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Tulle Shaker Mermaid Cards

Supplies, Stamps, How to, Tools, Crafts, Diy, Color, Cards, Graphic, Coloring, Paper craftingGabriela SimsComment

So I have been working on the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge and I have spent about 5 days on these, but I am so happy with the result. 

 

All boxed up. 

All boxed up. 

I started by stamping all of my mermaids and coloring them, and then fussy cut them all.

 

A school of mermaids. 

A school of mermaids. 

Then I did some distress ink backgrounds to resemble water and then sewed tulle around the edge to make shaker pockets.

I sewed circles on to make pockets. 

I sewed circles on to make pockets. 

Then I used my We R Memory Keepers DIY Confetti Punch to make "Bubbles" out of glitter paper and trimmed down the tulle.

 

Almost done. 

Almost done. 

Finally I sewed up the tops and attached them to A2 sized note cards. 

 

Done. 

Done. 

I boxed them up with envelopes to complete the set and shipped them to a friend. 

 

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I hope you try some new ways to make shaker cards and you have the chance to send someone happy mail! Happy crafting! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day -Day 7

Crafts, Graphic, Color, Cards, Diy, Supplies, Stamps, Paper craftingGabriela Sims2 Comments

I'm a little behind, but here are some mermaids that are for a card set for a friend. These were done on Bristol paper with Copic Ciao markers. That's one of my favorite stamps and I stamped the image using Memento in Tuxedo Black. 

 

7 Mermaids waiting for their close up. 

7 Mermaids waiting for their close up. 

Surprisingly this didn't take that long, fussy cutting them was probably the most tedious part. I will post the completed set when they are done, happy crafting! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day - Day 3

Drawing, Crafts, Watercolor, Coloring, Tutorial, Cards, Paper crafting, Diy, Graphic, How to, ColorGabriela SimsComment

So I am really trying to keep up with this! I designed this card for one of my friends who does ballet workouts! I came up with the drawing, fussy cut it and then did a watercolor background. 

 

Making my drawing. 

Making my drawing. 

Marker outline. 

Marker outline. 

First layers of color. 

First layers of color. 

Almost done. 

Almost done. 

Finished. 

Finished. 

I used foam tape on my fit chick and cut a craft dowel down to make the barre. I have a post for Quick Quotes coming up soon and after that I will be reviewing the Zig Clean Color 48 pack. Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting! 

Gab about The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge

Cards, Stamps, Color, Paper crafting, How to, Crafts, Coloring, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

I try to color as often as I can and I am trying a bunch of different mediums, but this specific challenge is for markers, so for today's post, I've included a mix of watercolor and marker. 

 

A nice note for someone. 

A nice note for someone. 

I stamped my image and then used a Molotow masking pen to cover it while I did the watercolor background. Once that was dry, I peeled off the mask and did my coloring.  To finish it I added some rain stones from Paper Trey Ink and stamped the sentiment. 

These stamps are from Stampin' Up, the watercolors are Kuretake, and the markers are Copics. Check out the challenge (and a great website) at www.thedailymarker.com Happy crafting!