#merMay trifold gate card with Lawn Fawn Mermaids

Hi, all! I’m back with another card making card. This time, I decided to go with a trifold card in the honor of #merMay, and I have used the beautiful Mermaids stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I got also a chance again to use the ZIG clean watercolor brush markers and to test out a lot of color combinations. I love the classy blonde haired mermaids and the purple version is just fun.

The trifold card  I have taken the example of Jennifer McGuire, and used one of my borders dies. Many thanks to Jennifer McGuire for showing an innovative way to use border dies.
http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2016/08/gate.html

#merMay

This year challenge in the month of May is to draw or color everyday images that represent mermaids or lives of mermaids. I did not participate in the everyday challenge, but I wanted to use my pretty stamp set.

Stamping and watercolor

I started stamping on an A4 piece of Canson Montval watercolor paper. I am also using the Versafine Onyx black ink, since it is waterproof and the perfect black. I decided I will not use any water to blend my colors, instead, I will blend with two different colors of markers. I noticed that when I use water, the colors fade easily in a week.

Assembling the trifold card

Once I finished coloring, and fussy cutting all my images I started to assemble my card. We start with the front of the trifold, the waves and clouds. I used a combination of glue and foam dots for dimension. The mermaids and all elements on the inside of my card I have adhered with a lot of Tombow mono multi glue.

In the end, I had a lot of leftover colored images, that I used to make many more cards with mermaids.

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Supplies

Compensated affiliate links used when possible. If an item is marked with an asterisk (*), it means it was provided by a store or the manufacturer. All other items were personally purchased. This list might not contain all items used in the video, because of discontinued products that I cannot find a link for anymore.

Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You Stamp and Die Set – Two item Bundle Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp Set – Mermaid For You sailing stampset Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 Memory Box SMALL LIGHTHOUSES POPPY STAMPS Craft Die 1372 memory box oceanside Taylored Expressions BUILD A SCENE ROLLING CLOUDS Die Set TE504 Taylored Expressions BUILD A SCENE ROLLING WAVES Die Set TE618 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SLATE Gray ST26 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (48 Per Package) EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 Pentel AQUASH BRUSH 3 PACK Fine Medium Bold 25104 *Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293 Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch

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