Showing posts with label mermaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mermaid. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2025

**MAGICAL MONSTERS** Fantasy IG Hop!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Sunday of the month, and that means it's time for the Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!  I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.

Our theme for March is Magical Monsters!!  When I think about a magical monster, I instantly thought about Ursula in The Little Mermaid!  Not only is she one of the best villains, she has a FABULOUS song!


Just a few challenges:


Be sure to hop through everyone's cards on Instagram!  Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!  Laters!!

Sunday, May 5, 2024

**MER-MAY** Fantasy Inspired IG Hop!!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Sunday of the month, and that means it's time for the Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!  I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.


Our theme this month is Mermay, and you know I love me some mermaids!  I hadn't used this die from Lawn Fawn yet, so I got to die cutting and made this layered scene.  I absolutely love how those waves look!


Just a few challenges:

Be sure to visit Instagram to follow along with the rest of the hop and see how everyone else was inspired.  Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!!  Laters!!


Friday, September 15, 2023

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with the Creative Crafters!!

Happy middle-of-the-month!  It's the fifteenth and that means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Crafters!  As always our challenge is Anything Goes!!!  I made this card using one of the sketches from this quarter's challenge at Kendra's Card Challenges!  So so fun to create outside the group of fifteen cards.




Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog, play along with us and check out the other DT's projects as well!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Man Plans......

In preparation for National Craft Month, which begins tomorrow, I've decided that I'm going to plan EVERYTHING out this year.  I have themes and dates picked out ahead of time.  I have stacks of patterned paper selected.  I've tested ink pads.  I've got ideas.

Wonder how this is gonna go?

I did a little digging in my blog history.  I've been doing this every March since 2015.  Boy, has my style changed over the years, and I'm not entirely sure it's for the better.  It is what it is though, right?

I sometimes hate that term, btw.

The past few years I've hit a few creative snags.  My hope is that everything goes smoothly this year.

Semi-smoothly.

I just wanna make and post at least 31 cards.

Is that too much to ask??

I guess we'll see tomorrow.

In the meantime, here's a card to get my mojo kicked off!


I've also planned a few goals for this month.  Techniques I want to do/try, products I wanna use.  Posting the list here for accountability :D

  1. Flat Shaker card
  2. Hot Foiling (Already done this year here and here)
  3. Adhesive foiling
  4. Simon Hurley Lunar Paste
  5. Use faux leather
  6. Use printed transparency
  7. Use character resins
  8. Use brads/eyelets
  9. Funky Fold Card
  10. Shaped Card
  11. At least one Christmas card

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

31 Days of Crafting - Day Twenty-Nine - You Are SpeSHELL!

Hi all!  Would you even believe that someone looked at this card as I was assembling it and said, "You spelled SPECIAL wrong?"  😜  Anyways, you know me and mermaids.  I love mermaids.  This card was really fun to make, it's got a lot going on.



Just a few challenges:


Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

Sunday, March 6, 2022

**TWO BY TWO** New Challenge with A Place To Start!

Happy March!  It's a new challenge at A Place To Start and our theme this month is Two By Two!  This does NOT actually mean to make a Noah's Ark card, it means use two of SOMETHING, ANYTHING on your project.

My card is a bit busy.  It has two mermaids, two layers of the frame, two pieces of seaweed, I couldn't stop myself.  There's things stamped on the background too but you can't really tell.


Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog, play along and check out all the other DT's awesome projects!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

Thursday, March 4, 2021

31 Days of Crafting - Day Four - ALWAYS Be A Mermaid

Happy Thursday!  It's so cold out today, which is a real horse of a different color after the record cold two weeks ago and the fifties over the weekend!  Michigan and it's insane, schizophrenic weather!  Anyways, I'm missing sundresses and flip flops, so I made a mermaid card.  SIDENOTE I love Cricut holographic vinyl.  SO.  MUCH.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

STAMPtember - Day Three - Be A Mermaid

So I'm not giving up summer yet.  Granted, it's HOT and mermaids are year-round anyway, but still.  Not giving up.  I love mermaids and hope to make at least one more mermaid project this month.  This was a fun card to make.  I knocked out several of them to donate to Cards for Soldiers.


Just a few challenges:





Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

Monday, September 30, 2019

STAMPtember - Day Thirty - Lookout for Wonder

Happy Monday!!  I cannot believe this month is over already!!!  It's been a whirlwind, that's for sure!  Lots of new stamps may or may not have come into my craft room over the past thirty days, and I've definitely gotten some great cards made.  I just love this time of year because it's fall which means Halloween and my birthday and CHRISTMAS!!  My favorite season lemme tell ya. Anyways, with this last farewell to warm weather I made--wait for it--a  mermaid card!


To make my mermaid card even more special, I used mermaid sequins!!!




Lots of challenges to end the month:




Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!!

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

**ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES** New Challenge with A Inky Mess!!!

Hi everyone!!  It's the 25th and that means a new challenge at A Inky Mess!!  Our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes!  We don't have a sponsor and since it's so humid out I made a mermaid card!


Some challenges for this super fun card:



Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the DT created  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

Monday, March 25, 2019

**ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES** New Challenge with A Inky Mess!!

Hi everyone!!  It's the 25th and that means a new challenge at A Inky Mess!!  Our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes!  I had a blast this month creating a layered oceanic card.



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the DT created  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

Monday, September 24, 2018

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Four - Up Where They Walk.....

....Up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun....sorry got off on a tangent there.  The Little Mermaid is one of my favorite Disney movies and Ariel has always been one of my most favorite princesses, second only to Belle.  I really think I'd like to make a set of these, but this is a good start.


I just loooooooove how it came out!


Yes I pieced that tail together one piece at a time!!

This was my first piece like this, I'd like to make a more detailed one next time.  I gain more confidence with each piece!

Several challenges for this gorgeous princess:



  • DLArt Linky Party
  • Artistic Inspirations - #207 Anything Goes
  • My Besties Spanish Challenge - #51 Anything Goes
  • A Bit More Time To Craft - #76 Anything Goes
  • Creatalicious - #147 Anything Goes
  • Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
  • Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
  • Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
  • Happy Little Stampers - Anything Mixed Media Goes
  • More Mixed Media - Anything Goes
  • heARTful Stamping - #49 Anything Goes with a Stamp 1/2
  • Creative Artiste - #42 Anything Mixed Media Goes 1/3
  • Digi Doodle Challenges - #9 Mythical/Magical 1/3



  • Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

    Saturday, August 25, 2018

    For the Love of Unity Day Seven - Flapping My Fins

    I can't believe it's the end of my week with Unity Stamps!  I've had so much fun!  Today's card uses a mermaid from one of Unity's KOM sets.  It's a subscription I HIGHLY recommend!!!


    Lots of challenges to round out my week:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

    Sunday, August 19, 2018

    For the Love of Unity Day One - Mermaid Shake

    So the last few years, I was part of Unity Stamp Company's Growing in Unity program, to promote their stamps and share the love for their awesome designs.  I'm not a part of that this year, but I still wanted to make a bunch of cards with their amazing stamps and devote a week of my blog to their amazingness.  So this year I'm calling it For the Love of Unity and today is Day One.

    I've actually been sort of lazy with my blog this summer.  I've taken time off to just create and ignore all the monotonous writing and posting and entering of challenges but I think I'm ready to get back to routine with it.

    I wanted to start today with a mermaid card!!!  You all know I love mermaids and Unity has some amazing mermaid stamps like this one, Adella Girl.


    I'm kicking off this week with a bunch of challenges:



    Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!!

    Tuesday, August 14, 2018

    Free Floating - Brea Reese Brand Ambassador Post

    Happy Tuesday!!  It's time for my latest Brea Reese brand ambassador post, and yes, it's another mermaid project!!!  I'm so into them this year!!!  The idea for this card actually began from a piece of scrap paper I'd been watercoloring on top of.  The colors had seeped out in a sort of messy striping and I just loved how it looked!!  I used my artsy best friend, Brea Reese Glitter Inks for the background, and colored the card with the Glitter Inks, Watercolor Inks, Fineliner Pens and Glitter Water Brushes!


    I didn't want really defined stripes, so I painted all the Lake Blue stripes first.  Then I filled in the spaces with Ultramarine Blue and semi-blended them together with Liquid Glitter.  That stuff is incredible!  The Sea Creatures die cuts were colored with Glitter Inks as well. 

    Be sure to check out the Glitter Inks and all the other Brea Reese products!!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

    Tuesday, July 31, 2018

    I'd Rather Be A Mermaid - Brea Reese Brand Ambassador Post!!

    Happy Tuesday!!  It's time for my latest Brea Reese brand ambassador post, and since I feel summer is starting to slip away from me, I made a mermaid card!!  Ya'all know I love mermaids!!  I created my awesome oceany background by first applying White Texture Paste through a stencil to watercolor cardstock.  I let it dry and then painted over it with my favorite product, Glitter Inks!!



    I used Ultramarine Blue and Lake Blue to create the ocean.  I didn't want a real clear blend between the colors, and I drug my paintbrush across the watercolor paper in a kind of scalloped pattern to create the look of crashing waves.

    The mermaid I colored with Alcohol Markers, primarily the Jewel set.  I used heavyweight cardstock so the markers would blend like butter.  Love these!

    Be sure to check out the Glitter Inks and all the other Brea Reese products!!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018

    **SUMMER** New Challenge with A Snowflake's Promise!!

    Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at A Snowflake's Promise and as always our theme is Summer!  We don't have a sponsor this challenge so we could make whatever we wanted!  I always think of the water when I think of summer, so of COURSE I made a(nother) mermaid card!


    Just a few challenges:


    Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT have created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

    Friday, July 6, 2018