Mirabelle Mergirl 50th Birthday Pop Up Box Card

Just a quickie from me this evening. It was a very dear friend's 50th Birthday recently and she's a fellow crafter, so I thought I'd best make a card as a shop bought one just wouldn't do!

I decided to use the Mirabelle decoupage pad and papers to create the box. It's a lovely collection but my only criticism of it is that it focuses on the characters and then lacks things like sentiments.

I used a Spellbinders Foliage Die to create the seaweeds and found some plastic seashells which I coloured with my Graph'It Markers and then covered with Stickles Glitter Glue.

The verse on the front is from Stampotique and the fish have been taken from Terri Sherman's Marina.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (Honorable mention))
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Winner)
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesdays - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Happy Anything
Tuesday Throwdown - More than one fold (Top 3)

New Stash....Norty but Nice!!! ;)

Well...I've been really good and haven't bought any stash for over a year.....then I saw the gorgeous Mirabelle stamps from Santoro were being released!! Need I say more??? Four out the five sets available may or may not be in my possession! :/

You'll have to excuse the shonky photos but for some reason I just could not get a good picture!

I managed to sneak in a quick play and this is what I came up with. I used Graph'It markers to colour the image and create the scene behind her. The gorgeous papers are from the Dollie Daydream Goes East CD from Polka Doodles. The embellishments are a mix of the stamps, die cuts and made items.

Oh and whilst I'm here I can't resist sneaking in a quick picture of the new addition to our family...Lillie. She's three years old and a total madam, who is already ruling the roost!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Grown Up Card
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes