MACABRE MONDAY

Its MONDAY so its gotta be MACABRE ...yet again..... and we have a great new challenge for you........................................................... Menacing Mermaids






You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
using mermaids as your main focus.
Let's see those terrifying temptresses from the formidable & foul fathoms!





This challenge had me scratching my head for ages...... but i then thought i'd make up an under water scene using stamps ............. the mermaid....ship... and drowning damsel are all from THIRD COAST http://thirdcoastrs.com/ ( I'm on the DT there now....... YAY!)


i stamped and masked my damsel.... then stamped and masked the mermaid..... then stamped the wreck.

I used a small 'tuft of grass' stamp...dont know whose.... and added some detail at the front.... i coloured my scene with promarkers and ink.

I added some bubbles with a white pen.... and then over stamped my whole scene using a large 'crackle' background stamp...(. dont know whose that is either) using snow cap white ink..... hopefully it looks like light rippling in water..... i have shown a close up pic below...... i am fairly happy with the effect.....

I mounted my scene onto green card then onto a black card base.... i used a row of DIGI skulls from DELICIOUS DOODLES.... just to add a sinister tone..... as if some poor lass drowning being watched by a mermaid isnt sinister enough!

I hope you have time to play along this week......

i shall enter this piece into the following challenges....


http://www.makeitcolourful.com/category/challenges TRY TO REFLECT COLOUR FROM SURROUNDINGS ONTO MAIN OBJECTS..... i've tried...really tried!

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ SPLISH SPLASH





http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ MORE THAN ONE IMAGE





http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES



http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES





http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/ JUST ADD COLOURING IN...... i coloured everything!





http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/ BLUE





http://www.doitwithdigischallenge.blogspot.com/ UNDER THE SEA





http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/ MASKING





http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES





http://foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/ PHOTO INSPIRATION..... the beautiful waterfall made me try to figure out how to make my 'water' seem more real.





http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ USE FROM THE LIST.....
S- products from companies that start with S - Stampin' Up, Stampavie, SEI, etc.
O-ocean or nautical, seashore, underwater creatures, etc.
S-things that start with an S like seashells, silver, seam binding ribbon, scoring, silly, stripes, seagulls stitching, etc ........ I USED.... SHIP WRECK.... SEA.... SWIMMING.... SKULLS.... etc.




Thanks for visiting me...love lynx