Roses & Mermaids

Holy crap - where did May go?!?

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

Passion for Markers - Happy Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Double Trouble - Pink Ticket

I used a black cardstock base, stamping the sentiment on a scrap piece and embossing with a seafoam embossing powder. I used a similar color cardstock to die cut the lattice frame from. I stamped the image on a piece of text paper from the Boho Blooms set at Unity Stamp Co. with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder, colored with Copics and used some Distress Spray Stains to age the paper. 

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I feel like I have to send May off with one final MERMAY card, so I'll enter this one into the following challenges:

Let's Craft & Create #31 - Tag You're It/Anything Goes

AllSorts #850 - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls #825 - Stencil Week

I created my background by using the reverse stencil technique (one of my favorites!) with a mermaid scale stencil and some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink. I die cut the flourish from a good sturdy white cardstock, as well as the tag. I used Lindy's Magicals to color the tag after embossing it with a text script stamp and some white embossing powder. I colored my images (My Enchanted Colors) with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam dots. The sentiment is from Funky Fossil. Peace.