Thanks To My Followers Old and New!

Thank you to all my followers, old and new! I wish I had a Luau cartridge to give each and every one of you! I will not be able to post anything for a few days. My nine year old niece is coming to visit and she demands my constant attention :) But I should have lots of new pictures for future scrapbook layouts! So to my new followers, I will try to get to all of your blogs just as soon as I can.

Instead of a project tonight, I wanted to post one of my favorite pics. A friend found this a while back and sent this to me. I have no idea where it came from, who created it or took the picture...but I just think it is adorable! Have a great week, bloggers :D

Cricut Cartridge Blog Candy!

I want to thank each and every one of the 91 people who are following me right now! I am truly thankful for you!

I planned on a giveaway when I hit 100 followers or on my one month blogaversary (4/13) but I just couldn't wait! (I'm like that at Christmas, too...I think I lack a patience gene or something). Anyway - since my blog is A Mermaid's Crafts, I thought it only fitting that the giveaway has to do with a water/beachy theme. I considered the Life's a Beach cart, but that one has been around a while and many people probably already own it. So...how about the just released, limited edition Luau cartridge! I just got it today and although I'm dying to play with it (there's that lack of patience again), I am saving it for one lucky follower!

To be entered into the drawing, all you have to do is:

1. Be a follower of my blog and
2. Comment on this post. It would be great if you told me what your favorite Cricut cartridge is or your favorite craft item...I'm always looking for any excuse to visit a craft store!
3. For an extra three entries into the drawing, post about my blog candy and put my blog candy blinkie on your sidebar. If you do this, please leave ANOTHER comment here with a link to your post (so that would be four entries total into the drawing).

That's it! You have until April 16th and I will announce the winner on April 17th! Thanks again for following me and GOOD LUCK :D

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #54

Happy Monday bloggers! Gosh, it is storming here, lots of thunder and lightning, buckets of rain. I guess I probably shouldn't be on the computer :O

I have a card to enter into Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday contest. The challenge this week is to create a project using an umbrella or hat. I used one of my favorite Tim Holtz stamps of a man holding an umbrella. I embossed it twice with black embossing powder and added Rock Candy Stickles to make the umbrella look wet. The background paper is from DCWV and I embossed it with Cuttlebug's polka dots folder. I cut the window from the Christmas cart on my Gypsy and adhered it with foam dots to give more dimension. The kitty was cut from Animal Kindgom. Kitty has a pink rhinestone nose and is happily dry and lounging on a pillow of white felt. The curtain is a ribbon stitched to create a ruffle (about the limit of my sewing ability!). I added an orange flower brad to the top of the window frame.

Okay, another huge crash of thunder so I'll take that as my sign to sign off! Have a great day everyone :)

Tri-Fold Easter Card

I am such a paper addict - one of the first places I head to in any craft store is paper. I love finding new styles and designs. On my last trip to Joann, I discovered Colorbok photo mat stacks. They are the perfect size to use for cards and the paper is so pretty! The yellow background paper with orange flowers is from the Sorbet stack. The others papers I used are from DCWV Mango Frost and some scraps I had from previous projects. The bunny was cut from Give a Hoot on my Gypsy - I stretched him a bit to fit the rectangle. The flowers were cut from the Forever Young cart. The circles and rectangles were cut from George and Basic Shapes. I inked the edges with Colorbox stucco and added gems for the bunny eyes and pearls for his nose and the flower centers. A small velcro dot holds the card shut.

 

I am entering the card in the following challenges:
Jitterbuggin Spring Fling - follow the sketch and it must be an Easter card with a Cricut cut
Paper Cutz Challenge #85 - Easter project using any colors
GAB Challenge #9 - color challenge using so saffron, real red and peach parfait