Mermaid ATC

I'm not particularly happy with this ATC. It was made in the days before detail embossing powder was available, so the compass image is not very clear. The muted background image is the 'Swept Away' stamp from Stampland Chicago. If you look carefully, you may be able to make out the subtly glittered image of the mermaid in the waves, with her arms raised. Faux-stitching and a metal mermaid charm and anchor complete the picture.

Down By The Sea

The main components in this one are a Sizzix seahorse (a medium Bigz-type die, although they didn't call them Bigz back then, and they came in three sizes, small (green), medium (yellow) and large (red)), and one of my favourite stamps from Stampland Chicago.

This is the stamp. I prefer to think of her as a mermaid than a naked lady! I did try to cover her modesty in the card above, but here she is in all her splendour here...

Stampland Chicago, 'Swept Away'. Ref: swept-away-41-42-39

Down By The Sea..

This was inspired by a DCM (Daring Card Makers) Challenge, but - as is often the case with only having limited time outside of work hours - I rarely get chance to complete a challenge on time! lol ~ Oh well. Still waiting to come up on the lottery! ;o)

I love all things nautical, so couldn't let this one slip by, and this is one of my favourite stamps, too, but rarely have the opportunity to use it.


Stamp by Stampland Chicago (great site.. loads of fantastic stamps! Go HERE to see for yourself).. plus Doodlebug rub-on lettering, Sizzix seahorse and part of a Sizzix scrolly border-type thing! And various embellishments and glamour dust.

This was one of those cards I started and hated for most of the time I was making it and almost scrapped it, but kept adding bits, and now I love it! I think the white dotty doodling was a mistake, though. Anyway, my lovelies.. hope you like it, too.

Siren

This was made for the second official Trimcraft challenge... stamping. It uses four different stamps, plus resist technique, triple-embossing, watercolouring, doodling, glittering, thread-wrapping, acetate, you name it! Oh, and the white flourish at the bottom was hand-drawn & cut.

Mermaid ATC

For another challenge on the Trimcraft site calling for ATCs using eyelets.


The stamped image used in the background is a cropped section from one of my favourites, but I rarely get to use it... It's from Stampland Chicago. Anyone into stamping would do well to invest some time in browsing their catalogue of amazing stamps! Follow the link HERE.

The stamp is called 'Swept Away' 4142-39 and can currently be found on P.41 of their catalogue, HERE.