A Mermaid Portrait at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

I'm here with another inspiration for The Paper Shelter and I am keeping with the MerMay theme. Our challenge theme this week is Lots Of Layers, so you can have lots of fun with this one. 

I have used page 17 of the "Mermaid Portraits" colouring book to create a layered and framed picture for myself. I made this in stages, in between doing other things, as there is a lot that went into it! 

I coloured the entire image, even though I knew much of it would be covered by the frame. I needed to make sure that there would be colour through all the gaps. I finished off with some glitter gel pens and Wink of Stella.

I used a few different dies and cardstock colours for the layers and added some extra elements after putting it all together with 3D foam tape.

The frame was grey with woodgrain, and I initially just wanted to add some shimmer to it, but the spray dried and all flaked off! I used my homemade texture paste all over the frame in the end, then added colour on top and finally sprayed the shimmer. 

My husband bought me some Swarovski crystals when he visited a friend in Austria last year and I had not known what to do with them, so I thought this box frame was the perfect place. There are also a few within the bubble holes in the card layers.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our new Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Box frame
• Homemade texture paste
• Distress Oxides - Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio & Lucky Clover
• Sea-themed dies
• Swarovski Crystals
• Pearl beads
• Dew Drops
• Coloured cardstock
• Wink of Stella - Clear
• Glitter gel pens
• ProMarkers - Indigo Blue, Royal Blue, Azure, Moss, Pear Green, Marsh Green, Sunflower, Amber, Pine, Lush Green, Grass, Ocean Teal, Pumpkin, Cloud Blue, China Blue, Sky Blue, Apple, Leaf Green, Meadow Green, Black, Marine, Turquoise, Denim Blue & Pebble Blue
• Prismacolor pencils - Peacock Blue, Cloud Blue, Violet Blue, Crimson Red, Orange, Pumpkin Orange, White, LIght Aqua, True Green, Dark Green & Olive Green

I am entering my picture into the following challenges:

1. Creative Fingers - #277 ATG
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #229 ATG
3. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #571 ATG
4. Crafty Catz - #671 ATG/Summer
5. Crafty Gals Corner - #255 ATG
6. 613 Avenue Create - May ATG
7. Allsorts - WK780 ATG/Spots/Stripes
8. Snippets Playground - #480 ATG
9. Crafty Calendar - May ATG

A Day at The Beach at Tiddly Inks

Hello Crafty Peeps!
How are you all holding up?  The sun is starting to shine and the weather is getting warmer. It's a time when we would usually be having days out with family and friends or planning a summer holiday, but instead we are contemplating whether to go to Playa Del Back Yard or Viva Las Lounge! 
So in honour of all those outings we are longing for, I created a virtual beach scene to hang on my wall.  I can look at it every day and wonder whether the sand still feels the same between my toes!

I have used 'Summer Fun Caravan' for my scene, which includes a camper, a surfboard and Wryn in her summer dress and sandals. You can grab the image set here.

I had to use sandpaper for the beach as it has the perfect look and texture. I die cut slits into it to slide the camper wheel and surfboard behind, to make it look like they are sinking into the sand.  Wryn is popped up on 3D foam pads.

Make sure you pop over to our Tiddly Inks Facebook Group to share your fabulous makes.  We have some great freebies here that you can make the most of while you are at home. 

Products used:

• Backing cardboard
• Sandpaper
• Recollections textured paper
• Patterned paper
• Coloured card
• Hill & cloud dies
• Lawn Fawn Sandy Beach Accents dies
• X-Cut circle die
• 3D foam pads
• ProMarkers -
• Camper - Powder Blue, Black, Cool Grey 1 & 3, Turquoise, Duck Egg, Marine, Cerise, Carmine, Green, Pumpkin & Aegean
• Surfboard - Tulip Yellow, Sky Blue, Cool Grey 1, Cerise, Marine & Turquoise
• Wryn - Burnt Orange, Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow, Canary, Caramel, Sandstone, Marine, Burnt Sienna, Saddle Brown & Raw Sienna
• Prismacolor pencils - Black, Dark Brown & Peach
• Sakura Gelly Roll - White

I am entering my picture into the following challenges:

1. I♥Promarkers - #408 ATG
2. Let's Craft & Create - #158 ATG
3. Simon Says Monday - Create A Scene
4. Digi Choosday - WK16 ATG
5. Creative Fingers - #184 ATG
6. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2016 ATG
7. Crafts Galore Encore - #74 ATG