Elizabeth is 10

Good Morning everyone

My niece Elizabeth was 10 in December, she decided in the summer she no longer wanted to be called Lizzy so we are all trying hard to call her Elizabeth - easier said than done as they called her Lizzy as a baby.  Anyway she is a very quirky soul so these fab stamps from funky fossil are ideal for her

Card size approx 7x7"   I first stamped the weird fish and mermaid stamps onto white and watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut them out. I made my base card using dies and white card, matted on a layer of patterned paper, i adhered some of the fish to the paper, i then added 2mm foam tape a white frame with acetate attached to it which i had used glitter paste through a circle stencil to give the look of bubbles.  I then added another layer of 2mm foam tape and a white frame for the top layer. 

Then i arranged the rest of the fish and my mermaids, adhered with glue gel onto the acetate layer.  Sentiments are from the same stamp sets to finish. 

Using the different layers and sandwiching acetate in the middle allowed me to give the effect of them swimming around in water 

and the insert, using up the left over fish

Items Used:

Funky fossil designs - stamps 'weird fish' & 'making waves'

XL nested shape dies

Patterned paper - from the works 'feeling fresh'

circle stencil

Stamperia 'artic ice' texture paste

acetate

Derwent inktense pencils

Id love to enter the following with this card

https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-challenge-crafty-calendar.html

https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2024/01/creative-friday-350-alles-geht.html

https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-crafts-galore-encore.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/ltccb-78-anything-goes-ltccb-77-winner.html

https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-in-fairy-tales-come-nelle-favole.html - mermaids from fairytales

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/01/221-streamside-studios.html

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and onto card 2 which is as wacky & bonkers as Elizabeth is! I made a pull up accordion fold card using collage doll images from ZinskiArt on etsy -  this is definitely a card that wouldn't suit most but thats the great thing about making a personalised card, we can do it to suit the persons character.

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Using pinterest i built up my accordion base from white cardstock making sure my panels were big enough for the images i wanted to use.  I then matted a soft marble paper onto the panels and then built up the characters by sticking one body part to each section.  Computer printed sentiment which i added to the top panels.

I die cut 6 large butterflies from white card and rainbow mirror card, attached them back to back with ribbon sandwiched between them and added these to the middle of the accordion - they can be removed and hung up as a decoration. I die cut mini butterflies from the mirror card scraps and adhered to the panels flying around the characters. 

I added glitter glue and glossy accent highlights to finish

I used digital collage images from ElenaZinskiArt on Etsy  and funnily the mermaids on the first card are by Elena Zinski but a clear stamp version for funky fossil designs - i can't help but smile are her non cute characters.

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments last week.  I hope this is a good week for you. Emmax