They Call Me Tatar Salad

  Hi friends! It doesn't feel like summer until I create a mermaid themed project. The Brutus Monroe and Pear Blossom Press Collaboration Instagram and YouTube Hop was the perfect way to get my mermaid fix. This album has it ALL--swimming mermaids, a die-cut sequin-filled shaker spine, light-up under the sea scenes, and 58 interactive album pages that feature sea nymphs and plenty of space for photos and journaling. I used the Lawn Fawn Slide on Over Die Set to create the channel and a Snap and Spin embellishment that allows my mermaid to spin and swim across the album cover. I cut the mermaid from a card panel and added a die-cut fish and stamped sentiment to complete the scene. Where's her friend? Swimming on the back cover of the album! I used the Brutus Monroe Smile Cutting Die to create my own stencil to spell out the word swim for this shaker binding. I cut out the letters by hand and then filled the shaker with sequins that I die-cut from glitter paper. I used older sea...