Good evening, everyone!
I hope it’s been a great weekend for all of you…another busy one for us!
Just a couple of cards to share with you tonight…ever since last week, I’ve had the ocean on my mind…
…which then reminded me of our trip to Italy about 5 years ago….just look at that water!
We spent some time with my husband’s sister and her family while they were living there on the beautiful Amalfi coast…
…in the beautiful coastal town of Praiano. The view from their balcony which hung over the Mediterranean sea looked just like the one above…
I couldn’t quickly locate my own photos of the trip, but I found these online of the places we went that look just like my own photos…
We took a trip to Capri---aaahhh, Capri!
One of the days we were there, we took a boat around the island to see the sites from the water. I sat near the edge of the boat, and couldn’t help putting my hand in the water and just letting it drag along with the movement of the boat…
The water in the sea there is incredible…it’s warm, soft and silky…it feels like an amazing Calgon bath…it even smells good! And so blue! You’ve never seen a blue/aqua like this!
The best part was our visit to the Blue Grotto…
The color is REALLY like this—it’s unreal!
Okay….back to reality!
Since I had the beautiful blue sea on my mind, I kept thinking of these lovely mermaid images I have, so that’s what I worked on this weekend:
A sweet little vintage image I got months ago from my friend Elizabeth of Creative Breathing…I just fell in love with it!
“Three little tales to tell,” it says…some vintage aqua tulle (thanks, Mom!) and some Martha Stewart aqua seam binding for the ribbon…half pearls for little accents…
Lots of Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds on all the pastel-colored bubbles, and some gold Stickles to finish it off.
And the next one…
“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul…” Yes, it certainly does!
This lovely little mermaid is from Crafty Secrets’ “Mermaids” stamp set, one of my favorites. The background paper was white, and I covered it with a few different aqua/green/blue shades of Glimmer Mist—I always love how it looks!
Some beautiful soft aqua lace that felt like waves to me…more of the Martha Stewart aqua seam binding…
My little mermaid is colored with watercolor pencils, and highlighted with Dazzling Diamonds.
And my favorite clear, fabulously chunky German glass glitter framing my mermaid along with some gold Stickles…and a few luminous pearl beads to finish it off.
That’s it for me tonight…off to watch a movie with my family. I love summer!
Hope you have a wonderful night…
Sweet Dreams!
