I printed this beautiful image twice, once onto plain Neenah card, and once onto some patterned paper, which I had taped to normal copy paper, and it worked a treat.
I coloured her body with Promarkers, and cut and glued her sea shell and tail to the Neenah print.
So, onto the background - I have recently discovered Brusho's - Pigment paint which you can mix to a variety of strengths, or as I have done here, sprinkle very lightly onto wet card, or dry card and spritz with water. Here, I have used Turquoise, Yellow and Ultramarine, and spritzed - watching the colours dissolve into these bright vibrant colours is mesmerising, and every time you do it, it's different!
I made a central band for the middle of the card with some silver mirri, and the Brusho card, and wrapped some navy grosgrain ribbon and pearly lace around it. I layered the mermaid onto a pretty die cut from Joy Crafts, and die cut some sea creatures, anchors and ship wheels using dies from All Occasion Dies.
I added a swirly flourish and some flowers with some leafy ribbon to mimic seaweed, and popped a couple of pins in there.
The sentiment is by Stampin' Up!, and layered onto a little Spellbinders doily.
Finally, I added some silver sequins, some Stickles to her tail, shells, hair and flowers, and some Liquid Pearls in Ocean Blue. I loved making this card, this mermaid is right up my street! Or pool!
Don't forget to head on over to I Love Promarkers to see the rest of the DT creations, and get paper piecing!
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Out to Sea
Creative Inspiration - For a Friend
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your mark - I used Promarkers.
Thanks for stopping by,
Pauline