Hey y'all! It's been a while, and I am so sorry for that! Things have been super busy here in our house. My oldest daughter started school this year. And let me tell you.....I am one tired mama! I forgot what the beginning of the school year feels like. We have been running around like crazy. I haven't really had the opportunity to get in the craft room like I've wanted. But I reckon there will be times like that, right?
I've had so many ideas swirling around in my head, and I'm finally glad to get to share one! My niece's birthday party is today, so I created this mermaid double slider surprise card for her. She loves mermaids, so I knew that the Mermaid For You stamp set from Lawn Fawn was the perfect choice to pair with the Double Slider Surprise dies. I've been dying to use this die set since I got it.
I knew that I wanted an underwater ocean scene on the front of the slider pocket as well as the inserts that pulled out; but I wasn't sure what I wanted the actual card base to look like. So, I just started with the slider portion. I die cut all of those pieces from white cardstock, cutting one extra of the pocket piece and the insert. This slider pocket was actually really easy to put together after I watched the video on the Lawn Fawn YouTube channel. If you're interested, you can find that video here. There are many wonderful tips, tricks, and ideas in it! I inked up one of the front pocket pieces and 2 of the insert pieces using Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Then I inked up the other pocket piece and extra insert piece using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. I sprayed all the pieces with a distress sprayer and blotted them dry with a paper towel, then set them aside to dry.
Next, I stamped, colored, and die cut the images to make my scene. I used a few of the ocean/water themed stamp sets from Lawn Fawn: Fintastic Friends, You Are Sublime, and Mermaid For You. I also used the coordinating dies for each of those sets. I wanted to have a pretty full scene, so I stamped LOTS of things from those stamp sets; sometimes stamping multiples of images I thought I might use more than one of. I stamped them with my favorite Copic friendly ink-Lawn Fawn Jet Black. Then I colored them using the following Copic markers:
Mermaids: E21, E53, B37, B39, E25, E27, RV02, RV04, BG10, BG13, V15, V17, R20, R24, B000, B00, Y11, Y17
Mermaid Crown: YR12, YR15
Eel: BG02, BG05, BG07, YG21, YG25
Fishes: V15, V17, Y19, YR16, YR18, V01, V04, YG21, YG25, RV52, RV55, YR12, YR15
Lobster and Hermit Crab: R24, R29, W0, W2
Underwater Plants/Seaweeds: Y13, Y15, YG21, YG25, RV13, RV14, BG02, BG05, G03, G14
Rocks and Seashells: YR02, YR04, R00, R20, BG02, BG05
Next, I cut the ocean floor from the brown inked pieces that I had using the Stitched Hillside Borders dies. I adhered them to the bottom of the ocean pieces I had inked. I stamped the sentiment in the top corner of the front of the pocket panel. I used sentiments from the Happy, Happy, Happy set and the Happy, Happy, Happy Add-On: Family set. I stamped this in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Then I adhered all of my underwater elements onto the pieces. Then it was time to assemble the slider. I used the video as a guide and put it together according to those directions. After it was assembled, I die cut 2 pull tabs with one of the dies that came in the Double Slider Surprise set. I stamped the "Pull Here" from the Push Here stamp set (also from Lawn Fawn) using Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Once they were dry, I attached them my inserts.
Now, it was time to work on the card base. If I'm being completely honest, I had a very hard time figuring this part of the card out. I just wasn't sure what type of background I wanted. But once I saw the bubbles from the You Are Sublime stamp set, I knew they would be perfect. I cut a panel to 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" and prepped it with an anti-static powder bag. I stamped the bubbles all over it using Versamark ink. Then I added some white embossing powder to the bubbles and heat set it. Then I inked over the whole panel using Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks. Then I used a paper towel to get the inks off of the embossing.
Once I had done that, I adhered that panel to a white side folding A2 card base. Then I attached my slider to the card using some foam tape. And, that was it. My card was finished. I am absolutely in love with the Double Slider Surprise dies! There are tons of ways to decorate them. They could be used for just about any occasion you could think of.
If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. I'd love to hear from you! I hope that y'all have a great weekend! I'm so thankful that you stopped by today. I hope that you'll come back and visit me again soon!
