WLS Jan#2 - Trio of mermaids

Good Morning everyone

Time for more inspiration for We Love Stamping where the theme this month is 

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE -  so any other shaped card 

or you can always use the anything goes theme as long as stamping is involved.

After all the Christmas and many Dec & Jan birthdays i craft for, I take time out to give my craft stash an annual tidy up ready to start the next crafty year.  I have a drawer where i put things left over from projects and that is where i found these mermaids, fish and die cuts so i decided I would use them all together.

Card size approx 7x4.5"  I took 2 of the white die cut shapes, scored a spine on one and adhered it to the back of the other one, thus making my shaped card base.  I then covered the front with sea themed patterned paper.  I die cut a smaller frame from white card and added to the front with foam tape.  I then arranged the mermaid and fish, adhered some flat and some with glue gel for dimension.  Sentiments stamped onto white, cut out and added.

The Mermaids and fish had all been previously stamped onto white and watercoloured with inktense pencils, cut out and glossy accents added to the eyes.  I then added a touch of diamond stickles here and there for a little sparkle.

This shows the dimension better and you can see how it stands up.

Version 2 made the same way

and Version 3

These images are such fun, a great way to brighten up a grey winters day

Items Used:

Funky Fossil stamps

Spellbinders grand labels 4 dies (very old!)

12x12 paper pad from the works

Derwent inkense pencils

Rangers stickles 'diamond'

Glossy accents

Do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in with your anything but square projects or you can just go with the anything goes theme, as long as stamping is involved. 

You could win these lovely prizes from aall&create if you join in.

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Emma

Id love to enter card #1 in the following

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-608-all-things-bright-and.html

https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-484.html

https://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-93.html

https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2025/01/january.html - handcoloured image - i coloured mine with inktense pencils

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2025/01/539-something-to-say-polkadoodles.html

https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2025/01/january-challenge-something.html - something old - the stamps, dies, papers are all years old