Thursday, August 5, 2010

What did Lala take to the beach?


Welcome to my stop on the mini hop for Day 6 of La-La's Birthday Beach Bash! I hope you're having fun hopping along with us every day! If you came here from 1LuvnMama's blog, then you're on the right track. But if you just happened across my blog, you'll want to start at the La-La Land Crafts blog because there's a great prize to be won for playing our game! We also have mystery party favors to give away so be sure to comment on all the hop posts to increase your chances of winning!

Here's my card for you today:

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As you already know, today we're playing "What did Lala take to the beach?" Although I do have a Lala card for you, it's not the right Lala!! You'll just have to keep hopping to find her and see what she took to the beach!

In case you'd like to know more about my card, here you go: I stamped Mermaid Lala, colored most of her with Copics, then cut her out. I paper pieced the shell in her hair, her top and her tail. Next I shaded her tail with a combo of Copics and colored pencil (I used the pencil to make the thin shading lines on her tail - it's way easier than trying to make really thin lines with my Copics). I then glued all the pieces on Lala and Stickled them all as well. Lastly I glued on micro half pearls for her necklace.

The sun was cut out with a Nesties die and the waves with a die from The Cat's Pajamas. I sanded the edges of the sun and waves and also ran my scissors along the straight edges of the wave pieces. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and was curved on the acrylic block to fit around the sun.

This week's CAS-Tastic challenge is to CASE one of the DT member's cards. I picked Maylee's card and followed it pretty closely except for flipping it and my sentiment only goes part way around the circle (you can see Maylee's card at the above link).

This card is also for the following challenges: Your next stop is Sue's blog. Thanks for hopping with me!

27 comments:

  1. Fab card, Maureen - your colouring is brilliant, especially on the hair. Love the waves too.

    Thanks for joining us at Creative Card Crew this week.

    Julie :o)

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  2. Very pretty card, thanks for joining DC.

    Rosalien

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  3. Great card! Love the waves :)
    Sylvia xx

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  4. Great take on the card, love your interpretation. She's so pretty, and the waves are great!

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  5. I love your card! The waves are amazing & the bling just makes her even more gorgeous!

    Thank you so much for sharing!!!

    ~Ola
    okj83 at live dot com

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  6. Absolutely ADORABLE Maureen love love those waves!!! Fantastic design!

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  7. This is seriously adorable! I love the bright green of Lala's fins, top & hair shell! I love teh sun behind he rand those waves are awesome! Love it!

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  8. Aww...so cute! Love the waves and the sun behind Lala! Totally adorable!

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  9. Great card! Perfect paper for the waves. I really like the way you gave her a pearl necklace.

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  10. gorgeous card with Mermaid Lala....your colouring of her hair is fab.....love the waves too
    xxx Margreet

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  11. Wow, Maureen! This is awesome! Love this glittery mermaid and the stellar coloring on her hair! You must teach me how to do that! Wonderful card ;D

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  12. mermaid lala is so beautiful in her necklace. I like the curved title and the great colors

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  13. This is a great card. I love the way you added a necklace on her. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Beautiful card, the way you created the water is just so nice! Great colours as well and the image is totally suitable for our out of this world challenge of this week! Thanks for joining us at SSC this week, hope you will join the fun again next week! Hugs Gemma

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  15. Gorgeous!!! I love the way you colored her hair! thanks for joining us this week at Delightful Challenges.
    hugs,
    Rachel :0)

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  16. Hi Maureen
    A fabulous card,thankyou for joining us this week at Delightful Challenges,
    Hugs Dianne xx

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  17. This is super-cute! Love your waves ... and a terrific CASE of Maylee's card ... love it!

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  18. Ohhhhhh, green is my favorite color and she's sparklie and gorgeous! Love the waves and craft cardstock too.

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  19. You're card is so cute! I love the way the mermaid sparkles just like real scales.

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  20. This is my favorite stamp. Cute card...

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  21. Beautiful card! Love the waves and such a cute image!
    Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stamptacular Sunday! ♥ Good luck on our Out of this World challenge!
    Dee (Spryte)
    Sprytebyrds Spot

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  22. Gorgeous Maureen!!! Your coloring is awesome, and I love the sun behind Mermaid Lala.

    Hugs,
    Lisa

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  23. Mermaids are so out of this world, but absolutely beautiful. Love how you added the glitter on her tail. Such a fabulous card. Thanks for sharing it with us at SSC.
    Hugs xx
    Carolyn

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  24. This card is so pretty! Really love the waves!

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  25. Wow, this is gorgeous. Thank you for playing at Cupcake. x

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  26. Adorable Mermaid card. Thanks so much for joining us at The Creative Card Crew!
    Denise
    CCCDT

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