Under the Sea.....

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks. 

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Welcome to another challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, the theme for the next 10 days is "Gnome about it", you can use a Gnome or any other Magical Creature, I chose this sweet Mermaid because I don't have any Gnomes, this is something I need to fix ASAP.

This is the INSIDE

And this is what I used.

The Mermaid is from Stampendous

The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

The bubbles are from Memory Box

The "pebbles" on the ocean floor are stamped

with SU "Gorgeous Grunge" (retired)

The enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

The sentiment in front is from Power Poppy "Best Day Ever"

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Sassy Succulents"

The banner is from Spellbinders Shapablilities

I used Prismacolor pencils and shimmer watercolor paints.

I hope you'll hop over the SHOPPING OUR STASH Challenge blog and check out my teammates' awesome inspirational cards and then, come and play along with us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Hello Gorgeous!!!!!

Hello everyone: The new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH it's all about what's trendy out there in the crafting world.  I must confess I had NO idea what's trendy now a days so I had to Google this question and also, I ask my dear teammates for their suggestions.

There are a lot of things that I didn't know are trendy, like Cactus and Succulents, copper, mason jars, Mermaids, Macrame, burlap, Nuvo Drops, woo hoo!!!!!
So, because I love all kinds of Fantastic creatures I went with Mermaids, plus I was totally able to SHOP MY STASH and found some beautiful shells and sand from our Spring Brake vacations with our grandkids and also, some already made Nuvo Drops and a left over die cut I made with the Tissue Paper technique, so here is my card, hope you like it and get inspired to join us in our gallery.

This gorgeous Mermaid is from Stampendous and it's been just waiting to get inked up for months. I stamped her onto a piece of water color paper and colored it with water colors and Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Best Day Ever, the bubbles are from a set from Designs by Ryn.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

 

The sentiment and bubbles are from the same Power Poppy and Designs by Ryn sets.

I hope you come and play along with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH so you can see the awesome projects my teammates have there to inspire you.  Do not forget to stop by their blogs for details and to leave some blogging love.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.