Hello! We are starting another challenge today at Double Trouble.
The requirement by Thing 1 is to include some stitching on your card. Any kind is OK – real, die cuts, or even hand drawn. If you do that you can enter your card in the gallery.
Thing 3 has the optional twist to include a mythical or magical creature on your card. If you do this you can also do Thing 2’s double dare, which is to enter your card in our partner challenge, The Fairy and the Unicorn.
Both the stamp and die cut I used for my card have been sitting in my stash for a long time, and I don’t know where they came from or who made them. The image was colored and cut out, and the die cut was used to create the opening, along with some bubbles, the seaweed, and the other small details. I made the blue background with some distress oxide inks and added some translucent embossing paste over it to create the bubbles (look very faint in the background but a bit shiny in real life). I colored on the die cut piece and layered on some additional fish, bubbles, and stars for dimension.
Joining these additional challenges:
Little Red Wagon #688 – “Sea” You Then
Cut It Up #269 – Anything goes with a die cut
Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge – anything goes
OMGosh your card is lovely!! Your image is adorable. Thank you for joining the Outlawz Festive Friday challenge.
That mermaid is so cute and I love the elements around the focal image!
Melanie: Fin-tastic card!!! 🙂 Just had to do a pun! The stitched lines’ curves remind me of waves! So that makes an extra special detail! The underwater scene is really great! Always love seeing mermaids linked at TFATU! Thanks! –Becca/owner
What a super cute card, Melanie! I love how you’ve framed your mermaid. And all that texture is wonderful…the fish, the bubbles, the seaweed; it looks like she’s in an aquarium. Your image coloring is spot on and coordinates so well with the other colors you’ve chosen. Thanks so much for linking this beauty up with our LRW ‘Sea’ theme challenge this week. We hope to SEA you again, soon! – Shani
Love your distressed ink water and all the cute embellishments you added to create your sea scene and your little mermaid is adorable… fun when you find something in your stash perfect for this challenge.
Lovely cute card
Oh, how sweet!!! Your little die cut scene is adorable and so is your cutie little mermaid! Thanks for playing with Cut It Up Challenge.
That darling little mermaid with all the bubbles are her is so cute! I love all the elements you added around her to make it the perfect little ocean scene. The stitched oval window is perfect too 🙂
This is such a cute mermaid Melanie! Love the scene. Thank you for sharing with us over here at The Fairy and the Unicorn Challenge and best of luck with your entry. Love to see you join in each month. Thank you.
Gale DT for
https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/
We are delighted you chose to share your creation with us at Cut It Up!
Please do come back again!
All the best, Jackie DT xxx
Ooooo, this is such a fun, sweet card. Thank you for joining our Cut It Up Anything Goes challenge.
Hugs,
Larelyn (CIU owner)