Mermaid Dreams Shaker Card

 

                                                           

                          The ocean is a busy place

                          Full of wondrous things,

                          But in the deep blue-green sea

                          Is where mermaids go to dream,

                          Their special secret dreams. 

     

                                                            L. K.

Because it is summer, I wanted to do an underwater card.  The wave die by Whimsy gave me a a base for this shaker card.  To make deeper wells for the shaky stuff, I cut two foam sheets. These were glued together and topped with a card stock die cut piece. An acetate rectangle went between the die cut card stock layer and the foam ones. A card stock rectangle was used to back the piece and two different printed card stocks (from a Whimsy 6x6 pack) were cut with the die to fill in the windows.  Before sealing in the windows, sequins were added to the wells.  Be careful not to put in too many or your card will be super busy like mine....LOL!  The little sea creatures, mermaid, and seaweed were stamped, colored in with Copic pens, coated with Glossy Accents, and fussy cut out before gluing down.

 The mermaid, of course, is my favorite part of the card. I love how the tiny sequins made perfect scales for her.  She is lying on a sand bar that was enhanced by Hero Arts sand embossing powder.  The words for this card were from the Whimsy stamp set, stamped in white ink and heat embossed with white detail powder onto blue card stock which was then hand cut and glued down.  Oh yes, I added some acrylic bubble dots to make the card even more...uh, exciting!  More bling is more bling right?

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