Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Whimsical Wednesday at Diedrich Dare!

Welcome to week 12 of the Diedrich Dare's Whimsical Wednesday challenges!! This week's challenge is a super fun sketch brought to us by Jessica's talented son, Jack! This week's hostess is the fabulous Sandra Maclean, so be sure to check out the DD blog for her feature!


This week we have a wonderful PRIZE from our sponsor Club Anya!! An Anya or Ian single stamp of the winner's choice (must be in stock). Thanks to Jessica and Marie! In order to be eligible you must play along and link up your creation to Mr. Linky at the Diedrich Dare Blog or with keyword DDSC12 over at Splitcoaststampers.com


Big thanks to everyone that participated last week!!

I have two creations for you today! Jack's sketch inspired me to make this bookmark attached to a card...


Supplies:
The Greeting Farm: Mermaid Anya
DP: K&Co Viola Vita
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Brilliance Platinum Planet, Crimson Copper, Purple Hydrangea, Midnight Black
Punches: Marvy flowers, Martha Stewart heart
Crop-a-dile
Stickles: Glitz-Tiara
Copic Markers (I'll be back later with my list of colors!)

Be sure to check out the rest of the Daredevil crew:

For my second sketch creation, I am thrilled to announce I am now a Design Team member for Sweet Pea Stamps!! Please be sure to check out their DT blog for my weekly creations! And, be sure to check out the Sweet Pea Stamps shop for some beautiful mermaid fairies. Like the one I used below, from © ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art sheet 2 (plate 21) These stamps are incredibly detailed and SOOOO fun to color!!!




Sweet Pea Stamps is running a Referral Promotion for a limited time! See the details here. Be sure to take advantage of this offer and earn some credit to get these gorgeous mermaid images!

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovley Mermaids!

♥Rach♥ said...

Gosh I just LOVE the colors you use Randi, they always just leap straight off the page! The little TGF Mermaid's hair is my fave, you should do a tutorial sometime on how you do that, it's just gorgeous :0)

Angela said...

Randi, both of these mermaids are so pretty. I love the way you colored them and Congrats on the new DT spot...
Hugs,
Angela

Anonymous said...

Congrats for your new DT !!!
Your cards are just amazing. I'm waiting for new creations from you every day !!!
Hugs
xxx

Jen Shults said...

GASP! This is amazing Randi. I love love love how you colored mermaid Anya. She is just gorgeous. The hair and the subtlety of her clothing... WOW!! And your Sweet Pea Mermaid, holy moly! That is one fantastic stamp and you did amazing with it! Congrats on the new DT! You ROCK!!!

Pam Varnell said...

Oh Randi this is just gorgeous. Love that bookmark but I especially love that sexy mermaid on the front. Beautiful card girl. Hugs!!

Kerry said...

Holy cow, they are absolutely gorgeous!!! Love them both, big congrats on your new DT spot.
hugs

Mariska said...

Your colouring is just stunning in both but wow that purple hair on mermaid Anya is incredcible!!

xxx
Mariska

Sparkplug17 said...

What gorgeous projects! I love both of your mermaids!

Cindy Haffner said...

Beautiful work Randi, WOW-zsers!!

Riet said...

Beautiful cards Randi,i love the images and colours.

Hugs Riet.x

Elena said...

Congratulations on the DT, Randi! I am so happy for you! I love how you colored a beautiful mermaid on the second card! And of course always adore your Mermaid Anya! :)

Jessica Diedrich said...

OMGOSH! These are both just GORGEOUS and hey! CONGRATS to you my friend! When I first saw those images I KNEW you'd be an awesome DT member if they had a team...you ROCK!!!! Congrats again my friend and know that I am very thankful for you!

WickedPixie said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! Congrats on the new DT spot, too! I had to have every one of those stamps by that artist because of your work, so they certainly picked the right person!!! (Hopefully I will get a chance to play with them soon!) :-)Traci

Danni said...

Congrats on the new DT!! Gorgeous, gorgeous creations!!

RiNNE said...

Visually stunning! Awesome coloring of Zmermaid Anya's hair. Wonderful purple! And then, I saw your second mermaid, and she blew me away!! What a truly beautiful creature! And u love how you colored her!!!

Naoual said...

Oh, your colouring is truly gorgeous!! I love the way you've coloured their hair especially, WOW!! You did an awesome job Randi.

Congrats on the new DT spot, soo well deserved too!

Hugs, Naoual xx

Amy said...

HUGE congratulations on the DT gig Randi, you are perfect for it! :)
Both of these mermaids look amazing, count me in as another one in love with your hair colors... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you do a tutorial one of these days!

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...

Oh my! What gorgeous mermaids! Love the purple hair! and sparkle!
Your coloring is amazing!
Hope you had a wonderful holiday :*)
~ margie

Lisa Hjulberg said...

All I can say is YOWSERS!!! These are gorgeous Randi! I'm loving all the purple. Mermaid Anya's hair is perfection, and that Sweet Pea image is AMAZING! You go girl!

I'll miss being a Daredevil with you. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to get around to visiting blogs more often. So much to do, so little time. But I hope to see you around blog world... you do awesome work!

Hugs,
Lisa

Cassie said...

love your card randi! i still look at the "member card" you created waaaay back for that swap and just revel in the beauty of it!
congrats on designing for sweet pea --- you are perfect for them and they are so, so lucky to have you!

Unknown said...

Randi...This is STUNNING!!! I LOVE all your creations but this just jumps right off the screen and is sitting here with me!! Absolutely GORGEOUS work honey!! You are so talented and inspiring no wonder they picked you for the DT!! Congrats on that too!! You are amazing!!

- Oh and happy Thanksgiving too... I hope your day is spectacular!! Don't eat too much..LOL! Xx

Mary Giles said...

Both mermaids are absolutely lovely. You really know how to color girl! I'm amazed everytime I stop by here.

Mary Giles said...

Drats...hand worked faster than the brain...Congrats on the DT! If anyone can make these images come to life it is you.

Heather Schlatter said...

Randi,

Your coloring is out of this world amazingly wonderful!!! You so so rock in that department!!!

I love your Whimsical Project for last week you just have a knack for colors and papers that I would never think to put together but they always make one amazing Project!!!

Heather