Sunday 14 July 2013

Mermaid to measure

Mermaids <3
These mermaids can be found here.
I painted them with acrylic paint
and nail polish.

























The stitched border is made on my sewing machine. The cord is made with stickles - cinnamon. I found the template for the cord here at PaperCraft Inspirations. The fish template can be found here. The little frog on a stone comes from a flower basket I once had. 

The shells were found at the beach in southern Sweden (almost Denmark lol). I lived down there when I studied at the social work school. I used to say I lived in Denmark, cause well... southern Sweden used to be Danish hehe. I lived so down south that I sometimes went through Denmark when I wanted to get from one southern Swedish city to another (oh well that was when I missed the last night train in Sweden... so I had to go through Denmark to get back home in time hehe. Call it bad planning). 

The waves were found in a Polish storybook from 1986 (Pan Maluskiewicz i wieloryb). I used the same waves here. I find the illustrations in older Polish storybooks to be very artistic (just look here for other examples and maybe you'll understand why I think so). I painted the sky background.The moon with the cloud comes from Pan Maluskiewicz i wieloryb as well.

The text "Just swimming by to say hi" was created with the JLR Waves font. 

I would like to participate in the following challenge:
Crazy 4 challenges: Marine Life

With love,
Wiola

15 comments:

  1. Beautiful, and so clever to use nail polish! Thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans. :)

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  2. I love mermaids too! Great coloring and details here! Thanks for joining us at the CC&CC "Life's A Beach" challenge!

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    1. Yay - mermaids are cool. :) Thank you!

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  3. Very Pretty card Wiola I also love Mermaids :)

    Thanks for joining us for this weeks challenge at Charisma Cardz

    Hugs Mandy DT xxx

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    1. Thank you, Mandy! :) I see that you also like glitter. Yay - glitter is so fun.

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  4. Cute, cute, cute! Really sweet mermaids, and such bright sunny colors. SO happy to have you play along with us at CC&CC for our Life's A Beach challenge. Joanne

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  5. OOOH!!! Looks like they're having a party! Adorable card and such fun embellies. Thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans. xxD

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    1. Haha totally, they are. :D I should have made this into a birthday card instead. Hehe. Oh and thank You.

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  6. A super creation. So much detail and texture. Thanks for sharing with us at Hobbycutz Challenges and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  7. Wow, so much to see on your card! Lovely! Thank you for sharing with us at Card Crafter's Circle!

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    1. Thank you, Jennifer! How kind of you to say.

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  8. lovely card thanks for sharing with us at 2 sisters Tracy x

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