Pearly Sparkles August Challenge - Under the sea

It's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. 

Our theme this month is "Under the sea".  I've decided to go with a mermaid card as I bought a pack of lovely papers that I'm keen to use.

What I used

Graphic 45 Make a Splash paper pack 

Blue mirri and Cream card

Maximum crafts 8 x 8 Easy Frames

Create and Craft Sea Siren die set - Mermaid, ferns and starfish

Cut & Make Shell and Sentiment dies

John Next Door Genoa Corner dies

Craft Artist Mica Magic for highlighting

Craft Artist Dew Drops Blue 

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #8 August 2025

Classic Design Challenge #7 2025 Jul/Aug

Crafts Galore Encore #138 August 2025
Crafty Catz #699 
Creative Crafters Challenge #90 
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #305
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #87

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

 Why not join us at the 
 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month?
 We'd love to see your makes.

Born to be a mermaid

Hello,

It's Challenge time again over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and  lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us there. 

The theme of the Challenge, as always, is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the Challenge Rules, or in the side bar on the Challenge blog. We also have a monthly optional theme, this month it's Mermaids. Sometime last year, while on holiday in the US, I bought a pad of Mermaids themed papers by Graphic 45. So decided to use that to make a second card. 

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Graphic 45 Make a Splash paper pad

White card

Blue mirri card

Maximum Crafts 8 x 8 Easy frame die set

Cut & Make shell die

Create and Craft Sea Siren starfish dies

John Next Door Genoa Corner dies

Crafts Galore Encore May 2025 #135
Crafty Catz #694
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #301
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #86

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

 

Make waves!

Hello,

It's Challenge time again over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and  lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us there. 

The theme of the Challenge, as always, is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the Challenge Rules, or in the side bar on the Challenge blog. We also have a monthly optional theme, this month it's Mermaids. Sometime last year, while on holiday in the US, I bought a pad of Mermaids themed papers by Graphic 45. So decided to use that.

Card recipe

8 x 8 cream card blank

Graphic 45 Make a Splash paper pad

Cream card

Blue mirri card

Maximum Crafts 8 x 8 Easy frame die set

Cut & Make shell and sentiment dies

Create and Craft Sea Siren starfish dies

John Next Door Sam's Corners dies

Craft Artist Mica Magic for highlighting

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge May #25 2025

Crafts Galore Encore May 2025 #135
Creative Inspirations Challenge #26 May 2025

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Mythical mermaid

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 

We also now have optional monthly themes and this month it's Mermaids. I decided to use a new mermaid die I bought at a craft show I went to quite recently. The die is a very large one, so I've made a piece of home decor from it and put it in a 10 x 12 inch frame. It's now hanging on the wall in my craft room. 

Back in October 2023 I won a prize from LeighSBDesigns for my Magical Fairies card, which I entered into the Creative Inspiration Challenge. I was featured as her Fan Feature Guest for March with that card. For this picture I have used papers from Leigh's Mermaze Digi Paper Pack. I have used Caribbean Depths for the mat behind the mermaid die, and Caribbean Bubbles for the main backing paper . I am thrilled to be Leigh's Fan Feature Guest again, for July, on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog. 

Card recipe

10 x 12 picture frame with a white mount

Creative Expressions Papercuts Mythical Mermaid die

LeighSBDesigns Caribbean Depths from the Mermaze Digi Paper Pack

LeighSBDesigns Caribbean Bubbles from the Mermaze Digi Paper Pack

Press Cut plain oval and stitch dot oval dies

Create and Craft Sea Siren die set for the ferns, shells and starfish

Cut and Make mini die for the large sea shell

Sentiment from the Polkadoodles Mermazing Winnie set

Craft Artist Mica Magic to colour the mermaid's face

Spectrum Noir Colour Blend pencils 014 Bumble bee, 015 Canary, 018 Honey

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - July #7 2024
Classic Design Challenge #6-2024 Jun/July
Crafts Galore Encore July 2024 #125
Crafty Catz #675
Creative Crafters Challenge #77
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #281
Creative Inspirations Challenge #16
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #81

I hope you like the picture I've made, it looks really great on my craft room wall. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time, I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Why not join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Mermaid in the sea

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge, as always, is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. With the rename and relaunch of the Challenge Blog recently there are a few changes in what we mean by Fantasy, so it might be worth checking it out.

I won a prize from LeighSBDesigns for my Magical Fairies card, which I entered into the Creative Inspiration Challenge in October 2023. I am also thrilled to be featured as her Fan Feature Guest for March on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog. 

I've used some of the papers from LeighSBDesigns in this card. I used Starfish on the Seashore from the Vintage Sand and Sea Decorative Digi Paper Pack , and Vintage Crystal Bubbles and Vintage Deep Bubbles from the Vintage Bubbles Decorative Digi Paper Pack to create this mermaid card.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

LeighSBDesigns Starfish on the Seashore for the aperture mat

LeighSBDesigns Vintage Crystal Bubbles for the large background mat

LeighSBDesigns Vintage Deep Bubbles for the aperture mat an the inner cirls mat

Maximumcrafts Easy Frames 7x7 Focal Frame to create the aperture and its mat

Cut & Make mini Make Waves die

Create and Craft Sea Siren die set for the mermaid, shells and starfish

Craft Artist Mica Magic to colour the die cuts

Craft Artist Dew Drops

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #3 March 2024

Classic Design Challenge #2 2024 Feb/March
Crafts Galore Encore #121 March 2024
Creative Inspirations Challenge #12 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #79

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Mermaids in the sea

Hello there,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, which as always starts the first Saturday of the month. As usual it lasts for about a month, and I do hope that you'll join us. This month I decided go with Mermaids as I'd just received my issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft which had a seashells embossing folder as the gift. 

The theme of the Challenge, as always, is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Simply Cards & Papercraft seashells embossing folder

Polkadoodles Winnie Mermazing image and papers

Cut & Make Mini Dies for shells and sentiment

Broken China Distress ink for highlighting

Blue glitter card

Net ribbon from my stash

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges: 

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #7

Classic Design Challenge #7

Creative Crafters Challenge #65

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #258

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #75

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them. 

Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.

Make a splash!

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, starting today. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us and share your makes.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the blog. I had to make a card in a hurry again as I was going to be away on holiday, so chose a Polkadoodles pre-coloured Winnie Mermaid image. 

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Blue card from a Hobbycraft pad for the mats

Polkadoodles Winnie Mermaid Anchors Away digi image, backing paper and sentiment

Tonic Delicate Lace die for the image

John Next Door ovals dies for the Sentiment

Ribbon and fish stickers from my stash.

 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.

Under the sea

Hello,
this is my card for the July Fairy and Unicorn Challenge, the theme as usual is anything goes with the optional theme of under the sea. There's no sponsor this month so I thought I'd have a play again with my Craft Artist 2 as I knew I had a digikit with a mermaid in it.

What I used

Craft Artist Fantasy collection 1 and Myth and Legends to create the background and the mermaid topper
8 x 8 white card blank
Rainbow miri card for a mat
White card for a mat
Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to add a bit of sparkle to the mermaid's tail
Papermania ink to edge the card and stamping the sentiment which is a magazine freebie
Spellbinders die to cut the sentiment out
Blue American Crafts sparkly brads which looked a bit like the colour of the sea
White net ribbon

I hope you like my card, please leave a comment if you've time. Please also join us at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month.

Mermaid wishes - under the sea

Hello,

this is my DT card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, which is anything goes with the option of under the sea.

I started with a white 8 x 8 card blank on to which I layered a pale yellow mat. The free gift in a recent issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft was some Mermaid wishes papers and stamps so I used one of the papers as another mat on the card front. Using the Create and Craft Couture Sea Siren die set I cut the mermaid, some starfish and seashells from golden yellow card, and 3 sets of seaweed from dark sea green card. Using the oval die from Tonic's Art Nouveau die set I cut a base from the pale yellow card and the detail from light sea green card.

I used a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to add some sparkle to the mermaid's tail. I layered the detail die cut on to the base mat, then added the sea weed, mermaid and a few starfish to the topper. I then adhered the topper to the right side of the card using foam pads.

I stamped the sentiment, then using the Tonic Bowscale die cut that out and also a mat from the pale sea green card. This was attached to the top left of the card using foam pads. I then dotted the golden yellow starfish and seashells about the card front.

Thanks for stopping by, please join us at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge.