Sunny Studio - Valentine Mermaids Shaker Card

Hey there,

I'm thrilled to be back on the Sunny Studio blog with this new underwater shaker card showcasing the lovely mermaids from Mermaid Kisses. I've featured them two times already, here and here, and since tomorrow is Valentine's day, I thought it would be fun to create Valentine mermaids.

I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Mermaid Kisses - mermaids, seaweeds, tiny seashell, tiny starfish, small fish • Best Fishes - clown fish • Magical Mermaids - jellyfish, tiny fish, starfish, bubbles • Bighearted Bears - envelopes • Tropical Scenes - corals.

I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and created an underwater background using oxide inks. I first applied, from top to bottom, spun sugar and worn lipstick oxide inks. Next I placed a wave pattern stencil on my panel, and applied, from top to bottom, worn lipstick and festive berries oxide inks. I splattered water all over my panel, and dried it using a paper towel. I mixed copic opaque white ink with water and added more splatters using a slim brush, and then did the same with festive berries oxide ink.

Once my panel was dry, I used the Window Trio Heart Landscape die to cut three hearts out of my panel. Next I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches pink panel, placed my underwater panel on top, put the three hearts back on their original spots and glued them on the pink panel using liquid glue. I stuck a piece of acetate at the back of the underwater panel, added foam strips all the around the heart windows and on the rest of the panel, poured some iridescent heart confetti and a mix of polymer clay confetti inside each heart window, peeled the backing papers off the foam strips, and attached the pink panel to the foam strips to close my shaker panel.

Next I attached the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, and applied white blizzard nuvo drops to the bubbles and hearts on the envelopes to make them sparkle. For my greeting, I stamped "Fintastic" from Fintastic Friends on the middle heart using white stazon ink, I white heat embossed "Life with you is" from Country Carnival on red cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner, and stuck it right above "Fintastic" using foam squares.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Window trio hearts landscape die

- Mermaid kisses stamp set

- Best fishes stamp set

- Magical mermaids stamp set

- Bighearted bears stamp set

- Tropical scenes stamp set

- Country carnival stamp set

- Fintastic friends stamp set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Ohuhu markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: spun sugar, worn lipstick, festive berries

- Wavy lines stencil by My Favorite Things

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Liquid stardust by Lawn Fawn

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- Memento tuxedo black ink (images)

- White stazon ink

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Iridescent heart confetti by Studio Katia

- Heart clay confetti by Dress My Craft

- Acetate by Lawn Fawn

- Red cardstock by The Stamp Market

- 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)