My Pisces daughter

It's my daughter's birthday tomorrow and she has strict instructions not to read my blog today as I am sharing the birthday card I made for her for my weekly Visible Image Design Team inspiration .

She recently moved to the seaside and although the weather has not yet warmed enough for playing on the beach we can't wait until we can.

The views are so beautiful at any time of the day. These photos were taken last year.

and there is a local tea shop for tea and cake

There is nothing better than gazing out across the sea.

The photo I took below shows my DD and Daisy wrapped up warmly 2 weekends ago.

I knew that her first birthday card in her new home should feature the sea in some form. I also wanted to link in the Pisces theme as she was born the last "day" for Pisces.

She love mermaids and seahorses, as I do and I although Visible Image have a fab new seahorse stamp but not a mermaid I had an idea.....

I would use my "Katie" from the Tomorrow doesn't exist set and turn her into a mermaid..yes seriously..bear with me!

These were the other stamp sets I used;

Make a wish from Own it set

Pisces from the zodiac sets

Universal 

the seahorse

the wings from the angels are near set

and the strobes stencil

So this is what I came up with...

The background was created using salty ocean, broken china and fossilized amber distress oxides, using the wrinkle free technique. I added some sun rays using the rays stencil and gold ink.

I stamped the seahorse and added some white highlights and to make him even more magical I added a wing from the angels are near set. This I gold embossed on black card and fussy cut out.  I love the way the gold rays from the stencil shine through him.

To add some sparkle  and "magic" I used glitter gold embossing powder and stamps from the universal set.

To make my "mermaid" I stamped "Katie" from the Live like tomorrow doesn't exist set but positioned the stamp so that the leg didn't appear. I embossed her in white with a pinch of gold powder too.

I was also able to just use the date from the Pisces set as this is my girl's actual birth date, 20 March.

I stamped and fussy cut lots of fish and had them swimming in and out of the swirls and also between my "mermaid's" hands.

A couple more close ups...

and one last shot

So a very happy birthday tomorrow to my darling girlie. I hope she likes her special seaside Pisces card.

It's supposed to be the first day of spring tomorrow too...hmmm I think Mother Nature got a bit confused at the weekend!

Yes the Beast came back with yet more snow!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Penny black and More 2/3 feature a creature

The Artistic stamper 2/3 stencils and masks

Get Creative 2/3 fantasy

Creative artiste 1/3 anything mixed media

Craft stamper take it make it March anything stamping goes

Cute card Thursday 1/3 celebrate

Sweet stampin 1/3 use up your paper scraps I certainly used lots making my little fish!

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your very kind comments you take the time to leave me. Let's hope this mini beast from the East moves on soon. Happy 1st day of Spring tomorrow.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x