Sketch for a teen take TWO

Hi all, this is my second go at the sketch for a teen. This time with some random colour either side of the image. With my limited range of teen-friendly stamps the challenge at AAA cards has certainly challenged me. I blogged yesterday with take one which I was really happy with until I went to enter it via Mr Linky and then realised I hadn't got what the challenge actually was!

Today I've tried to make the card still uplifting with a positive message and have added some "splashes" of colour as real splashes using the ink smooshing technique around the mermaid's tail which I had embossed plus masked off at this stage. I used a few of my blue Distress inks for the smooshing.

I used some Nuvo shimmer powders (Lilac Waterfall and Atlantis Burst) and Lindy's Magicals (Time Travel Teal and Shabby Turbine Teal) to colour in the tail. It's very sparkly and shimmery IRL.

Supply List:

Stamps: Be a Mermaid (SSS) and matching dies

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Unicorn White pigment (HA)

Distress inks (RNG): Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean

Paper: Distress White watercolor (RNG), Neenah Solar White #110, Teal Topaz (SP)

Other: Black and white embossing powder, Lindy's Magicals, Nuvo Shummer powders, Large Stitched stackable rectangle die (LF)
Challenge: AAA #147

That was fun and quick to whip up the hardest thing was ink smooshing in a smallish area, a few spots got on the wrong side but overall I'm happy with the effect.

✿ Karen ✿