Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Something New

Hi Crafters,
Thanks for joining me here today and I hope that you are well.
Today it is a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday  - Something New. It could be a new baby card, new home, using new stash or a new technique to you, so come and join in the fun.
Here is my card using some new stash that I won from The Ribbon Girl Facebook page giveaway and a new technique (for me anyway) - hand stitched edges.

 Recipe

Image - Hannah Lynn, Rainbow Sky Mermaid

Pro/Flexmarkers

Distress inks for background - Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough & Salty Ocean

Rusty Hinge DI - Seahorse and Starfish

All edges inked with Vintage Photo

Stamp Set - Pink Paisley - Nantucket

Perfect Pearls Shimmer Spray - Turquoise

Guttermanns Top Stitch Thread - Nutmeg

Cheese cloth

Silhouette Cameo Files - Starfish, Seahorse & Under the Sea

Liquid Pearls - White Opal

 

I had great fun making the background using my distress inks. I pressed the ink pads on to my craft sheet and sprayed some water on to it until the colours merged. Then I laid my backing card on top and soaked up the ink, swirled it about a little and dried it with my heat tool. Using the stamp set I then inked a seahorse, shell, the small starfish, some text and the word Beauty with the same colours of DI and randomly stamped them all over the background. Unfortunately I then covered up the seahorse with the cut-out seahorse :/ Again I sprayed water all over the card and the images began to blur and fade. After drying this again I sprayed it with the Perfect Pearls shimmer spray. When it was dry I stitched around the edges - this is my NEW technique for the challenge and my NEW piece of stash is the cheese cloth.
A peek at the inside where you can definitely see the all of the stamping technique.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Brown Sugar - #129 Birthday for a Girl

Sister Act - #89 ATG

Creative Fingers - #63 ATG

Country View Challenge - Use Something New To You ( Cheese cloth)

Scribble & Scrap - #36 ATG

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #2 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #43 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers and More - #130 Something Old, Something New (Old - Distress Inks, New - Cheese cloth)

Try It On Tuesday - Add some fabric (cheese cloth)

 

 

I hope you like my little mermaid card, she was a lovely image to colour up.

Please take a look at the other DT's creations, they have produced some fabulous makes to get the ideas flowing.

We are sponsored by Hannah Lynn Art

 

..and the winner will receive a $10 voucher for the store.

Look forward to seeing what you create!

 

Lorraine