Connie-Kimono Butterfly Mermaid

This lovely image is by ching-chou kuik and is titled 

"Kimono Butterfly Mermaid"

You will find it in plate #54 by clicking below:

Sweet Pea Stamps

I began this card by first picking my papers and finding it is much easier to match inks with papers than the reverse.

I knew I wanted to do an aqua colored theme so it was easy to pick and choose.

I cut along a curvy line on one paper and used a Martha Stewart punch on another.  On a third paper I cut a Spellbinder die "Classic Frame" and smooshed aqua and gold inks on it after stamping the 

verse included with this plate.

Only then did I begin coloring the image.  To bring out the green of the background I had to color her hair green of course.  The Big Green Brad that I got from a swap helped also.

I think it brings out the "seaweed theme."

Having this much fun with rubber stamps really ought to be illegal!