This is why you sing

Back to one of my favorite themes this weekend..... that being mermaids. I used my regular techniques of Distress inks and stamping that I have used before. I am entering in Simon Says Stamp favorite technique challenge.This pretty mermaid is from a Mermaid Garden stamps collection at Gecko Galz. I just adore the images there. They are having a sizzling sale in August. Gecko Galz has also gone cyber and can be found on Etsy, Pinterest, facebook and twitter

I printed out this sea beauty in black and white and painted her with Twinkling H2O  and then watercolor paints. The twinkling paints give a luminous quality to colors, just like a real mermaid. I placed her on my distressed ink with over stamping of seashells. There's some pale green fiber which reminds me of seaweed. Then come two layers of paper that have been water colored too. The shiny accent are the tiny pearls. The hand cut sentiment tells the whole story: Because you can't hold in your joy, this is why you sing.

Hope you too will sing out with joy this week.
take care, gerri

"Because you can't hold your joy, this is why you sing!"

"Singing Details"