{"id":19989,"date":"2015-07-07T11:42:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=19989"},"modified":"2015-07-07T11:42:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:42:46","slug":"mermaid-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=19989","title":{"rendered":"Mermaid Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19992\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513.jpg\" alt=\"Mermaid Birthday cu 06513\" width=\"522\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513.jpg 1284w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513-175x143.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513-400x328.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-cu-06513-600x492.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Today&#8217;s Color Challenge (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/color-combinations-f43\/cc538-island-melon-sand-7-7-15-a-t601084.html\" target=\"_blank\">CC538<\/a>) uses sand, melon &amp; island indigo. So I created a little underwater scene \u00a0&amp; put a large circle cut out frame around it.\u00a0\u00a0I stamped the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/mermaid-472f\/\" target=\"_blank\">mermaid<\/a> &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/happy-octopus\/\" target=\"_blank\">octopus<\/a>\u00a0first, masked them then stamped the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/sandcastle\/\" target=\"_blank\">sand castle<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/sand-snow-water-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">sand lines<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/four-flower-background\/?page_context=category&amp;faceted_search=0\" target=\"_blank\">seaweed<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/bubbles\/\" target=\"_blank\">bubbles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/splatter-background\/\" target=\"_blank\">splatter<\/a>\u00a0(for sand). I added some dots of masking fluid to her tail section so when I colored it, they would stay white. After I was finished, I rubbed it off. I like how it looks like the sparkle of the scales. \u00a0I added a large circle frame, the greeting, shells and more sand.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19991\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512.jpg\" alt=\"Mermaid Birthday 06512\" width=\"522\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512-319x400.jpg 319w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Birthday-06512-479x600.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I cut around her tail and a few of the octopus tentacles to slide the edge of the circle frame under. It may be hard to see, but I also added some clear Wink of Stella here &amp; there all over for some sparkle. In real life, it&#8217;s super sparkly! The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19990\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508.jpg\" alt=\"Mermaid Brithday copics06508\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508-175x132.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508-400x302.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508-600x453.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mermaid-Brithday-copics06508.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Supplies:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody id=\"collapseobj_photoinfo\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Stamps:<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/drsdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">DRS Designs<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u00a0\u2013<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/mermaid-472f\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mermaid<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/4-in1-seashells-473f\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 in 1 Seashells<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/happy-octopus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Octopus<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/sandcastle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sand Castle<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/drsdesigns.com\/products\/Hope-Your-Day-Sparkles-Greeting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Paper:<\/b>\u00a0Neenah white, X-Press It white<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>Memento tuxedo black,\u00a0toffee crunch, angel pink<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0 Copic markers, masking fluid, Wink of Stella, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, circle dies<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by! Don&#8217;t forget to check out the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/07\/challenge-181-hot-trends-splatters.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>DRS Thursday Challenge&#8230;Splatters!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> DRS images are not required &amp; there&#8217;s a nice prize up for grabs!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12715\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\" alt=\"Julie2 sig\" width=\"134\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Color Challenge (CC538) uses sand, melon &amp; island indigo. So I created a little underwater scene \u00a0&amp; put a large circle cut out frame around it.\u00a0\u00a0I stamped the mermaid &amp;\u00a0octopus\u00a0first, masked them then stamped the\u00a0sand castle,\u00a0sand lines,\u00a0seaweed,\u00a0bubbles\u00a0and\u00a0splatter\u00a0(for sand). I added some dots of masking fluid to her tail section so when I colored it, they would stay white. After I was finished, I rubbed it off. I like how it looks like the sparkle of the scales. \u00a0I added a large circle frame, the greeting, shells and more sand. I cut around her tail and a few of the octopus tentacles to slide the edge of the circle frame under. It may be hard to see, but I also added some clear Wink of Stella here &amp; there all over for some sparkle. In real life, it&#8217;s super sparkly! The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used. Supplies: Stamps:\u00a0DRS Designs\u00a0\u2013Mermaid,\u00a04 in 1 Seashells,\u00a0Octopus,\u00a0Sand Castle Paper:\u00a0Neenah white, X-Press It white Ink:\u00a0Memento tuxedo black,\u00a0toffee crunch, angel pink Accessories:\u00a0 Copic markers, masking fluid, Wink of Stella, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, circle dies Thanks so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[353,56,82,327,43,105,34,14],"tags":[468,594,168,180,131,114,115],"class_list":["post-19989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animalspets","category-birthday","category-drs","category-girlyfemininemothers-day","category-masking-reverse-masking","category-sceneslandscapes","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","tag-copic","tag-drs","tag-masking","tag-out-of-the-box","tag-scenes","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}