Under the sea.......

Morning peeps I got up yesterday morning and inspiration hit me.....well I think that's what it was, so armed with a couple of cups of tea (cos I can't work without tea) I headed for my play room and got out all of my messy paints and I've used a fair few on this little diorama including Paper Artsy Fresco paints for the main part of the frame, as well as their crackle glaze, I also added distress stain in Dusty Concord to the edges before embossing it with silver using the crackle stamp CI 116 from Crafty Individuals......so I've done double crackling.....lol.

The other paints I've used are the Viva precious metal ones, these are soooooo scrummy and shiny and pretty and .....and I just love them, I used three colours in total.

The lady image CI 108 is also from Crafty Individuals, I stamped the image out using two shades of puples in the dew drop Memento inks, these are perfect for picking out detail, I inked her head in Cocoa, then I coloured in the image with Prismas, adding coping amounts of glitter.The background of the frame is from the Seaside paper book.

Then came the fun part using shells, beads, driftwood, the glittery seaweed (was originally a christmas decoration) and there is even a little mini coin charm popped in at the bottom. The scrim at the back I dyed using glimmer mists and is available from Stef Francis you can also get it pre dyed which is far easier I have to say as my fingers are now a pinky purple colour.

On the front of the frame there is a sheet of plastic instead glass and just to give the picture more depth I stamped on the front and back using a swirl stamp from B Line, so it appears to be looking through seaweed.

The theme this month at Crafty Individuals is .....Time for Summer and the challenge at Fashionable stamping is Nautical.
Challenges
Corrosive challenge......add some metal (coin Charm)
Pile it On......things beginning with S....shells/sea/seaweed/shimmer.
Pollycraft.....texture/fabric (usd dyed scrim).
Party Time Tuesday.....water.
Creative Inspirations.....pastel purple, green and blue.
Divas by Design.....use a charm (coin)
Happy Daze.....use a water technique or a watery theme
Hugs n smiles