09 October 2021

Mermaid

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for my Great Great Niece Dorothy, who is 4 years old and such a little lady, that I had to make something feminine for her. 

I had a cut file from Lori Whitlock that I used as a pattern for the pop up card. I then went looking for paper and images to use. Luckily I have lots to choose from!

All are print and cut with extra layers on my digital die cutting machine. I had so much fun designing this for Dorothy. I started with looking for a mermaid and found a paper with lots on. I chose one and copied it from the paper in Photoshop. However I also had a digital stamp I thought I could use, indecision had me cut both out, but I chose the already coloured image. Call me lazy?

I added all the images to the pattern pieces.  After it was completed I used lots of glitter and sparkle, I thought she would like that. Shame you can't see how sparkly it is. I used fuchsia pink mirror card for the coral pieces, sentiment and age and silver for the shadow behind the sentiment and her age.
dp - sea layers Creative Fabrica
background sea/fish - ML Designs
mermaid - free paper Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine
fish - Printable Cuttable Creatables
wave - AW Aloha kit (2012)
font - KL Mermaid Tails Font Bundles
dies - First Edition 
Stickles
mirror card - The Range 

This is the layout of my images, I wasn't sure which mermaid to use, so I printed both and decided on the already coloured image. the digital image is by Paper Nest Dolls


Love to Craft#63 ATG - Yep!

Crafty Catz #567  ATG / Girly - Yep!

28 comments:

Shirley Young said...

Looks amazing Faith, love all the glitter. I made a template for this sort of card some time ago, took me ages to work out the measurements !! xxx

Janette said...

Oh I am sure little Dorothy will just love her card its so sweet.xx

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Faith, a sweet mermaid and lots of lovely underwater details - perfect for a young lady.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Faith fantastic card love the sweet image and design of your card. Thank you for all your kind words on my blog they are really appreciated. Alison x

crafty-stamper said...

Gorgeous girly card love the cute Mermaid and little fish
Carol x

Janis Lewis said...

Wonderful fun fold card! Thanks for visiting my blog!
:) Janis

Rosemary said...

Oh my goodness what a darling card, Faith! Your great great niece will absolutely adore it!

Mac Mable said...

Such a thoughtful card for Dorothy and love the clever design of it Faith x. All girly and pretty and such a wonderful underwater scene x.

Beebeebabs said...

Such a beautiful card - love the layout thanks for sharing!!!

Vicky Hayes said...

What a special card for your special GG Niece Faith! Such a lovely dimensional scene you've made - I'm in awe! Vicky x

Sue said...

Awww I'm sure little Dorothy will love this Faith it's really gorgeous hugs x

cuilliesocks said...

Oh my Faith, Dorothy will love this gorgeous card, you've designed it beautifully an such a cute mermaid, Kate x

Liz said...

This is just fabulous Faith, perfect for a four year old. Dorothy will love it! xx

Sarn said...

That's an adorable card for your GGNiece . . . am sure she loved it.

Thank you for all your support and lovely comments on my blog.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Hetty said...

Totally adorable card and I am sure Dorothy will love checking out all the images on your card.

Carol L said...

This is such a delightful and fun card for your 4 year-old GG niece! Love the underwater elements with that cute mermaid. Love the fishtail on that number 4 too - how clever and unique!

Shona Erlenborn said...

What an awesome underwater scene you have created for little Dorothy - I'm sure she will love it! Love each of the elements - the little mermaid is so cute!

Maria said...

Such a darling bday card for your great niece, Dorothy! A very sweet underwater scene along with the adorable mermaid! I'm sure she will love the awesome card!

tilly said...

What a beautiful design on your card for Dorothy, I'm sure she will love it, thanks for sharing at crafty catz challenge and hope you have a lovey day, Tilly

Pat K said...

Beautiful glittery card for your great great niece. Love the theme and fun fold too. xx

Aimeslee Winans said...

Hi Faith, got behind and trying to catch up! Oh, well isn't this just PERFECTLY girly! So nicely made and fab color choices, cool little touches, she will be treasuring this one for sure! xoxo

Linby said...

This is so cute and perfect for a little lady, love it as I am sure Dorothy did.

NanaConnie said...

What a darling card, Faith! Love the whole underwater scene and the sparkly/shiny papers are great.

Brenda said...

Awww, this is an adorable birthday card for your Great Niece Faith! I love all your attention to detail o this card and of course it has to have glitter and sparkle! So funny that your image is a Paper Nest Doll image, I have that (and another one) cartridge/all images myself. One of the first few I got for my die cutting machine years and years ago. lol Hugs, Brenda

Monica C. said...

I love this girly card! And the pop up functionality of it is so lovely. What little girl would not be delighted with this card.
Hugs Monica

Gail said...

A fabulous card! TFS

Helen F. said...

Your pop-up card is just adorable! What a special card for a sweet 4 year old.

Aimeslee Winans said...

I get to comment on your lovely mermaid again! Thank you for playing with us at Love to Craft Challenge and we hope to see you again next time!
XOXO, Aimeslee LTCCB DT
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