!! Love them))) Great cards!

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  2. Both are very striking Lisa, but your choice of backgrounds are the wow factor IMO.
    Both bg's are perfect for the images. So is your coloring...perfect!
    TFS
    Connie

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  3. lovely cards, the coloring is awesome and the backgrounds are really neat!

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  4. beautiful Lisa and that glossy accent really makes it look like the mermaids are under water. Gorgeous cards.

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  5. oh my, Lisa, gorgeous, both of them. I love the hair. You did an amazing job on both of these. Breath Taking!

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  6. Ooh, I love the yin and yang idea. Their hair looks gorgeous - what a great detail.

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  7. Beautiful Lisa, both cards. Love this idea of dark and light and the glossy effect is great.
    Hugs, Karina

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  8. wow I wish I could see these in person!!! They are fantastic!!
    Kym

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  9. Ohhhh so pretty Lisa! I love the glossy accents on the hair and how you have cute them out. Such amazing depth to the cards.

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  10. how beautiful! I love the contrast and the lovely contrast! You did an amazing job on these!!!!And their hair makes me happy!

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  11. Lisa, I love what you did here. Great idea and comparison. They are both just beautiful, but even better together.

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  12. Two beautiful colored mermaids! I liked how different they both were, with different background, dark and light. Beautiful with a clear bling on both cards, and coloring of the hair was admirable:)
    Agree..It looks like they are under water!

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  13. These are so cool. Thanks for showing them to us at different angles so we can really see the brilliance in them. I love the sparkle to them. Just lovely.

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  14. I love both of them Lisa. A little sweet and a little dark. I love the way you did the background paper on each of them. Gorgeous.
    Hugs:)
    Angela

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