Mermaid Trend in Scrapbooking & Cardmaking 3

The mermaid trend continues into 2017 for fashion, home decor and also in the realm of Arts & Crafts. Here are some of the new mermaid stamps, stencils, washi and dies that have caught my eye and will make a "fintastic" addition to your crafty stash.
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Mermaid Washi, Stamps, Stencils & Die sets by Recollections (exclusive to Michaels, USA only)

Becky Seddon Mermaid Stamps & Stencils available at Hochanda.com or  HERE

Jane Davenport Mermaid Journal available in Michaels, USA or online HERE

Dreamees Mermaid Stamps, CD and MDF available at http://www.Createandcraft.com

Tattered Lace Mermaid Dies:

Disney Little Mermaid Collection available exclusively from Create and Craft.com 

Stampendous Mermaid Stamps & matching dies 

Frantic Stamper Mermaid die

Inkadinkado Mermaid Rubber Stamp

tampendous - Laurel Burch Mermaid Stamps & Dies

Chocolate Baroque - Mermaid Queen Available HERE

Carabelle Studio Stamp Set - Zinouk de l'océan by Azoline 

Sugar Pea Designs - Anchored

Cutesy Mermaids:

Reverse Confetti - Mermaid Kisses (also has matching die set)

Spellbinders Mermaid die

My Favourite Things: Mermazing

Sweet Stamp Shop Mermaid Shelfie

Lawn Fawn - Mermaid For You

 Neat and Tangled - Mermazing

Chocolate Scented Ink!

NEWSFLASH!
Chocolate scented ink for stamping is now available by Hero Arts!
It's designed for children, but how fun would it be to make chocolate-scented cards.

Here are some ideas for stamps to use with this ink:

My Favourite Things - Chocolate Sentiments

Graphic 45 - Parisian Cafe - 1

Inkadinkado - Eat Cupcakes

Avery Elle

Newton's Nook - Love & Chocolate

Marca- Close to My Heart - A Chocolate Affair

Marianne Designs- Chocolate is the Answer Stamp & Dies Set

My Cute Stamps - Sweet Chocolate

Lora Bailora

Stampin'Up - For the Love of Chocolate Wood-mounted Set

Stamping Bella:

The new scented inks also come in Grape, Strawberry, Orange, Licorice and Lime.

Spring Blooms Tag with UTEE

This week I have created a Spring Blooms tag. I am enjoying experimenting with my embossing enamels, but I only have one silicone mould. I am hoping to get some more as I tried pouring the molten enamel into some of my Prima clear plastic packing that had a cool flower shape and predictably...it melted. Oops, always use silicon or heat-resistant moulds, folks!

I used the feather mould by WOW for the 2 resin feathers and the other feathers are stamped & heat-embossed onto vellum.

I used a Prima stencil and watercolours to create the background on a Prima tag which I had first blended with Colour Clouds.

Then I fussy cut my Prima Princess (Sydney), which I coloured in  using a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen instead of a brush and water and water-based pastels and watercolours.

I mixed a few colours with the transparent UTEE to get a blended effect. I first lightly dusted the mould with a mica embossing powder to add some extra shimmer.

Close up of UTEE feathers:

I die-cut some blooms with Memory Box and added those:

Supplies:

Heat-resistant vellum
WOW! Feather Mould, 
Melt It ultra thick embossing powder, embossing powders to colour
Sentiment from Kaisercraft Boho Chic 6" pad
Nuvo Drops - Morning Dew
Prima Flowers & Berries
Prima Stencil 6"
Prima Watercolour Tag Pad

Prima Princesses Planner Dividers - Sydney also available as a stamp
Cosmic Shimmer Watercolours - Frosty & Chic
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen
Prima Oil Pastels

Seam Binding
Dies: Kaisercraft (Dream Big), Memory Box (Pennington Rose Blossoms), 
Tim Holtz (Garden Greens)

Challenges:
Simon Says - Spring Blooms 25/5

Mixed Media - AG with a twist 12/5

*Scrappy Land - Spring Blooms Dies: Kaisercraft (Dream Big), Memory Box (Pennington Rose Blossoms) Winner