Hi all! Today I’m so excited to be participating in a blog hop sharing project inspiration using Jane Davenport’s gorgeous ArtEssentials products from Spellbinders. If you’re a new visitor to my blog, I’m Annie and I love all things paper – handmade cards, gifts, and home décor. You should have arrived here from the Spellbinders blog, but if this is your first stop, you can click here to start back at the beginning. Don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog for a chance to win a $50 store credit for Spellbinders products!
MINI SLIMLINE MERMAID CARD
I was having so much fun experimenting with Jane’s Mermaid Markers and AquaPastels that I created three different cards and wanted to share them all today. This first one started with the background…I had added a generous amount of water to some watercolor cardstock and was dripping different colors of ink onto them with the Mermaid Markers. The colors mixed beautifully and when the panels dried they reminded me of different parts of the ocean.
The lightest of my panels looked like water just under the surface, so I laid the Sunburst Stencil on top and swiped a damp baby wipe over it to remove some color and simulate sun rays. Once dry, I trimmed the panel to 3.25″ x 6.25″, matted it with some Mirror Gold Cardstock, and adhered it to a side-folding white card base with tape runner.
The images from the Singing Mermaids Stamp Set were stamped on watercolor cardstock and loosely colored with the Mermaid Markers before I fussycut them out with scissors and added them to the card front with foam adhesive. To finish off the card, I added a sentiment foiled in gold with my Glimmer Hot Foil Machine and the Yana’s Special Sentiments Glimmer Plates as well as a few gold rhinestones.
DEEP SEA MERMAID CARD
One of the other panels I created from dripping ink onto wet watercolor cardstock turned out much darker with deep blues and teals, so I decided to add some sketchy sand and seaweed to the bottom with the AquaPastels and blend them out a bit with water. To give it a dreamy, bubbly feel I then splattered clean water all over the scene and sopped it up with a paper towel.
For an ethereal look, I stamped the Glorious Mermaid image in a lighter ink onto watercolor cardstock and colored her in with more dilute Mermaid Markers before fussycutting her out with scissors. Then I foiled a fun sentiment from the Mini Sincere Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set onto white cardstock with Gold Hot Foil.
After matting the background panel with Mirror Gold Cardstock, I adhered it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with tape runner. Then I added the mermaid and sentiment to the card front with foam adhesive to finish off this simple card.
FOILED FRIENDSHIP CARD
I was loving the blues and greens in my two previous cards so much that I had to try coloring a foiled image with the Mermaid Markers too. I love direct-to-paper coloring with markers because it’s fast and easy, and the Mermaid Markers work beautifully for this!
I applied Gold Hot Foil to watercolor cardstock using the Sweet Blooms Border Glimmer Plate and the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. Then I quickly colored the images using the Deep Sea, Bluebottle, Byron Bay, Siren, and Pirate’s Gold markers. I pulled some of the color out at the edges with water, but really wanted to keep the image vibrant so only used it sparingly.
After adhering the panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive, I added a sentiment foiled in Cobalt Hot Foil using the Yana’s Special Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set with foam adhesive. Then I added a few gold rhinestones to embellish.
I hope you enjoyed these fun watercolor cards made with lots of Jane Davenport’s beautiful products. Keep on hopping for tons of inspiration using her ArtEssentials products and a chance to win store credit for Spellbinders products! Your next stop is Marie’s blog, but here’s the entire list in case you’ve missed a stop or need to start back at the beginning:
Annie Williams (you are here)
Marie Heiderscheit (next stop on the hop)
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
To celebrate this event, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 4th, 11:59 pm MST. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
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 Mermaid Markers Shop at: SB | SPL |
 AquaPastels Shop at: SPL |
 Glorious Mermaid Stamp Set Shop at: SB | SPL |
 Singing Mermaids Stamp Set Shop at: SB | SPL |
 Sweet Blooms Border Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Yana’s Special Sentiments Foil Plate Set Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Mini Sincere Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Sunburst Stencil Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Gold Hot Foil Shop at: SB | SPL |
 Cobalt Hot Foil Shop at: SB | SPL |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SB | CCS |
 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Mirror Gold Cardstock Shop at: SPL |
 Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue Shop at: SBP | SPL |
 Blending Brushes Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Cutterbee Scissors Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Zig Two-Way Glue Pen Shop at: SB | SBP |
 ATG Tape Runner Shop at: SB |
 Foam Squares Shop at: SB |
 Gold Mix Gems Shop at: SB | SPL |
Love those deep sea blues!
So beautiful!
I love these cards! So well done!!
Your cards are so cute and the “I Believe in You” card is such a great phrase especially for a young girl. Giving her a few words of encouragement. Nice job.
Your cards are beautiful!
I am drawn into the aquas and blues – loving the vibrancy of your cards. I have several little great-nieces who love mermaids, so I’m thinking this is a done deal!
Those mermaids are adorable! 🧜🏼
I hate pairing but you make me want to try again! Love the watercolours!
I hate painting but you make me want to try again! Love the watercolours!
Your vibrant aqua marine and blues are very eye captivating. I have one granddaughter and she just turned one, but she already loves dolls and mermaids. Your cards are very inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
What beautiful cards!!!
I like the change in colors on the scales. NICE
Love the beautifully colored mermaids 🧜♀️
Love the cards!! The mermaids are so fun and the flowers are beautiful!
I am loving the mermaid and gorgeous backgrounds!
Your foiled card was spectacular. Love that blue.
Love the mermaids. the palette chosen really lets the images shine
The palette chosen really lets the images shine. Watercolor is a great medium for the stamps.
Beautiful cards!
So beautiful cards
I love the mermaids and BRIGHT colors~
I really love how you used the sunburst stencil in the first card to mimic light coming through the water…genius!!
Such vibrant colors!
Lovely cards!
These are beautiful cards. I absolutely love the flowers, although my granddaughter would prefer mermaids. 🙂
The mermaid cards are my favorite. The mermaid die cut images look so lovely on the fabulous backgrounds!
OMGosh! I love the colors you used for each card. They’re some of my favorite. Each card you made is beautiful. I love Jane Davenport and all her products.
Your cards are lovely! I really like those Singing Mermaids 🙂
Those blue flowers are just amazing! Great work!
These are all beautiful
I love the colors.
Loving your cards!
Wow!! Love your beautiful colors with the gold foil contrast. Very inspirational for me!
Your sweet blooms card is beautiful with the gold foil edges.
What gorgeous cards!
Wow, these are magical and I love the backgrounds!
Your cards are lovely! You do some amazing fussy cutting.
Super cute cards! Love the colors and your last card was very simple yet elegant! Thank you for the inspiration!
So beautiful! I think the colors used, esp the blue background for the mermaids, is amazing!
Absolutely gorgeous projects Annie! Especially love the idea of the sunburst stencil with baby wipe to make the rays. I’ll definitely be using that technique on my projects!!! Thanks for the inspiration.
Annie, your cards are incredibly lovely. I feel like I’m drawn into the deep water with the blended darker colours of the second card with the single mermaid. How gorgeous it is. I also love the
floral card using the same colours with a whole different look & feel.
Awesome cards!
What a gorgeous trio of cards! I love her mermaids!
Especially like the flowers
I love Jane Davenport products, and the Mermaid Markers and Aqua Pastels are two of my favorites. You showcased the products beautifully!
I love Jane Davenport products, and the Mermaid Markers and Aqua Pastels are two of my favorites. You showcased the products beautifully!
Your cards are so beautiful!! I especially love the backgrounds for the mermaid cards.
Mermaid cards are super fun and that foiled card is beautiful! What fun and lovely projects.
Stunning backgrounds for those wonderful mermaids and the blues and greens follow through to create amazing flowers too!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
Wow! Your cards are beautiful! I love the water backgrounds!
Your mermaids are gorgeous !! Loved your floral card too !!
Fabulous cards! I love your backgrounds for the pretty mermaid designs! Wonderful colors! And the floral card is gorgeous!
Gorgeous mermaid cards and I love your colouring of the pretty florals in blue.
Such beautiful cards
Great project shares. Nice details for the process.
Ooo…gorgeous Jane-inspired cards here.
I love your watery backgrounds, especially the first one! The flowers are very pretty, too.