Ocean's Beauty - a Beautiful Mermaid!

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Hey, y'all!

I've got a beautiful new little mermaid, Ocean's Beauty, to show you today from the March 2013 A Day For Daisies Club Kit.  I've created a journal page of her underwater world, and added some fabric to be able to play along in the eclectic Paperie Get Altered Challenge - Altered Fabric.

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I started with my blank journal page, covering it completely with Studio gesso.   I painted it yellow and the added strokes of green up from the bottom.  That's the seaweed!

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I added some mixed teal/blue/gesso for the water, by stroking down from the top using a wide flat brush.  I also brushed a little up from the bottom of the page.

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I used my Mini Chevron template and watered down gesso to paint on some "motion and reflections" and I used my Mini Peacock Feathers template to create more seaweed and some bubbles!  Then I used some Viva Paint Pens to add more bubbles and motion.

I printed my Thine Own Mermaid sentiment from A Day For Daisies onto some white cardstock, cut it out with a circle die, attached it with foam mounting tape and then painted it into the scene.

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For my little mermaid, I printed her onto white cardstock and colored her with my Copic markers.  I also printed her again onto a piece of copy paper, used paper tape to add a piece of fabric, then printed her again to get her "outfit".

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This is where the fabric came from - some faux silk curtain swatches:

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I added some sequins and popped little miss "beauty" up onto the page, and I was done.  What fun!

The Studio paints that I used are: Dab of Yellow, Landscape Green, Sky Blue, and Classic Teal.

Here's the full page again:

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And some closeups:

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You can click on any of the photos to see them at full size.

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That's it for my eP Get Altered Challenge - Altered Fabric.  Come and play along with us at the eP blog!

Also, please stop by to see all the gorgeous creations from the A Day For Daisies DT using all the gorgeous mer-people from the March 2013 Club Kit!!

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Arielle
Broni
Danielle
Kadie
Sherry

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Thanks so much for dropping in today!  What plans do you have for the weekend?  I have my 2 older grandsons and we're going to see Oz - the Great and Powerful (can't wait!) tomorrow.  Then on Sunday my youngest grandson is singing the national anthem (with his school class) at the Charlotte Checkers hockey game, so we're all going to see that.  It'll be a busy and fun-filled weekend!  I hope you all have a great one!

 

Comments

[Bonnie Irvine]

Broni, this journal page is beautiful. You have created such a wonderful home for this lovely mermaid. Love the paint colours, blending, and stencilling. There is so much movement...very cool. The mermaid is amazing with her fabric "outfit". ADFD images are some of my favourites and you've done this one proud!

[Kittie]

Broni, this is so precious! Thanks for the step by step.

[Kim Schofield]

Fabulous, Broni! I love the colors on this page and the bright color of the mermaids outfit is just perect! Love it!

[Dianne]

Broni this is OUTSTANDING what a book cover fabulous, thanks for sharing your inspiration and have a great weekend..

[nise]

What a beauty! Just love how you created the background AND shared the details with us. Happy Weekend!

[Donna-Marie]

I love your saying!! Love how you incorporated the fabric into this design... clever and unique. This is just too cute :-)

[Micki]

wow, awesome idea to use the curtain swatch for her suit. Never even thought to print on fabric...... genius. You are the only one that I know that can make a page and the moment I look at it, it feels like I'm at the ocean. LOVE it. It truly transports to me to the sea. Gorgeous.

[butterfly]

Beautiful, Broni - just love all those painty layers, and the mermaid is so cute in her silky suit!!
Alison x

[Tracy]

Stunning Broni, love the bright bold colours and how beautiful she looks in her silky outfit!!
Hugs
Tracy
xoxo

[Antonia ( toni)]

Lovely fresh colours and such a pretty mermaid, love the way you've used the stencils very creative! X

[Marjie Kemper]

What a gorgeous page, Broni! A dreamy mx of colors... love it!

[Annette Green]

Aren't you clever with that fabric swatch? I wouldn't have known it until you said it. Perfect!