Accordion Flip Album Card

I thought I'd better schedule this post before our electricity goes out... We are expecting a tropical storm Flossie soon and everyone's kinda bracing themselves for the worst.  Normally, the Hilo seems to somehow escape all the bad storms and other civil defense emergencies untouched, but I think this time we might be feeling some effects.  So thought I'd better get this ready in case that happens.  Oh, and in the event there is no post tomorrow, you'll know why!

Before I share my project, I just wanted to remind everyone to check out our guest DT's blog... Kerry! Thanks Kerry for helping us out this month!  Go check her out here...

And don't forget!  We also have all the Zodiac girls back this time for some all new release samples.  Check them out here:

Laura

Eunice

Patti

Linda

Linda, Debi, Eva, will also share their sea creature projects with you!  I'm so excited to see what everyone does this month!

As for me, I was inspired by Eunice's card featured here... I finally got my hands on that die by Sizzix called the Accordion flip album  or something like that.  Anyway, I love acetate cards and am always intrigued by them.  When I saw Eunice's card, I knew I wanted to try doing the same with the new sea creatures set.  

Remember what I said about the sea creatures being the perfect friends for our mermaids?  Well, I decided to add Eliana to the project so she could hang out with some of them.  Here she is!  Talking to one of the turtles...

I didn't have anything that looked like seaweed, so I just used some of my yellow stickles and made my own.

Here's one of the starfish...

And everyone's favorite Puffer fish...

And the dolphin talking to the...

Octopus!

And here's the other starfish.. decided to color him yellow.

And one more turtle...

Hope you guys are enjoying all the projects so far!  Wish me luck in getting one more post up!

Yay!

Yay!  It's time to see what all of our DT has come up with!  I'm very excited!! But, before I get started on my project, wanted to reveal who our Guest Designer is for this release!!  This lady has been following us from the beginning and has made some really cute samples using our images.  To find out who it is, check out her blog here...

I have another announcement to make!  Linda will be joining Debi, Eva, and me on a regular basis from now on!  Yay!  Thanks Linda!  So don't forget to check out everyone's posts to see how they used our new sea creatures.

I wanted to do something a little different this time.  Decided to mix up the sets a bit to see how well they work together.  That plastic package comes pre-cut and already had that polka dot print on it.  The colors and dot print reminded me of the ocean, so I thought it would be perfect to use with my new friends.

I cut my own flag and made it using a bamboo skewer.  Used some thickers for the sentiment.  My husband thinks that it's funny how I spell Yay.  Is that incorrect?  Oh well, I just spell it how I say it!

I added one of the turtles and the starfish to the flag. The stafish looks like he's saying "Yay!".

On the package itself, I added the puffer fish and one of the dolphins.  I hear the puffer fish is quickly becoming a favorite.

Here you can see the puffer fish up close.

I have a funny puffer fish story for you.  (I just thought of it while I was writing up the rest of this post).  When me and my husband went to Japan for the first time.. we thought about all the things we wanted to do, see, and eat.   One of the things my husband wanted to try was Fugu or blowfish.  I guess you have to clean it really good, otherwise the person eating it can get very sick.  Just before we went on our trip, my husband told me he had a dream about the fugu...

He dreamt we went to a restaurant that served fugu and he ordered it.  Just as he was putting it to his mouth, the sushi chef came running out and saying "no, no, no, no, no... don't eat!".   We took that as a sign not to try it.  So even on our second trip, he still has not tried the fugu.. but I made him take a picture of them- there's tanks outside of all the restaurants that serve them.

Sorry, just had to share the one puffer fish story I had. :)

Don't forget to check out our guest designer and the rest of the DT!  Be back tomorrow!

SORRY!  Forgot to add that you really really should check out Linda's You Tube Channel today... jus' sayin'.

More Sea Friends!

YES!  We have yet another SET of sea creatures to add to your collection.  Again, these cuties are sized to work with your mermaid stamps and each of the other sets.  

So I have more store samples to share with you today...  Meet our Octopus Set!  Although our octopus is the main attraction, he has some little friends that add just the perfect touch to your project.  I felt that we needed some little guys too.. they help to fill up some space and make things much cuter!

So following the same pattern as the dolphin samples, I sprayed the backgrounds using my Lindy's and embossed the acetate again using my embossing folders.  Then I added in all the sea critters from this set- the octopus, puffer fish, and starfish.

Here's a better look at everyone..

I think this is my favorite- love how the background turned out.

And here's the last one of  the bunch.

For some reason, the microbeads remind me of sand!  I guess that was the look I was going for.

OK Candy Time!  Don't forget to:
1)  leave a comment on THIS POST by 07/31/13 11:59pm HST; and
2)  tell me if you've ever gone snorkling and if you do- do you like it?  I think you probably know my answer.  Yes, I have before, but I don't really like it.  Yes, Yes, you can shake your head at me now!  I remember taking my husband (then boyfriend) to Hanauma Bay before he moved back to the big island.  Let me tell ya, I did not know that those fish would be so plentiful and so big!!  I guess they must know its a sanctuary, so there are so many fish now!  When I was young, they were much smaller and a lot less of them in the bay.  Let me tell ya, I was scared.  My husband rented snorkling gear and I declined.  I decided to ride on his back while he snorkled.  I think I thought if I didn't see them, they wouldn't freak me out as much. I was wrong.. I was still freaked out.  Haven't returned since.

OK enough about that.  Are you done laughing at me yet?!