Mermaid in a Vase

Well I've already shown you the card I made for my friend's 50th birthday, so today I will show you her present.  We'd been talking a while ago and I said I really wanted to make a mermaid in a jar, so that's what I did! 
I didn't want anything too cutesy, so chose to use 'Pin Up Mermaid' by JadeDragonne.  She's absolutely perfect for this project, sitting in her shell.  It was quite fiddly adding all the glass beads for bubbles. I couldn't get the invisible thread to knot big enough, so had to glue them in the end! 
I'm so happy with how this project turned out. It's just what I had in my mind.

Product list:

• Glass vase
• Course stone granules
• Shells
• Plastic foliage
• Glass beads
• Cheesecloth
• Starfish
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink, Almond, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick, Black, Aegean, Duck Egg, Cool Grey 5, Burgundy, Antique Pink, Pale Pink, Saffron, Blush, Satin, Slate, Violet, Lavender, Caramel, Sandstone, Vanilla & Cool Aqua
• Sakura Gelly Roll, White

I am entering my mermaid into the following challenges:

1. Passion for ProMarkers - WK406 Fun in the Sun
2. Morgan's ArtWorld - #15 Anything Goes
3. Brown Sugar - #261 Anything Goes
4. World Wide Open Design Team - #24 Anything Goes
5. The Crafty Addicts - #39 Anything Goes/Girly

Something Wicked This Way Comes at Club KennyK

Wow, where did October go? It's already my last Halloween guest post at Club KennyK! 

The theme is 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' so obviously I had to break out the Graphic 45.  I've made so many Halloween cards recently, I wanted to do a little something different for this challenge. My Mum gave me a vase of black roses, so I've made a vase 'wrap' (or maybe it's a tag, I'm not sure what to call it) using 'Devil Girl'.
Other products I have used for my creation:

• Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells papers & embellishments
• Core'dinations Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Collection cardstock
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink 'Walnut Stain'
• Tonic Tim Holtz Paper Distresser
• Twine, ribbon & gems from my stash
• ProMarkers - Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Gold, Cool Grey 5, Crimson, Ruby, Berry, Burgundy, Cardinal, Sandstone & Cocoa

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

1. Your Scrapbook Place - October Anything Goes
2. Artistic Inspirations - #166 Anything Goes
3. Craft Your Passion - #335 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Gals Corner - #94 Be Fa-BOO-lous
5. Cute Card Thursday - #448 Halloween
6. Dark 'n' Daring - #6 Anything Goes
7. Deep Ocean - #140 Halloween
8. Get Creative - #50 Black & Orange
9. Inspiration Destination - #108 Anything Goes
10. Left of Centre - #153 Halloween