DecoArt makes beautiful glittery mermaids!

I am currently working on some pieces for my upcoming show called Caffeinated Art, and This mermaid loves tea canvas is full of whimsy and shine. I have to say that I truly love the DecoArts Inc. products and I thank then for letting me partake in this Glitter It! job.

I used the colors below to create her hair. First by using the Americana Marigold as a base, then adding both the Glamour Dust paints in Lemon Drop and Copper. After they dried I added more swirls of Americana Whispering Turquoise and Marigold, finishing off with the 3-D Gloss Enamel in black for accenting.

Her eyes were created by first painting a base coat with Americana Multi Surface Satin, then covering it with the Glamour Dust Aqua. After they dried I used the 3-D Gloss Enamel in the center for the pupil and using a straight pin to pull out the paint in a star burst pattern. Using the same pin to pull out her eyelashes

I used these 3 colors for the background straight from their bottles, Whispering Turquoise, Bahama Blue and Silver Twinkles writer. 

You can use this picture above as a reference to see how the Glamour Dust alters the color of Bahama Blue ( in the picture above the Bahama Blue is on the right side ) when layered over it.

This is a closeup of her top where I used the Glamour Dust Emerald over the Americana Bahama Blue. It really picked up the gold undertones.

On her tail I layered the Glamour Dust Aqua over the Americana Bahama Blue for a ultra rich looking blue!

And for the lower portion of her body, I mixed the Americana Bahama Blue with the Glamour Dusts, Aqua and Emerald.

And lastly, I hand sewed some beads onto her tail and around her hips..

I hope you enjoyed my mermaid, I know I really enjoyed the DecoArt products, they always make every project just a little more fun!

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conundrum

What does sandee have lots of, that she hoards and rarely uses?

STAMPS

I try, I really do, but I never use them enough. But I went hog wild with a flourish stamp called Modern Flower Flourish by inkadinkado on one of my canvases. It involved masking and laying magazines up underneath the canvas so I would have a flat surface to work on.

This stamp set comes with 4 flourish stamps in it and I used one that had the flower as the focal point for my roosters' eye. See, the rooster is the steam rising up out of the cup, for what says "wake up" better than coffee AND a rooster!

I've been adding a lot of beading lately to my canvases, which is another thing I had stopped doing and now I can't get enough of! ( You can see that I used a lot of masking to stamp into the design of the rooster, and I added some doodling to fill in any open areas )

One of my favorite parts was the mountain sunrise scenery that I painted on the cup, and then the sunbeams extend from out behind the cup. Go ahead, scroll back up to the main picture if that didn't make sense to you, lol Maybe you can see it better if you look at the overall design!

And lastly, I had to take a deep breath to write the words out in paint, something I had never done before, as I usually do all my lettering with a pen. I was in a quandary about how to get the right color yellow when the answer was staring me in the paint face, the pickle was using a paint brush to do it with. 

Can we say scary?

I have to say I have begun combining spray inks with gelatos and I just LOVE the effect, The wood table top is a combination of Lindy's Dark Chocolate Truffle starburst stain along with a no name gelato ( sorry, not my fault ), but look at that silky finish! oh la lah!

Simon Monday Challenge - I ought to use this more!