Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Mermaid By The Sea ATC

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an ATC (artist trading card) using Gecko Galz Summer Days ATC Set and their retired Merry Little Mermaids collage set.  
 
I started out by printing both the ATC background set and collage set before trimming off the images I wanted to use.  I then layered everything using Stampin Up's Bermuda Bay card stock scraps before adding some faux brads.  I then punched "kelp" from a bunch of tiny scraps using my Martha Stewart punches before running the punched "images" through my dusty crimper.  I then assembled my "kelp forest" in the lower right hand corner making sure to dig out a punched sea urchin and crab leftover from another project.  I then dug out a wooden shell I had bought at Dollar Tree some time ago and stained it in Bermuda Bay ink before adding it on top of my "forest".  Taking some pearl bling I've had for a while now, I added pearls in various places on the ATC including a couple for "modesty".  The final touches were a small white bow and star dust stickles to finish it off.  I'm really happy with how it turned out.  If my grandfather were still alive, I'd leave off the "modesty" pearls and just send it to him without them.  I do miss him.
 
Challenges entered:
 
The Four Seasons June 2025 - See Insp Pic Below (inspired by location beaches, surfboards)
Simon Says Challenge Instagram #SSIG - Texture (stickles, pearls, shell, punched kelp) 
CD Sunday Plus #160 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz image/atc background) 
 
 
Gecko Galz
 
Gecko Galz Customer
 
The Four Seasons
 
  
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.
 
Stamps: Gecko Galz
Ink: Bermuda Bay 
Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps
Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glue, Pearls, Stickles, Wood Shell, Bow, Crab Punch, Sea Urchin Punch
 
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3 comments:

  1. megJune 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM

    A wonderful background and mermaid image enhanced by your embellishments,thank you for joining us at CD Sunday Plus

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  2. DianeJune 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM

    A beautiful ATC, such pretty details!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at The Four Seasons!
    Diane FS Co-Owner
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Four Seasons}

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  3. ClaireBJune 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM

    Very dramatic ATC, so much detail in it. Thanks for joining us at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge blog this month. Claire DT

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