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Sunday 9 December 2012

#143 OSAAT - More than one fold




The theme this week, over at One Stitch at a Time, is 'More than one Fold'. I chose the image from Donna's (Lil Diva) Mermaid Silhouette 4 pack on sale at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop.

I'm sorry these photos aren't very good, they're quite dark.

I used a sheet of Papermill white card for this one and scored it to about A6 size when folded. I printed the image on to white paper and then printed and cut out another mermaid image to use as a mask. My Distress Inks were used for the sea and the sand that the mermaid is sitting on. A few Beachcomber shells were used on the seabed, along with some gold 'pebbles' by John Lewis. On the two flaps I used blue paper that I had in my stash. It was printed from a CD and looked like sea/sky but I can't remember which CD it came from, sorry. I made a Happy Birthday plaque which I set above and to the side of the mermaid. Another panel was cut for the sender to write on I fixed this to the front inside page. I used Distress Ink again, on the plaque  and the writing panel, after cutting them with my Spellbinder dies. I used more of the sea/sky paper on the front panels and then used some darker blue card for the opening edges using a Martha Stewart punch.

The sponsor this week is Stitchybear but please check the challenge blog for full details of prizes.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Digi Galore Challenge - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Avadares Challenge - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenge - Sentiment, Anything Goes
Stampin with the Dragon - Anything Goes
Wags 'n' Whiskers - Anything Goes

Come back and join us next week when we'll be having blog hop. The hop will last right over the festive season - so you'll have three weeks to take part.

18 comments:

  1. I really love the fabulous scene you have created and how this card opens to reveal it up! Awesome.

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  2. This is fabulous Hazel! Love your layout and take on the theme. Dark days mean darker photos, I find photographing so hard at the moment! I struggle photographing unusual shapes anyway! lol Judy x

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  3. Hazel this is fabulous I love the layout. Caroline xxx

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  4. Brilliant card Hazel! The inking effect looks fab and I love how you've added the 'pebbles' and shells.

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  5. Beautiful, Hazel! Love the punched borders and all the details.

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  6. Gorgeous card, Hazel...love the layout...thanks for joining the Anything Goes Challenge of Wags 'n Whiskers!
    xxx Margreet

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  7. This is fabulous. I love how you colored her fin.
    Thanks for sharing it with us at Avadares Challenge Blog.
    Blessing hugs,
    Teresa

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  8. Beatiful. I love the image and the very lovely border you used. Thanks for joining us at Avadares for this challenge.
    Margaret, DT

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  9. Such a fabulous card Hazel and love the sillouette image on the inside. Hope everything is ok with you
    x catherine

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  10. Lovely card Hazel, nice to use a different shape. Love the mermaid image, and the way you've done the beach. Also your last card is beautiful, I love that embossing folder, oh dear, I'm trying not to spend! Hope you're staying as cheerful as you can, thinking about you.
    Rosie x

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  11. Lovely card Hazel, nice to use a different shape. Love the mermaid image, and the way you've done the beach. Also your last card is beautiful, I love that embossing folder, oh dear, I'm trying not to spend! Hope you're staying as cheerful as you can, thinking about you.
    Rosie x

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  12. Gorgeous card and I love the way you have done the layout. xx Flora

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  13. A lovely card!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Anything Goes" challenge & good luck in the draw…
    Hope to see you again in our new challenge on Wednesday.

    Melanie
    (DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)

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  14. I keep trying to leave you comments Hazel but Blogger is being very naughty! I love this card - the beach background is fab and I love the mermaid. My daughter would love this one! Big hugs, Jayne xx

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  15. This is gorgeous Hazel and I love the mermaid too, hope you keeping ok shug, think of you often big huggies Juen xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  16. Love the mermaid and card style. Thank you for joining us at Cards by Lady Anne. Hope to see your beautiful work very soon!

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  17. Beautiful card Hazel! I love that mermaid!! Thanks for joining us at Wags 'n Whiskers!
    Tammy x

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  18. Simply fabulous card! Thank you for joining us this month at the Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge. I hope you play along with us again soon!

    Jackie, Wags 'n Whiskers DT

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