Friday, November 9, 2012

Mermaid Love

Don't we all love mermaids?  How about baby mermaids?  Here's a stunning Sweet Pea image from artist Conie Fong called Flowers on the Beach.  Isn't she just adorable?  I added a wonderful sentiment from and older set of Sweet Pea stamps "Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."   I think it is just perfect for this card.
On this card I am using 2 shades of cardstock and some major punches!  When I look at it now, it's almost hard to tell, which cardstock is the base color and which is the secondary.  The orange color is the card, it was punch via a large border punch and then a green background color was put behind it, to add the green.  Then on top of the card, I used the same green to layer my colored image.  The card shows three layers of depth that way.  It's a nice way to show some depth with out adding too much bulk (for example if you know you want to mail a card internationally and you know anything sticking out in the envy will get damaged).  This type of card allows you to make wonderful layers and give height and make the item perfectly mailable without having to include it in a package.  Just an idea!

Cheers, Holley

12 comments:

  1. Love how you colored this sweet image Holley! That is also a nifty way to use your punches for a smashing design. Great ideas!
    Connie

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  2. Beautiful coloring. Love the rektangels in Green. Cool way to use the punch. :)

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  3. Lovely card. I love those punches too.
    Hugs Nat

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  4. so sweet Holley. This image is one of my favorites in my stamp line as her face is so precious. You did a wonderful job with this image and sentiment works well with it. Love it

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  5. Gorgeous card Holley. Some awesome punching going on there!!
    hugs
    Dawn x

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  6. Wow, this is so cute! Lovely coloring - and so cool with the punches! ;)

    Hugs, Randi

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  7. Gorgeous! Lovely image and beautiful colouring and I love your idea for layering with cardstock - that border punch is fantastic!

    Ali

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  8. Holley this is gorgeous and such a cute stamp image too. Beautifully done.

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  9. Great color combo! I recently got this stamp and I agree, the sentiment is perfect for it.

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  10. Oh Holley! This is lovely and the edge on the card adds so much!!!

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  11. Wonderful card, Holley. Great colouring and I also love the punch work you did.
    Hugs, Karina

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  12. adorable card, love the color scheme and layout!

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