T here's something just so magical about mermaids! This mermaid has a tail colored in Lemon Lime Twist and Emerald Envy and a hair of Berry Burst.
Project Recipe
Using the MISTI tool, stamp the mermaid onto the large piece of watercolor paper. Ink and stamp the mermaid 2-3 times until you are satisfied with the quality of the lines.
We the tail with an aqua painter and a small amount of water. Tail should be slightly shiny but not saturated with water.
Using an aqua painter and Lemon Lime Twist, dip some ink onto the mermaid tail and color.
While the tail is still wet, color the fins with Emerald Envy ink.
While the fins are still wet, use an aqua painter to add some Lemon Lime Twist ink to the fins. Touch the tip of the inked aqua painter to the Emerald Envy tail to add small dots of Lemon Lime Twist. These will bleed into the Emerald Envy color and add areas of interest.
Let the tail dry or use the heat tool to speed up the process. Once the tail is dry, apply a small amount of water to the mermaids skin. You can use any neutral to apply skin tone to the mermaid. Today we are using Peekaboo Peach. Pickup a small amount of Peekaboo peach and test the saturation on a scrap. If you need a lighter tone, color on the scrap until the tone is to your liking. Then color the mermaids skin.
After the skin is dry, color the hair with Berry Burst ink.
Stamp the sea weed on the bottom front of the card base. Use Emerald Envy ink. Stagger the height of the seaweed to add variations.
Using the Decorative Ribbon Border punch. Punch a decorative border.
Adhere the decorative border behind the painted mermaid.
Stamp the sentiment on the smaller piece of watercolor paper using Staz On ink. Stamp the mermaid silhouette in Pool Party Ink. Punch out the sentiment with the Best Badge punch.
Use the Best Badge punch to punch out a badge in Pool Party ink. Cut the badge in half.
Offset the pool party badge pieces behind the sentiment and adhere.
Using SNAIL adhesive, adhere the mermaid to the card front.
Using Stampin' Dimensionals, adhere the greeting to the card front.
Add pearls embellishments.
For the inside of the card, stamp the seaweed in the lower right corner once or twice. Adhere the white panel to the Lemon Lime Twist matte then add to the inside of the card.