Showing posts with label Magical Mermaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magical Mermaid. Show all posts

Saturday, March 7, 2026

The Moonstone Castle Mystery

Happy Saturday and welcome to the fortieth Nancy Drew Challenge!  Today we are investigating The Moonstone Castle Mystery:


I do have a matte cover of this as well, which you'll see in the pics with the cards.  I'm not sure if Nancy's dress is yellow or edging towards chartreuse, it looks more greenish in person.  We're doing all primary colors here with Bess in blue and George in red, with a very interesting sunset sky behind the titular castle.  This is similar to the covers for Old Stagecoach and Golden Pavilion with the girls looking away from us, except this time we see their entire bodies instead of just from the waist up.

Case file:  Carson asks for Nancy's help with a missing persons case, which leads her, Bess, and George to Deep River to find out what happened to Joanie Horton, who disappeared after her grandmother died fifteen years ago.  Nancy receives a moonstone in the mail with a mysterious note, and upon arriving in Deep River (original name:  Moonstone Valley, which is way cooler) she investigates a mysterious castle (why does my town not have a castle?!) and spends a lot of time getting all the hot goss from an old lady at a tea room called the Brass Kettle.  The case ends up pretty dark though, between kidnapping, theft, and elder abuse, but Nancy gets all the bad guys behind bars in the end.

Here's my first card:


Nancy is always cruising around in her convertible and actually she goes through quite a few cars over the course of the series, I think Carson has bought her at least two new cars so far and she's had her car stolen or wrecked several times as well.  So anyway, it was high time to make a card based on Nancy's wheels.  Carson bought her a yellow convertible in The Haunted Showboat, but we don't have Crushed Curry Blends (still a little irked about that, Stampin' Up!) so I made a red convertible to go on the map background.


I chose red for George's dress and the yellow more for the sunset sky than Nancy's dress, which like I said looks a bit more chartreuse to me.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Classic Convertibles, Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Crushed Curry, Stampin' Blends in Real Red, Smoky Slate, Pool Party
Paper:  Real Red, Crushed Curry, Thick Basic White, Classic Garage DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals, Tinsel Gems

I couldn't stop there, so here's my second card:


When I sat down to make cards for this book I discovered a very surprising dearth of castle images in my stamp collection.  There's one in Chase Your Dreams but it is Neuschwanstein in Bavaria and I cannot see it as anything else; there's a turret in Provencal but I already used that for another book and I can't think of any more castles in my collection.  So I ordered this Build-a-Castle die from La La Land Crafts.


I chose a sky pattern from the Everyday Skies DSP Stack, they didn't have a yellow one like on the book but I chose a Balmy Blue pattern to go with Bess's dress and it still has some warm colors in it.  I wanted something sparkly to go with the moonstone theme of the book so I used silver glimmer paper.  I scrunched up some plastic wrap and used that to ink up the Garden Green card base just to give it some extra texture.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Chase Your Dreams
Ink:  Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Garden Green
Paper:  Garden Green, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Everyday Skies DSP Stack, Silver Glimmer
Accessories:  Build-a-Castle dies from La La Land Crafts, Dimensionals, Wonderful Gems

Then I was like wait a minute, don't I have white glimmer paper?  I want to use that to look more like moonstone.  And I bought a *second* castle die so this time I have three cards and here's the third one:


Somehow the picture turned out looking very pink and I still don't have a Mac to edit the photos properly but trust me, the castle is white glimmer paper.  I got the die on Amazon.  


I thought the colors in the Tea Boutique DSP Stack matched the cover pretty well, and though I didn't use any of the tea-related patterns, Nancy and her chums do spend a lot of time at a tea room in Deep River asking the old lady to spill the tea on the town and its inhabitants.  And also there's a boating accident in this book because Nancy is forever having boat accidents.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Sweet Sorbet
Paper:  Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green, Basic White, Tea Boutique DSP Stack, Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  castle die from Tnyvm?,  Layering Ovals dies, Sparkle Dot Essentials, Dimensionals

I think The Moonstone Castle Mystery is an enjoyable addition to the Nancy Drew series, though like I said the crimes she uncovers are pretty dark (we have elder abuse like in The Password to Larkspur Lane and kidnapping a child).  Overall I give it three and a half stars because I'm disappointed they never explain why there's a castle in Deep River/Moonstone Valley and that is the number one thing I wanted to know going into this book.  If you're inspired to make a card for this book, leave me a comment below, and come back next Saturday when Nancy investigates The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes.  Cheers!

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

More Mermaids, Please

Hey y'all!  I'm on Day 3 of my new workout/diet regimen and I accidentally loaded the wrong workout and did lower body instead of upper.  It's okay though, I still worked out and so far I'm doing okay on the program.  And this is two days in a row that I haven't needed an alarm to wake up...well, I am frequently awake around 5 a.m. even when I don't want to be.

Yesterday was a tough day with Ryan, who was being extra super spectacularly two (I had to go have a talk with him in the nursery at the Y because he wasn't behaving, then after we got home he spilled chocolate milk all over the couch and then intentionally locked me out of the house), so when naptime arrived I was extra super spectacularly glad to have a break :)  After I set up dinner in the crockpot (which I was then too tired to eat last night), I went in my craft room and made this:


I know I just did a mermaid card recently (and I even mailed that one out yesterday, one day after my friend's birthday, oops) but I had to use that stamp again because of the challenge at Fusion:


Most of the time I jot down challenge information in a little notebook and then take that back to my craft room, and for this one I only wrote down "pastel mermaid" and I thought I remembered a lot of purple so that's what I went with for my card.  This is the first time I've used the mermaid tail upside down :)

I combined that challenge with the Global Design Project sketch:


And I can also enter this at Retro Rubber:


Magical Mermaid is just over two years old; Free As a Bird (the sentiment) was just released this past summer when the new catty came out so it's not retro yet.  I was looking through my stamps for a sentiment that would fit on my card, and I just thought that one was so amusing with the mermaid tail that I had to go for it.  For a bit more retro-ness, I busted out some fancy scissors for my waves!  Dude, I've had those scissors for over twenty years.  Also, you can't tell from the photo because it was so dark out by the time I took it, but I sponged Balmy Blue ink on the background of the mermaid's tail, and then I used Balmy Blue Blends to color in some clear rhinestones.  First time I've ever tried that and I like it :)

Ryan is already awake as I type this, but I refuse to get him up before 7 a.m. just on principle so I'm going to go relax for a half hour.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU! except the scissors
Stamps:  Magical Mermaid, Free As a Bird
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron, Stampin' Blends in Highland Heather and Balmy Blue
Paper:  Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron, Thick Whisper White, Tranquil Textures DSP (retired)
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, rhinestones, Dimensionals, patterned scissors from Fiskars

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Mermaid Wishes

Hey y'all!  Hope your week is off to a good start.  I ran yesterday for the first time in about a month and man, I'm feeling it.  But Ryan took a nice long nap yesterday, so I got some work done on a couple of scrapbook layouts and made a card for a friend's upcoming birthday!


It was already getting dark outside by the time I took the picture of this, so the color is a bit off in the picture.  And of course you can't see the sparkle on her tail at all, I painted the whole tail with Wink of Stella and it looks really pretty and sparkly IRL.

I started with the Global Design Project challenge:


I chose to CASE the layout.  I don't have a large stitched square die, but I managed to make a square with my rectangle dies and I'm pretty proud of it.  I ran it through like normal the first time, then rotated my die-cut paper 90 degrees and lined it up with one of the long sides on the rectangle.  Then I ran it through again, only going far enough to snip the one side hanging out of the die, if that makes sense.  Instant square.

My colors are courtesy of Just Add Ink:


When I sat down to make a card, I had been planning to do something with a woodsy scene, but then I saw Magical Mermaid and this color challenge popped into my brain and I had to make a mermaid card instead.  As it happens, I used many muy multiple coloring methods on this:  sponging, watercoloring, Stampin' Blends, and regular markers.


Here's my other photo of the card, without the flash this time.  Still can't see the sparkle, but you can tell the mermaid is popped up on Dimensionals ;)

Have a magical mermaidy day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pear Pizzazz, Coastal Cabana, Close to Cocoa, Petal Pink Blends
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dimensionals, Glitter Enamel Dots

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

SUO Challenges Goes CAS

Hey y'all!  It's time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!


This time around, the challenge is to make a Clean and Simple (CAS) card, which means limiting layers and embellishments and leaving white space.  A lot of times, CAS cards start with a white card base, but since I like to be different, I wanted to make a card with a different color for the base that's still CAS.  So here is my CAS mermaid:


I sponged Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, and Night of Navy ink on the card base, stamped some of the splatter dots in Night of Navy, then heat embossed the mermaid with Shimmer White embossing powder (that stuff is SO COOL!).  After I embossed, I decided the background needed to be a little darker, so I sponged on more Night of Navy ink...yeah, I'd recommend you do that *before* you emboss with the shimmer powder because now I've got a bunch of glitter stuck to my ink pad.  Learn from my mistakes, y'all!

Anyway, I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of Coastal Cabana, die cut it and added some rhinestones before adhering it to the card with some Dimensionals.  Voila!  A CAS card with a Coastal Cabana base and just two layers.  Three stamps, three colors of ink, and some embossing powder.

Your turn now!  Share your CAS creation on the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Versamark
Paper:  Coastal Cabana
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes Framelits, Shimmer White embossing powder, rhinestones, Dimensionals

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Greatest Octopus

Hey kids!  Are you having trouble getting up and moving after the long weekend?  I only missed working out yesterday but I feel like I missed more than that.  Probably has something to do with the iced pumpkin coffee cake I made for breakfast on Sunday.  Ha!


It's been a little while since I made a card with this octopus and I am still totally stuck on what to name him/her.  Any suggestions?  I mean, as this card says, this is the GREATEST octopus.

Say hello to the Inkspire Me color challenge:


I think this is the first time I've seen Gorgeous Grape crop up on a color challenge and I am HERE for it!  Actually all three of these colors are new as of this summer's color revamp.  Balmy Blue and I are very good friends, and I used Soft Sea Foam on a recent scrapbook layout.

Here's the latest sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch:


Pretty cool, huh.

Okay, I'm gonna go feed everyone breakfast and then Ryan and I are gym-bound.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sea of Textures, Magical Mermaid, Tropical Chic
Ink:  Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Under the Sea Framelits, Dimensionals

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Mermaid Experiment

Hey y'all!  As fate would have it, I have another watercolor card today, but this time I thought I'd try an experiment.


I stamped the mermaid with Versamark and heat set with clear embossing powder, then watercolored her.  I had to do some "sea" around her or else you wouldn't be able to see the outline.  I dunno, I think it's kind of a cool effect.  Wish I'd had a bit more time to fine-tune the watercoloring, but the kiddo woke up and INSISTED that he needed out of his crib RIGHT NOW so I was working as fast as I could.  That's also why the photo angle is a bit wonky--it was late afternoon and I was trying to get a halfway decent photo of a card that refuses to lie flat.

So, two challenges for today.  First off is the alternate version of the Fall-To Layout:


And second is the color challenge from Global Design Project:


I added some Blushing Bride for the mermaid's skin, and just a smidgen of Lemon Lime Twist for the seaweed in her hair.  The Lovely Lipstick hair reminds me of Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

That's it for me today, peeps.  And how is it August already?  But you know what that means...as soon as September 1 arrives, I will make ALL THE PUMPKIN THINGS.  Oh yeah, I can't wait to make some iced pumpkin coffee cake!  Highly recommend that recipe.  It might be my very favorite pumpkin recipe, and I loves me some pumpkin.  But for now, it's still hot, humid, and swampy.  C'mon FALL!

Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Versamark, Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lipstick, Blushing Bride, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy
Accessories:  Clear EP

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Hello Orchids

Mornin' y'all.  Man, kid has been doing his best HULK SMASH this week and I'm worn out.  Here's hoping that today goes better than yesterday.

So let's start the day with a card and new stamps!


I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with the Varied Vases stamp set (and coordinating punch, although I didn't use it for today's card).  I had to use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the scalloped "shelf", but other than that I was able to eyeball everything since it's a photopolymer stamp set.  And there's my Magical Mermaid speckles again, which I used here because I've seen (and owned) orchids with freckles.

I used the Fab Friday sketch:


I think my Tranquil Tide ribbon is retired, but oh well.  Everything else is current and I just needed something on that side of my card (I was going to skip the ribbon right up until the end of the creative process).

I also played along with this week's Just Us Girls trend:


I did a quick watercolor wash on watercolor paper and then hit it with my heat gun to dry it because I have no patience and I also have a 1-year-old who wakes up at the least opportune moment while I'm crafting.

Last up is the Sunday Stamps color challenge:


I read it as Basic Black, Tranquil Tide, Crumb Cake, and So Saffron.  I guess the last color would be a cross between Gray Granite and Whisper White but I concentrated on the other colors.  I also added a teeny pop of Berry Burst because my orchids needed it, and I've discovered that my Berry Burst ink pad is succumbing to the Dreaded Gold Sheen.  Dang it.

That's it for me today, y'all.  Have a good 'un!  And also happy birthday to my dad, who doesn't read this blog anyway :p

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Varied Vases, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tranquil Tide, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Berry Burst
Paper:  Basic Black, So Saffron, Thick Whisper White, Watercolor paper
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, retired Tranquil Tide ribbon, Dimensionals

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Lemon Sunshine

Hey y'all!  How's your day going?  I'm looking forward to Ryan's second swim lesson this afternoon.  His first lesson went well I thought, he smiled the whole time and didn't even mind getting dunked.  That kid loves the water.

Anywha, I've got a very sunny card to share today!


This reminds me of Ron's spell to turn his rat yellow in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone:

"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow,
Turn this stupid fat rat yellow!"
*excessive wand waving*

It didn't work, but maybe this card will work to put some sunshine in someone's day when I mail it out.  I sent out cards to my friend Tiana's daughters last week and they were both so excited to get mail.  Heck, I get excited to get mail (which might explain my Amazon addiction...).

My lemon sunshine card is a triple challenge effort.  First up is the color combination from Cupcake Inspiration:


Heyyy I only used the three colors called for!  Yay me.  I used Pineapple Punch for the yellow, I am enjoying all the new colors.  I need to work on building up my cardstock stash for the new shades though, I only have like three sheets of Pineapple Punch at the moment.

Next up (alphabetically) is Global Design Project's sketch:

And finally, this is my first time playing along at Just Us Girls:


I figured the color combination and this word prompt were made to go together and that's how I got my lemon wedges.  I put Wink of Stella on them too, which you can actually see in the picture if you click to embiggen.  It's a miracle!  That never shows up in pictures ;)

Hope you have a sunshiney day, y'all.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lemon Zest, Sunshine Sayings, Magical Mermaid (splatter, why is that my favorite stamp from this set?!)
Ink:  Pineapple Punch, Whisper White
Paper:  Pineapple Punch, Thick Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories:  White EP, white baker's twine, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, circle punch

Friday, June 15, 2018

Main Squeeze

Happy Friday, y'all!

Guess what.

Today's card does NOT have an octopus on it.


But it has just occurred to me that an octopus with that sentiment would be pretty funny :D. Watch this space, I'm sure that's coming soon now that I've thought of it.

Meet this week's Freshly Made Sketch:


And the Just Add Ink color challenge:


Greens and blues are my jam so I had to make something with these colors.  The limes are inked with Lemon Lime Twist (appropriate) and then I used a sponge dauber to sponge some Granny Apple Green around the edges, and then I painted the segments with Wink of Stella.  The background is just the wee splatter stamp from Magical Mermaid (sooo the mermaid is gorgeous but I think that splat is my favorite?) in Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, and Pacific Point.  Lots of colors but it's not overwhelming because it's teeny splats, I like it.

That's it for me today.  As soon as I feed Ryan his breakfast, we're off to the Y...I've been every day this week, woo!  It's nice because I'm doing fitness classes again, and I can have Ryan in the daycare for up to two hours, so sometimes I'll do an hour-long class and then just read for a half hour while he plays and has fun and interacts with other kids (and adults, for that matter).  We've got him signed up for swim lessons next month too.

Cheers, y'all!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lemon Zest, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper:  Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Tailored Tag punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Flamingo Dragon

So the whole time Flirty Flamingo was an In Color, I couldn't really figure out what to do with it, but all of a sudden since we found out it's joining the regular color lineup I keep using it.  And today I have a pink dragon!


I love love love this stamp set.  And happily for me, the Cupcake Inspiration challenge is to make a card with a magical creature on it!  Also, how gorgeous is that silver washi tape?  I almost never buy washi tape because I forget that I have it.  Yep, I've had that tape for months and this is the first time I've used it.


Take a look at the Just Add Ink inspiration photo:


I took the aqua, pink, and yellow tones in this picture and translated them as Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, and Crushed Curry.

Finally, here's this week's sketch challenge from the Paper Players:


That red bar would be a great place for a sentiment, but I couldn't find one I wanted to use that fit in that space, hence the washi tape.  Inside it says I hope you have a magical day.

Ryan is getting antsy so I'm going to go get him some Cheerios.   Hope you have a magical day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Day, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Shimmery White, Color Theory DSP
Accessories:  Magical Mates Framelits, Magical Day washi tape, Dimensionals

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Baby Bear

Bonus card this week because I'm an overachiever! :) And guess what?  It's not flowers.


I love bears (my college mascot!) but I haven't used this stamp set very much.  I've had more luck with it since I started using my piercing mat as a pad when using photopolymer stamps, but even then I had some ink coverage issues this time around.  But Baby Bear ended up looking okay.  And he fits in with this week's SUO Challenge:


I also used the color combination from Inkspire Me:


I really like Wild Wasabi, I'll miss it.  For the additional color, I added Soft Suede...used that on the bear with Early Espresso to get some nice shading on it.  You can't see much white on my card, but I did stamp the bear on white ;)

Finally, here's this week's sketch from Retro Rubber:


Baby Bear is almost two years old because I got him one October when SU! did a sale on select stamp sets, but then I didn't use him for months afterwards.  The speckles on the background are from Magical Mermaid, but she's not quite a year old yet so she doesn't count as retro.  I did leave off the small circular element from the sketch because I couldn't think of anything to put there.  Alternatively you could say I moved that element to the bear and it's his gold bow.

That's it for me today.  I'm going to go see Solo!!!!  Can't get a babysitter, so I'm going to see it solo.  And I will make that pun all day long.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Baby Bear, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Versamark
Paper:  Wild Wasabi, Thick Whisper White, gold foil
Accessories:  Gold EP, Dimensionals

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Splashy Mermaid

Okay so can you tell that I'm in love with the new Magical Day stamp set and matching dies?  Three days in a row!  But come on, how could I resist a stamp set that includes a dragon, a unicorn, a mermaid, and more?

Oh yeah, mermaid!


There are actually THREE SU! stamp sets now with a mermaid in them, and I managed to use all three on this card.  The main image mermaid is from Magical Day, the sentiment is from Message in a Bottle, and the little background stamp (click to embiggen the picture) is from Magical Mermaid.

Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:


The Lemon Lime Twist patterned paper is one of the Sale-a-Bration options, it's called Bubbles & Fizz.  I don't intend to get the Occasions stamp set that matches it, but man I'm in lurve with that patterned paper!  There's a Bermuda Bay pattern with stars and I am hoarding that already.  Love it.

Well, kid and I have to skedaddle if I'm going to get to yoga on time.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Day, Magical Mermaid, Message in a Bottle
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Calypso Coral, Basic Black
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Shimmery White, Bubbles & Fizz DSP
Accessories:  Magical Mates Framelits, Iridescent Sequins, Mini Dimensionals, watercolor pencils

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Magical Dragon Birthday

After yesterday's card, you would think I'd swear off Peekaboo Peach for a while, but...


Well, I'm surprised too.  But I think maybe it works better on this card?  I wish the glitter on the Myths & Magic DSP hadn't reflected so you could see the colors on it; the top wizard is wearing Tangerine Tango and the dude who looks like he's going on a quest (center) is wearing black.  The wizard on the bottom is in Dapper Denim, and I ended up making my dragon the same color with some Pool Party accents and then his back ridges are Old Olive like the quest guy's under-cloak.  Anyway, back to the peach part--I started out with it in Tangerine Tango, but it just felt like Too Much Orange, so I did the peach instead, then stamped the flames with Tangerine Tango for a fiery background I thought was appropriate for a dragon.  I know a certain dragon-loving girl who will get this for her birthday this summer (provided I remember this card when the time comes).

I used the awesome sketch from Sunday Stamps:


And that's all she wrote today.  Now I need to decide whether or not we're going to the gym...there's some snow outside.  Not a lot, but still, it's snow.  Y'all have a magical day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Day, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Basic Black, Dapper Denim, Pool Party, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango
Paper:  Peekaboo Peach, Basic Black, Pool Party, Shimmery White, Myths & Magic DSP
Accessories:  Magical Mates Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Leafy Thanks

Mornin', y'all.  Is it fall yet?  I'm so done with sultry super-humid weather...bring on fall and sweater weather!!


Also since I gave Tiana about 85% of my card stash (thank you cards and everything else), I'm working on rebuilding my stash.  Need lots more thank you cards, and thinking of you, and birthday...pretty much everything.

So today I started with the Fall-To Layout from Clean & Simple Stamping:


This week's Retro Rubber Challenge was super easy:


I happened to use the same combination of older stamps on this card for another Retro Rubber Challenge; Vintage Leaves is two years old and One Big Meaning is one year old.  The wee splatter stamp is from Magical Mermaid and will probably be my most-used stamp from that set because I loves me a good splat :)

Colors are courtesy of Sunday Stamps


I used Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide, and Peekaboo Peach for colors 2, 4, and 5 on the graphic.  I wanted to work in some Rich Razzleberry but it just wouldn't work for my card.  Such a pretty inspiration pic though.

Sounds like the hubs just finished feeding the baby...so maybe we're going for a walk now.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Vintage Leaves, One Big Meaning, Magical Mermaid
Ink:  Peekaboo Peach, Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy
Paper:  Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, Watercolor Paper, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories:  Tranquil Tide ribbon