Mermaid Tails and Ocean Stars

 Just got home from my little mini vacation camping trip to Bar Harbor, Maine with my hubby. We had a wonderful, relaxing time - we pretty much did nothing but eat and drink and watch the sunset but it was just what we needed! Here's a couple of pics:

I want to come back in the Fall when there's not 8 gazillion people here, I bet it's amazing.

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I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Just Us Girls #785 - Stencil Week

Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Fun with Stencils

Pink & Main - Ocean

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make Your Own Background

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

I used Distress Oxide Inks with my Layered Mermaid Tail stencil from the July release at A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off your order at the store!) and created this watery scene with a positive message.  The stamp/die cuts were in my stash and are from a very long time ago, before I started keeping track of what companies my products were from! If you know, please comment and I'll update my post.

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I love these stencils from the July release so much - I have one more to share for the following challenges:

Twisted Thursday Outlawz Challenge - Travel Destinations

Outlawz Main Challenge

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Stars and/or Stripes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stencil Fun - Anything Goes/Optional Flag Colors

Tic Tac Toe #275 (I used nature, beach, and stencil)

I created my background by applying texture paste through my Ocean Stars stencil (use code JennFan10 for 10% off at the store!), then coloring it after it dried with Lindy's Magicals. I then spot-colored the stars with a darker shade of Lindy's using a fine paintbrush. I die cut the sand dollar and the "to the beach" sign and attached them with foam dimensional tape. Peace.