Sand, Salt, and Memories

 Hello friends,   

I can't believe that we are approaching the 4th of July.   If you follow my blog, you know that I LOVE mermaids.  I was so excited to get this distressed mermaid scale background.  It pairs so well with all the mermaid stamps that are already in stash.  

I used shimmering bliss from Technique Junkies to create a background full of sparkle.  If you haven't used these sprays... they are AMAZING.  They add sparkle and vivid color to a project.   When my background was dry a stamped the mermaid scales on top.   Die cut a circle and added the porthole (so sorry, I have no idea who makes this die).   I stamped the sentiments and mermaid to the inside of the card.   

I hope this inspires you to create!

Chris

Materials:

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Sea Scales

Sentiments

By the Sea

Vivid Volt

Dolphin Cove

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Lessons from the Ocean

  Hello Junkies!

I'm in love with these shimming bliss sprays that I picked up at Akron convention.  The photos don't do these justice.  They a silver sparkle to them.  I tried to take a photo at an angle to capture the sparkle.  It shows it a little better.   I used a white gel pen to add some bubbles and make a frame around the center panel. 

Materials:

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Sea Floor Stamp

Lessons from the Ocean

Sprays: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%

Mardi Gras

Dolphin Cove

Can you see the sparkle?

While I had the stamps out I thought I'd look through my stash of backgrounds.  I found this shaving cream background that I had left over.  I thought it looked like water.  I love the way the Sea Floor background looked stamped on it.  To help focus the attention on the sentiment I used a Hero Arts fish tank die on top.  I added dimensional foam to parts of the frame to give this card a 3D look.  

I'd love to know what background do you like better?