Urban Mermaid Designs

Thursday 30 April 2009

NEW CT LAYOUTS

Just sharing a couple of new layouts by my talented CT member Patty! Some great ideas in these pages!

Here she uses Fairy Dreams in the Spring kit.
What a fresh-looking page! I love the cute photo and the bunny stamp that comes with the kit goes so well with it!
She added the "sweet bunny" journaling herself using a vintage typewriter font and then used an overlay blend to merge it with the background paper. Putting text on it's own layer and playing around with Layer Blending Modes, is a great way to create your own wordart!


For this layout Patty used Mermaid Dreams in the Ocean.
This layout shows that a page without a photo can be very effective!
Pages with just journaling and elements make a great "breathing space" in printed scrapbooks and allow time for the reader to absorb your content.
To see more of Patty's pages visit her gallery HERE

Tuesday 28 April 2009

NEW FAIRY DREAMS IN THE SPRING LAYOUT

I just HAVE to share this awesome layout I noticed at DigiShopTalk today!

It's by Miney777 using the Fairy Dreams in the Spring kit
I love the delicate clustering of elements around the frame and the fairy on top. Great use of "white space" and the cute baby seems to be looking at all the spring elements!
To see more of her lovely layouts and to comment on this one, visit her gallery HERE



Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available in Full Size for printed layouts and hybrid creations HERE
and Tagger size for sig tags, webart and digi-collage HERE
To see more layouts and Tags with this kit go HERE

Sunday 26 April 2009

BONUS FREEBIE MINI-KIT

Thanks to all the Designers and Scrapdish customers that helped to make our Easter Egg Hunt such a great success!
It was so much fun that the store owners are already planning another Treasure Hunt...I will keep you updated when I have more details.
For those of you that were unable to participate that weekend, I've decided to offer my Egg Hunt mini-kit as a Blog Freebie!
Here's the Freebie preview:

You may download the Freebie HERE


Friday 17 April 2009

NEW FAIRY DREAMS LAYOUTS

Here are some gorgeous new layouts from my store's Creative Teams:
By RubyMoon using Fairy Dreams in the Moonlight


Fairy Dreams in the Moonlight is available in Full Size HERE

or in Tagger Size HERE



By Maike using Fairy Dreams in the Spring


By Maike using Fairy Dreams in the Spring


By Irene using Fairy Dreams in the Spring


Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger size HERE

Wednesday 15 April 2009

NEW FAIRY DREAMS IN THE SPRING LAYOUTS

I wanted to share these beautiful new Fairy Dreams in the Spring layouts which were sent to me this week!

This adorable page is by Elena.
I love the extraction of the photo and the grass and daffodil cluster that she's made with the elements.
To see more of her lovely layouts and to comment on this one, visit her gallery HERE


This Spring layout by Judy has a really fresh and magical quality to it.
I love the composition and the detail of the little fairy in the leaf frame at the top.
To see more of Judy's lovely layouts and to comment on this one, visit her gallery HERE


Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available in Full Size for printed layouts and hybrid creations HERE
and Tagger size for sig tags, webart and digi-collage HERE

Tuesday 14 April 2009

NEW CHARLOTTE TAG TUTORIAL

Check out this gorgeous Tag that Stacey has created with my Scraps & the City Charlotte kit.
I love the way she has put all the girly elements in the filmstrip frame. You could put your own photos or tubes in the frame too!


Stacey has written a tutorial showing you how she made it, which you can follow HERE
She used a free tube by Myria M which you can download at the tutorial.
You will also need a Scraps & the City Charlotte Tagger Kit available HERE.

Scraps & the City Charlotte is available in Full size HERE
and Tagger Size HERE
To see more Charlotte Layout & Tags visit my Gallery HERE
Stacey also has a new kit out in her Zodiac range this week: Cancer, so I decided to make her a couple of tags with it. The purple and teal tones work really well together in this kit.

I used a pretty fairy tube by Molly Harrison in this one.

I used a fantasy doll tube by Angela Newman in this one.
Cancer by Stacey's Designs is available in Tagger Size HERE and Full Size HERE

Saturday 11 April 2009

NEW MERMAID DREAMS TUTORIAL

Check out his magical underwater tag that Stacey has sent me using Mermaid Dreams in the Ocean!

The fish looks so cute as he's about to kiss the mermaid and great idea to put a mermaid tube in the snowglobe frame. You could even put a favourite photo behind too!
Stacey has written a psp tutorial explaining the how she created this tag. If you would like to try her techniques you will find her Under The Sea tutorial HERE
You will need Mermaid Dreams in the Ocean Tagger Size and and a tube/image of your choice. Stacey used a tube by artist Jasmine-Beckett Griffith, you can buy her tubes HERE


Mermaid Dreams in the Ocean is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger Size HERE
The Mermaid Dreams in the Ocean Gallery is HERE

Wednesday 8 April 2009

NEW GALLERY LAYOUTS

Thought I'd share these lovely layouts which I noticed in the Digishoptalk gallery yesterday.

This glamorous layout is by Bre.
I love it! It looks like a page from a fashion magazine!
Bre used Scraps & the City Carrie Kit and the Scrapdish free April template, you can download the template HERE.
If you use the template with any of my kits and upload it to the Template Gallery you will recieve a 10% coupon for Scrapdish!

Scraps and the City Carrie is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger Size HERE

This super cute layout using Fairy Dreams in the Spring is by Irene.
Great idea to tie the tag to the word art and the way she's embellished the leaf frame with flower elements is gorgeous!

This magical page made with Fairy Dreams in the Spring is by Correen.
I love that the fairy is sprinkling pixie dust on the baby and what a sweet idea to put the baby photo in the basket!
Did you spot the chick hiding in the grass, how cute?

Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger HERE

Tuesday 7 April 2009

FAIRY DREAMS IN THE SPRING TUTORIAL

Check out this beautiful tag that Stacey has sent me using Fairy Dreams in the Spring Tagger size!

I think it looks like a painting. Great use of the bird brush/stamp that comes with the kit to bring the eye to the center of the tag!
Stacey has written a psp tutorial explaining the techniques she's used, so you can make this tag yourself! You will need Fairy Dreams in the Spring Tagger Size and a tube/image of your choice. Stacey used a pretty fairy tube by Caron Vinson, you can buy her tubes HERE
You will find Stacey's Spring Dreams tutorial HERE


Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger HERE
Stacey is also a designer at Sweet n Sassy, so I thought it would be fun to make her a few tags with the latest kit in her horoscope range - Gemini.
I decided to make one blue and one green tag and I used tubes by PinUp Toons.

Gemini Tagger Size kit is available HERE

Friday 3 April 2009

NEW Fairy Dreams Layouts

Wow, check out these beautiful new layouts that have been posted at DigiShopTalk using my kits:

This one is by Geneviève using Fairy Dreams in the Spring.
I love the way she has blended the photo into the background paper and the way she has attached her journalling to the string!
You can click on the layout to leave comments and visit her gallery.

This one is by Irene and uses Fairy Dreams in the Fall.
The shadowing in this layout is superb, those fairies really leap off the page and the butterfly appears to be hovering above it!
She has duplicated the wooden journaling block and put them on either side of the frame to give the illusion of one continuous strip...great idea!
You can click on the layout to comment and visit her gallery .

Fairy Dreams in the Spring is available HERE
Fairy Dreams in the Fall is is available HERE

Thursday 2 April 2009

NEW FAIRY DREAMS IN THE WOODS TAGS

This week I did a Designer Tag swap with Peace at Sweet n Sassy.
Peace created these stunning tags using my Fairy Dreams in the Woods Kit:

Here she uses a Fairy tube by Myka Jelina.
I love the way the wings in the tube mirror the shape of the ivy on the frame.

I love the layering of frames in the second tag, it has an etheral quality.
The beautiful angel tube in this one is by Rachel Tallamy

Fairy Dreams in the Woods is available in Full size HERE
and Tagger Size HERE
The Fairy Dreams in the Woods Layout & Tag Gallery is HERE

The kit I chose to work with for Designs by Peace is her stylish new kit Precious Panda...
Here are the tags I made using this kit. For the first one I focused on the green elements and papers. (the pandas are included in this kit)

For the next one I picked out the gold tones. The sultry tube is by Mark Wasyl and the wings are made from a butterfly element from the kit.


Precious Panda is available in Tagger Size HERE

and Full Size HERE