A Magical Mermaid

I have an aversion to mermaids

ALL mermaids.

I am not a fan of mermaids..

especially images of adult mermaids.

I've avoided...by choie...the mermaid stamp rage

UNTIL...

now!

I was at a local scrap shop last week 

and saw Sunny Studio's MAGICAL MERMAIDS stamp set 

and i liked it.

So I purchased the stamp and die set.

I can hardly believe that I am saying that I like a mermaid.

(LET ME CLARIFY....That's not ALL mermaids...It's just the cuties in this set)

This stamp set has lots and lots of great imagesthat you can use to create a mermaid scene.

I stamped out lots of the images that I wanted to create about a half dozen cards with.

I purchased the dies...but because I had stamped and colored so many images...

I wanted to use my ScanNCut to expedite cutting them out.

Here's what happened...

UGH

NOT GOOD.

(The card stock with the colored images shifted while the blade was cutting..

UGH

(well...actually...I didn't say UGH....I said  %$*# and &%$@)

But..I had enough images colored and ready to go...

This time...I made sure they were secure on the cutting mat...

and had success with cutting the remaining images.

The images were all Copic colored..

I created a stenciled tiny fish print layer for the card front.
(ECHO PARK ~ BABY FISH STENCIL)

A friend had sent me some 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of beautiful water colored paper..

So...for the blue ocean background I die cut an oval water colored shape...

and used the same shape die in smaller size to cut a window in the stenciled piece.

I created my underwater scene...

positioning some of the die cut piece with foam dimensionals for added dimension.

I positioned the stenciled fish layer with fun foam

an then positioned the remaining pieces of the scene as shown (partially over the stenciled fish layer)

I wanted lots of dimension on the card

Finally...

I can say that I like a mermaid!

This set is sweet..and adorable...

and has lots of nice images that all work well together

along with some nice sentiments 

(I chose to not use a sentiment because I want this card to be useful for all occasions)

So...thumbs up to Sunny Studio for making a convert out of me!

A mermaid liking convert!

Thanks for visiting today...

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday!

Michelle.