I made a small 6×6 layout for a crafty friend, Vonny (YT: MyDivineGrace), well actually for her daughter, Gracelynn. \ud83d\ude42 They wanted something with a mermaid theme, in soft colors, and a space for a small picture. When I looked through my stamps, I realized I didn’t have any mermaids so I decided to draw one and make that my free digi of the week! Her name is “Melody Mermaid,”<\/a> and I hope you like her.<\/p>\n

I used 1 sheet of 12 x 12 patterned paper cut down to fit through my printer so that I could paper piece the fishy part of the mermaid. Then I also printed her out on white cardstock so that I could do my Copic coloring. These are the colors I used: Skin: E00 and E11; Hair: E13, 15, 19, and 79; Eyes, YG67 (with a top coat of Glossy Accents so her eyes would shine); Shading on paper pieced fishy part of mermaid: C1. \u00a0I also used clear Wink of Stella on the paper pieced part for some shimmer, but I thought it needed even more sparkle so I painted on some green (with red undertone) Stickles in Holly along the edges and the folds of her tail.<\/p>\n

As for the actual layout, I used the reverse of the paper that I had used for the paper piecing, which had a lovely area with images of coral. I fussy cut and popped that and the mermaid up on foam adhesive. This was much more time consuming and detailed than I had originally anticipated, as so many areas\u00a0required really thin foam adhesive tape so as not to show from behind. LOL \u00a0I inked the edges with baby blue Tsukineko ink to create a more finished look. Lastly, to add even more sparkle I added dark blue, pale blue, white, and silver sequins in different sizes. They are supposed to be like\u00a0shiny\u00a0bubbles floating up in the water.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of this LO:<\/p>\n