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Project: Mermaid Card with Distress Oxide Inks

June 3, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Mermaid Card with Distress Oxide Inks

Amy Rysavy used Distress Ink in 3 different way on this adorable mermaid card. I love her colorful hair and how Amy flicked water over the ink to remove some color for a cool extra distressed look. Check out her … Read More...

Handmade Card Project: Mermaid Card

May 13, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Mermaid Card

It’s Mer-May and I love it! All over the creative web you’ll find art and craft projects featuring mermaids.

Like this lovely card from Iliana Crouse, she combined stamps, dies and stencils with water coloring to make this lovely Mermaid … Read More...

Project: Stamped Mermaid Bookmark

February 16, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Stamped Mermaid Bookmark

Stamp up a pretty mermaid tag, perfect for using as a book mark. You’ll find a video tutorial from Heather Clay over on the Greeting Farm website.

-Heather

Project: Stamped Mermaid Wall Art

July 28, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Stamped Mermaid Wall Art

Add a touch of fun and whimsy to your walls with cute framed mermaid wall art. Kristina Werner used adorable mermaid stamps from The Greeting Farm, stamping them in a light colored ink and coloring them in with Distress Ink … Read More...

Project: Bendy Shaker Mermaid Card

June 16, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Bendy Shaker Mermaid Card

I’ve been stamping and making cards for over 20 years and can say I’ve never seen a card quite like this amazing bendy shaker card made by Jessica Frost-Ballas! It’s got layers of clear acetate and cardstock that curve away … Read More...

Review: Epson XP-830 Small in One Printer

March 25, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Review: Epson XP-830 Small in One Printer

As a paper crafter I find I frequently use my printer for lots of different projects, like printing photos and digital stamps, playing with cool fonts for card sentiments, using print and cut images along with my electronic die cutting … Read More...

Freebie and Tips: Coloring Pink Hair on Stamped Images

September 24, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Freebie and Tips: Coloring Pink Hair on Stamped Images

If you’ve got a stamp of a fantasy girl like a mermaid or a fairy it’s fun to give them non traditional hair coloring, like pink. The Greeting Farm blog has a color combo using Copic Markers for pink hair … Read More...

Project: Mermaid Card with Copic Coloring

August 27, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Mermaid Card with Copic Coloring

To me summer makes me think of the beach, the ocean and mermaids, I love them! Color up this stunning mermaid card with a pretty moonlight backdrop. The Craftybits blog has a video tutorial with detailed  Copic marker coloring tips.… Read More...

Project: Mermaid Card

July 25, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Mermaid Card

I love mermaids and anything to do with the ocean! This stunning card from Lyn’s Paper Petunia uses a stencil and Gelatos for the background with a beautiful mermaid stamp from Stampendous. She’s sharing her card making details on her … Read More...

Mermaid Lapghan Pattern For Adults

April 7, 2015 by Shellie Wilson

mermaid-lapghan

Shelley Bunyard of Mad Hooker Crochet has made this adult sized, mermaid lapghan. And she has given detailed pattern description on her blog. This lapghan measures 42 inches tail to top and 12 inches tail to tip of the fin.… Read More...

Mermaid Me Crochet Tail

February 3, 2015 by Shellie Wilson

mermaid-crochet-tail-blanket-pattern

Well this little gem is all over the internet right now and it’s adorable! I know a few adults that would love this too. For this pattern you are going to need some Swanky yarn from Red heart and $5.50 … Read More...

Tutorial: How to Make a Shaker Card

August 23, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tutorial: How to Make a Shaker Card

This mermaid card from My Art Lab is simply stunning! The mermaid is stamped  behind clear plastic acetate with sequins and glitter trapped behind so it floats around her to make a shaker card. There are so many fun little … Read More...

Inspiration: Stamped Mermaid in a Shell

August 10, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

inspiration: stamped mermaid in shell

I love mermaids and I flipped when I saw this stunning creation over at Christa’s Scrappies, she combines stamps, die cuts, real shells and faux pearls for this beautiful mermaid sitting in shell. Note: the blog is in Dutch, … Read More...

Zucchini Cupcakes

July 25, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

zucchini-sea-cupcakes

I don’t speak German. But the pictures on this site speak a “1000 words” to me. And they all say – these cupcakes are yummy!

The fact that these cupcakes are sea-themed and are zucchini based – makes me think … Read More...

Freebie: Mermaid Image

April 20, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Freebie: Mermaid Image

Download this beautiful mermaid image for free from Dover publications and dream of a relaxing day by the beach while you color her in.

-Heather

Freebie: Mermaid Digital Stamp

January 26, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Freebie Mermaid Logo

A.J.’s Digi Shoppe has a lovely mermaid digi stamp to download for free, click here.

-Heather

Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle

Project: Mermaid in a Jar

September 2, 2012 by Heather Holbrook

HOLY COW!! This project is STUNNING!! Laura from Remembering Life’s Moments stamped this lovely mermaid on acetate and “colored” her on the backside with glitter. Then added her into a jar with netting and embellishments all around. I LOVE this … Read More...

Project: Stamped Sea Glass Necklace

July 24, 2012 by Heather Holbrook

I love this wonderful necklace from Torrey at Left Field. So sparkly and fun, it looks like something a mermaid would wear! Find out how she stamped on sea glass to make this little treasure.

-Heather

DIY Mermaid Makeup Halloween Idea

October 23, 2011 by Nellie Lee Luhrmann

 Not everyone is into gore at halloween. Check out this Halloween makeup Tutorial for a Mermaid look. This is a fantastic tutorial by MissChievous. You should visit her Blog or YouTube channel for other fantastic tutorials. If you … Read More...

Project: Stamped Mermaid Sack

August 1, 2011 by Heather Holbrook

I’m so thrilled to see so many wonderful mermaid stamps out now! Visit the Stampington and Company website and learn how to stamp and paint a mermaid on a muslin sack that you can take to the beach to collect … Read More...

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