Always Be A Mermaid

My oldest daughter is off to college in a just a few short weeks, so we are in the midst of getting things together for her dorm room. While on a recent shopping trip she spotted a beautiful aqua decorative "mermaid" pillow and squealed with delight!  Imagine my delight when I learned of mermaid pillows ... two-sided different colors of sequins which you can brush back and forth, creating wonderful patterns in them -- sparkling like a swimming mermaid! Needless to say, we now have some mermaid pillows in the house!  :)

That brings us to this custom piece of artwork that will be framed and will go in darling daughter's dorm room, to go with her mermaid pillow:

Thank goodness Julie Ebersole created a new mermaid Inner Mermaid friend for her existing Essentials by Ellen Mermaid's Tail stamp set!  I paired them swimming together, along with this absolutely fabulous sentiment in the new Inner Mermaid stamp set:

I gold heat embossed all the images onto watercolor paper, then watercolored them with my favorite Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. A few clear droplets were the only thing needed to complete the piece, keeping the watercoloring the focus. Now to find the perfect frame. :)

There's something magical about mermaids, isn't there? I think I'll be one the rest of the week :)

SUPPLIES:

Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps, Inner Mermaid By Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Mermaid's Tail by Julie Ebersole

VersaMark Ink Pad

Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 36 Color Set

Ranger Watercolor Paper, 10 pk

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (8-1/8 X 10-1/2)

My Sweet Petunia Mouse Pad

My Sweet Petunia Bar Magnet

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag

Stampendous Embossing Powder, Detail Gold

Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

iCraft Purple Tape

Silver Brush Black Velvet Watercolor Brushes, Short Round 8

Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush, Large Fine Point (23637)

Pretty Pink Posh Droplets, 4mm Clear

Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents

Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (12")

Comments

[katcama@aol.com]

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I just love your card Sharon! Best of luck to your darling daughter at school (and to you too Mama!).