Urban Mermaid Designs: December 2008

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Merry Christmas from Urban Mermaid Designs!

My Krafty Christmas kit will be 50% off until 5th January!

Krafty Christmas is available in Full Size HERE
and Tagger Size HERE

Visit the Krafty Christmas Layout & Tag Gallery to see some wonderful creations with this kit HERE

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Wow, the Creative Team have really been busy with my Fairy Dreams in the Winter kit! Here are two more fantastic tag tutorials for you to try out, this time created by Rose.
I love the Suzanne Woolcott tube in the Winter Wonderland tag, it goes so well with the polar bears from the kit and the PinUp Toon Angel works really well with the Snow Angel wordart that also comes with the kit.

If you would like to have a go at making these tags yourself then you will need tubes/images of your choice and a Fairy Dreams in the Winter Tagger Size Kit available HERE.

You will find the Winter Wonderland tutorial HERE
You will find the Snow Angel tutorial HERE

Here's another PinUp Toon tag I made with my Fairy Dreams in the Winter Tagger Size kit You can buy PinUp Toons HERE

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Check out these super Fairy Dreams in the Winter tags that Sue has sent me. I love the way that each has it's own style and in each the character frames a little snow scene beyond them. They are also lightly animated, giving a shimmering effect!

She created them in Paint Shop Pro and has written tutorials explaining how she did it. If you would like to have a go then you will need tubes/images of your choice and a Fairy Dreams in the Winter Tagger Size Kit available HERE.

You will find the Thru Yonder Window tutorial HERE
You will find the Snow Angel tutorial HERE

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Stock photos are great for layouts, card-making, blending to create your own scrapbooking papers or extracting to create elements. I used one of Jessica Dixon's commercial use photos as a starting point for this background paper from my Fairy Dreams in the Winter kit. I cropped and tinted it and added various overlays to create a magical scene:

Here's the pack I used, can you spot the original photo?!:

Jessica Dixon currrently has a coupon worth 50% off her products, which lasts through the end of the month! The code is jess50dixon and you can see her wonderful photos HERE

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Merry Christmas from Urban Mermaid Designs!

One of my talented Creative Team is Jessica who has created this wonderful full size Quickpage for you. You simply slot your own photo behind the page to create your own snowglobe scene!

She used my Fairy Dreams in the Winter kit which is available HERE

For more inspirational layouts with this kit, check out the Fairy Dreams in the Winter Gallery HERE

Here's the Freebie Quickpage Preview:

You can download the FREEBIE HERE

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Check out this super cute Fairy Dreams in the Winter tag that Mama Berd has sent me!

She created it in Paint Shop Pro and has written a tutorial explaining how she did it! If you would like to have a go then you will need an image of your choice (Mama Berd used a tube by Moshilove which was a 2008 MPT Christmas present) and a Fairy Dreams in the Winter Tagger Size Kit available HERE.

The Snow Angel Tag Tutorial is HERE
To see more tags, layouts and collages created with Fairy Dreams in the Winter visit the Gallery HERE

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Check out this SPARKLING new Tag made by Sarah! There's real elegance in it's simplicity. I love the ferns behind the paper and what a fun idea to have the name resting on the sled element.

Would you like to make this tag? Well you can...Sarah has written a PSP tutorial explaining exactly how she created it. You will need an image of your choice (Sarah used an image by Kriss available HERE ) and a Fairy Dreams in the Winter Tagger Size Kit available HERE

You will find the tutorial HERE

Here are some beautiful new Layouts and Tags by the Creative Team also made with Fairy Dreams in the Winter:

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Talented tut-writer Trese has created another TREMENDOUS tag! I love the rich colors and textures in this one and what a great choice of tube and mask for the kit!

If you would like to have a go at making this "Naughty or Nice" tag, then you will need a tube or image of your choice (Trese used Yvonne Gilbert artwork available HERE) and a Krafty Christmas Tagger Size Kit available HERE

You will find the "Naughty or Nice" Tag tutorial HERE
I also thought you'd also like to see these awesome new Krafty Christmas Layouts and Tags that my Creative have sent me. Some great ideas in these:

Check out all the details in this one by Patty...elements used as toys in the stockings and as tree decorations and the little tag on the present. The Add-on kit was also used in this one and the one below.

Check out the composition in this page by Netty. The use of 1 main photo & 1 on the corner with a simple title and corner cluster could be used as a template for lots of other types of pages. (pine leaves are by Jeanette Bollinger)

Some great ideas in this layout by Jeannie. She has used a Santa paper, but cleverly multiplied the reindeer toy element and placed them over the paper ones to make the page really pop! The string elements add a Wild West touch.

Great choice of tube by Jeannie adds that "past-times" feel and the colors really match the kit. the Wordart also matches her expression, which is more "naughty" than nice! Note how she's layered 2 contrasting papers to add interest to the background and reduced the elements to the girl's scale so they look like toys.

Here's one I made. This time I up-scaled the hobby-horse element so the Pinup toon could sit on it and down-scaled the star element so the fairy could top the tree with it.
Hope these have provided some festive inspiration!

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Take a walk in a Winter Wonderland with my sparkling NEW kit...Fairy Dreams in the Winter. This beautiful blue kit is perfect for all your wintery, snow sports, christmas, fantasy, fairytale layouts, cards and tags or simply creating a magical mini masterpiece!

Papers (click on preview for larger view):

Contents: 10 PAPERS, 4 BRUSHES

(PNG & ABR files): 1 Snowflake, 1 Christmas Tree, 1 Ice-skate, 1 Brrrr Word Art. 30 ELEMENTS: 3 Frames, 3 Word Art, 2 Journaling Notes/Mattes, 1 Fairy, 1 Eskimo, 1 Fairytale Castle, 1 Ivy Border, 1 Branch, 1 Metallic Ice-skate, 1 Reindeer, 1 Snow Globe, 1 Flower, 1 Butterfly, 1 Winter Corsage, 1 Snowflake, 1 Flourish, 1 Fern, 1 Sled, 1 Polar bears, 1 Snowflake String, 1 Bird, 1 Fairy Wings, 1 Fabric Tree, 1 Icicles, 1 Magic Wand.
This kit is available in Full Size for printed Layouts, card-making and hybrid projects HERE
or in Tagger size for web layouts, tags & snags HERE
Check out these magical layouts, tags and snags that my Creative Team have conjured up with the Fairy Dreams in the Winter Kit!