Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Gina K Designs Vicky Mermaid

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are arriving from Theresa's, this is your last stop.  If this is your first stop, be sure to read all the way to the bottom to see where to start on this Gina K Designs/My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop.


I love Gina, she may be tiny but her heart is huge.  So when we decided to do a blog hop together, I decided to stock up on Gina K Design stamps, inks and cardstock.   I did run across the Vicky Mermaid stamp set at Gina K's store.  As I said in a previous post, I lost my mind in her store.  There is nothing like going to a store and holding supplies in your hand.


Mermaids seem to be in style these days.  I have seen several stamp sets recently.  The one thing I have noticed is that their hair is always perfect.  Seriously, I go swimming and I come out of the water and my hair looks like a drowned rat.  I do have to say that I was blessed with great hair; but nothing like  mermaid's hair.

For my cards today,  i created the same scene but had a different background.  For one, I used the Gina K Waterdrop Stencil with a combination of glitter pastes to create an ombre look.  For the other I just used a couple of Gina K Dye inks and did some ink blending.


Now for the fun part.  We do have a giveaway.  All you have to do is leave a comment on every blog post along the way for your chance to win your choice of an original or mini MISTI, as well as the Stitched Leaves mini kit from Gina K.

The deadline for commenting is noon central standard time on September 5th.  Winners will be posted on the My Sweet Petunia Giveaway Winners page and Gina K Blog on Friday, September 8th.


The video for these cards is a bit long and I hope that you watch it all the way through.  Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to leave a comment here on the blog and also hit the like button and subscribe to my YouTube Channel to see more videos.



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121 comments:

  1. Super-cute little mermaid designs.

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  2. I love the design. I have to say, all my girls are mermaids, Eric...I mean swimmers, and they all have beautiful hair (especially Vicky). It's the mastering of the messy bun that gets them mermaidish

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  3. Cute design. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.

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  4. Cute cards and cute little mermaid. TFS

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  5. The Water Droplets Stencil is perfect for the background on your adorable mermaid cards! Thank you for showing the techniques you used!

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  6. I love your darling little mermaid! Adorable!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  7. Adorable mermaid card; love the glitter paste!

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  8. Adorable cards! I love your coloring and backgrounds.

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  9. Super adorable mermaid cards! Love how you used the stencil to create that fun backdrop!

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  10. Cute cards! LOVE that glitter paste, I have never gotten any, but now I think I want some! LOL Thanks for the inspiration!

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  11. Love the designs on your super sweet cards:)

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  12. Cute card! I love your backgrounds, the stencil you used is one of my fav! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  13. omg how awesome! I really love that sponged background one!

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  14. Cute cards! This was a fun hop - I love learning more tips for using my Misti!

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  15. Perfect background for a mermaid!

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  16. I love the design of these cards. Great lesson on coloring. Thanks!

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  17. The water droplet background could have so many uses! Love what you did with it

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  18. Fabulous cards! Love those beautiful backgrounds! The mermaids are adorable!

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  19. That stencil is perfect for the adorable mermaid!

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  20. Very pretty Card. want this stencil!

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  21. Cute mermaid cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. You would almost think that mermaids were real, right?

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  23. Love your backgrounds and the glitter paste comparison. I have the Nuvo but haven't used it yet. Very cute cards. I typically cut black stamped images on Scan N Cut but will test and let you know

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  24. Thanks for showing how you made this - such a pretty creation!!!

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  25. Cute cards! Love the stencil and mermaids.

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  26. Little different from the others but a very cute card. Thank you for the techniques you did.

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  27. So very adorable - thanks for sharing!

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  28. What fun cards! There really isn't anything like holding fun tools for creating in your hands.

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  29. Such a cute card! Love that little mermaid and the stencil is perfect! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!

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  30. Really cute cards. Thanks for all you do for the crafting community.

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  31. You had me at the backgrounds! Love these cards.

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  32. What an adorable card. Love the little mermaid and I loved your video.

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  33. You created an adorable card. Love the background on it a lot.

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  34. Love the card and the cure little mermaid. Colors are so pretty

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  35. Love this mermaid so pretty and cute the colors are pretty

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  36. Cute cards. I love mermaids. Thanks for sharing

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  37. Love these vibrant colors for those fun cards

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  38. Super cute cards. I'll be watching your video tonight!

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  39. What great cards. I love the awesome glitter paste stencil background. I will have to check out the video later. I love my MISTI and am always happy to learn new ways to use it.

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  40. The stencils make awesome backdrops for your little mermaid!

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  41. Love the cards and the stencil you used.

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  42. Both cards are beautiful and so cute! I enjoyed watching your video, love your glitter paste background!

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  43. Cute cards. I like the stenciled backgrounds and I liked watching you color with these markers.

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  44. Love your cards and thanks for the tutorial. Learned about glitter paste from the video. Thanks.

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  45. Love both backgrounds. Thanks for sponsoring (along with Gina) a great blog hop!

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  46. I love the mermaid, such a cute card.

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  47. The background stencil makes the perfect water.

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  48. Stencils are underused ... you did a nice job incorporating into your cards.

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  49. Cute card, thanks for sharing!

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  50. So much cuteness on your cards.

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  51. very pretty! love that embossing paste!

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  52. Super cute card! Thanks for sharing with us!

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  53. Cute card, I love the background stencil

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  54. Adorable little mermaids!!! Love these sweet cards!!!

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  55. What cute cards! I'm particularly drawn to the glitter paste bkgrd. I think I need some paste now, & the stamps are adorable!!!

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  56. Such cute mermaid cards. I really like the water droplets stencil you used for the background. TFS

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  57. Beautiful cards. I especially love the glitter paste background. Thanks for including the video.

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  58. The mermaids are cute but your backgrounds are great!

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  59. i like the way the glitter gives the first card a cool ocean look

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  60. Cute cards! Like the use of the Water Droplets stencil.

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  61. Great cards. Mermaids are always fun!

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  62. I don't do cutesy YET but the backgrounds are stunning.

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  63. These are awfully cute cards, but I'm a little confused. Am I in the right place for the blog hop? Everyone else was featuring Boho Flowers. Oh, well...circumstances may have changed. Thank you for sharing.

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  64. What a difference a background makes! Super cute cards!

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  65. Your backgrounds are wonderful.

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  66. So sweet, Vicky Mermaid and an awesome background for her too.

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  67. Love that sparkly background so pretty, thanks for the tip about the glitter pastes.

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  68. I agree with you. Store with craft suplys are like Aladin cave. Your cards are gorgeous.

    Marjeta

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  69. Completely adorable! Thanks for sharing!

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  70. Love the vibrant colorcombination, and the glittery stencilled background.

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  71. Your take on using the stencil is wonderful for a little girl's card.

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  72. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing.

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  73. Fun cards with beautiful backgrounds!

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  74. Beautiful cards. Cute mermaids.

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  75. Adorable cards! I need to try the glitter paste.
    BJohn3237@aol.com

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  76. Love the stencil and the glitter background. Will order one tonight with the new releasea

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  77. That mermaid is soooo cute!!! I am tempted to but to go with my full sized ones.

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  78. Thanks for the tip of toning down the white paper with a lighter color of ink, and that stencil is lovely. I never thought to restamp a colored image so it is more crisp of an outline. I've finished the hop, leaving you for last, and I must say this hop was FAN-TAS-TIC. Thank you.

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  79. I was expecting another Boho card; but, I love this little mermaid. Great techniques.

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  80. GREAT cards! I LOVE how you did your backgrounds.

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  81. Beautiful backgrounds. Really cute cards!

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  82. Beautiful and cute cards. We never have enough mermaids !

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  83. Very cute cards. Thanks for sharing!

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  84. Absolutely adorable cards Iliana, very well done. I totally enjoyed the video, they cannot all be short ones!

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  85. Iliana, these are simply adorable and I love this Vicky Mermaid set. The glittery card is esp. beautiful!

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  86. Love the little mermaids.
    Cute card.
    thanks for sharing.

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  87. These are just too cute! I love the splashy, shimmery background!! Thanks for sponsoring this fun hop!!

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  88. What wonderful card! I love those mermaids and your backgrounds on them! Fantastic coloring as well! Thanks for sharing! <3

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  89. I wish we had a stamp store near us. They all closed.... stuck with the mega stores. ☹️

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  90. Cute card. I like your idea for the bubbles.

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  91. Cute card with beautiful colors...great combination of images. Love the bubbles!
    Thank you

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  92. Yup, but we wouldn't want a card with mermaid messed up hair. Great card!

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