Always Be A Mermaid

 Having just got back from a fantastic week away in Majorca (despite the heatwave!) it's time to get back to the crafting!

I was lucky enough again for my work to be selected for the Ready, Set, Stamp feature in CraftStamper Magazine.

The theme was Deep Blue Sea and this is what I created

I used Distress Oxides on the card and sprayed them with water to merge them into an underwater effect. Once dry I stamped the mermaid by Stampendous stamps in archival ink and the blue circles in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. 

I used the Jane Davenport Making Faces flesh coloured paint for the body, watercolour paints and gold marker. I added the embossing powder, glitter, beads, artstones and fragments for the under the sea look. The diecuts were cut from watercoloured card before painting and added to the card. And as the sentiment says, Always be yourself, unless you can be a mermaid!

Other challenges I am entering:

a2zscrapbookingblog.com - Sparkle and Shine

Country View Crafts Challenges - Blue and Green

Embossed Trees

I have just purchased the new Embossing Book from Fran Seiford of Stampendous. And I am hooked on embossing again! There are some fabulous ideas.

I decided to dip my toe in the water again with this card for the Mixed Media Card Challenge. The theme is Trees.

To create the background I used gold acrylic paint and torn book pages. I then used a tree stamp, stamping with Versamark ink and using different colours of WOW! Embossing Powder.

Once cut to size I used a black Promarker to colour the edges to give it some depth.

Watch this space for more embossing projects!!

I am entering the following challenges:

Make My Monday - Square Card

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Make Your Own Background

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog - Anything Goes

We Love to Create - Mixed Media

Twinchie Challenge

 I love making small artworks and it is my aim to make a large artwork one day from the Twinchies I've made. I made this for the Twinchie Challenge which is Flowers.

I stamped the flower image onto text paper twice and coloured them with Distress Ink. For the top layer I used Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder and Stampendous Fragments, then melted them. I cut into the flower to give it a 3D look and then mounted it onto text paper. 

I'm a bit disappointed with the photo, as its looks more impressive in real life!

Night Time Fairy

Its been some time since I've had time to make something just for pleasure. I have just finished making my DT samples for WOW! Embossing Powder for the CHA show and also busy helping organising my son's summer fete. Fingers crossed on Saturday that it will be dry!

As my name suggests I love anything mystical and magical so I made this card. I used Bella's Garden stamps from Debbi Moore for the main image. I then embossed it using WOW! Bright White powder and painted the image with mica paints. The glitter around the outside was built up using silver stars, gems, Stampendous Shaved Ice flakes and Silver Halo Glitter.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Mondays - Fairies and Mermaids

Ooh La La - Mystic

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Love to Create - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - Make it Sparkle