This is for Lisa's WT challenge which you will find HERE; we are marking Hans Christian Andersen's birthday by using images suitable for fairy tales.
It's also for Susie's Tickle a Teapotter challenge - this is my Fantasyland card and gives me a full house...I've never made that many cards for a TPT challenge before!!
Mermaid - sentiment from Art Neko, Unity Mystical Mermaid stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with inktense pencils. Lots of Spectrum Noir glitter for sparkle. Sea is Twinkling H2Os. Background is gelatos and baby wipes with a Pink Cat Studio seaweed stamp.
I tore the edges of the image panel, stitched round a couple of times with no thread in the sewing machine and then added lots of Stickles - it's popped up on foam and finished with sequins. The shells are all cut from bits of a failed wrinkle-free distress panel. Yes, it can fail when cheapo card is too absorbent!!
I was named after a mermaid (of sorts) - Sabrina, the goddess of the River Severn, the longest river in the UK. So it's surprising that in all my years of stamping this is only the second mermaid stamp I have ever bought!
John Milton wrote about her... Sabrina fair,
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair...
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 GMT Views: 1157
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Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 2:34 PM
Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous. This might be one of the prettiest mermaid stamps I've seen. (I have lots of mermaid and fairy images because I used to be on the design team for a company that did fantasy image stamps). Love the colors you used and the lovely coloring.
And your naming story -- way cool.
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Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 2:46 PM
Was I ever "off"!!....by the thumbnail, I thought your card was about "The Little Mermaid". Interesting the source of your given name. A lovely card with the mermaid and the underwater scene.
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Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 3:52 PM
Beautiful fairy tale representation! Wonderful colors and I love the pretty colors you used. The story of your name is much more romantic than mine: Dad wanted to name me Deborah, Mom wanted Barbara and Grandma wanted Priscilla. Priscilla means "ANCIENT" - which is what I am now!
------------------------------ Priscilla (aka - PJ)
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Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22987
Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 4:09 PM
Such a soft pretty card - the tail of that mermaid is amazing as is the history you shared. Those sequins make wonderful little bubbles floating up around her.
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
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Registered: June 13, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 23750
Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 5:49 PM
Fabulous card in every way! Love the card base looking like underwater, and then the focal panel being the beach. Your mermaid is beautifully coloured and the sentiment is fabulous - perfect for the challenge.
------------------------------ Susan
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Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 7:13 PM
Well, we love our mermaids don't we?? I love your mermaid...so pretty facing away as if looking beyond the horizon for her love to return on a far away ship!! Beautiful Sabrina! Love your edges too!
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Thu, Dec 01, 2016 @ 7:31 PM
This is just so fantastic. The image is lovely and the poem is so cool. What a wonderful namesake. As usual, you have used terrigicl techniques in thus csrd.