Swimming with friends

As you can see I'm having a bit of a busy week crafting, it's such a trial NOT! :)

This stamp Little Mermaid 1 from Lili of the Valley is very popular with people I work with, every time I make one someone wants it.  I tend to use metal beads which I think helps the popularity as little girls tend to take them off the card after and use them on their jewellery.

There are a couple of challenges going at the moment which insprired me to make another one.

Putting her together

Coloured with ProMarkers in blues and purples, I've used a blending pen to soften the background to make it more "blurry"/faded like looking through water (don't think that worked out too well though) and then cut it with a Spellbinders die

Papers - Lili of the Valley Solids Promises, Lili of the Valley Snow Princess and Our Daily Bread Christian Faith Collection.  The back ground paper from Our Daily Bread was just perfect as it made her look like she's swimming in the sea.  I used the purple to pick out some of the purple in the coloured image.

There's some lilac organza ribbon - Lili of the Valley Littles Bags of Ribbon - Purple. 

Two silver shell, two brass fish and a silver key jewellery beads

The bead spray used to make the ocean plants was from Hobby Craft that I've had for ages.

Clear self adhesive gems

A sentiment from Lili of the Valley Sentiments Art Pad 

Challenges that inspired me to,make this card and to which i's going to enter are

Colouring Crazy Graf'It - Water/Ice Effects or Blue/Purple

ABC - W is for Water

This is probably the best version I've done of her so far 

Andrea x