It's MerMAY!!

Today is revealing my second favorite character from the new FantaSea Collection by LeighSBDesigns!  She is Pearl Balleigh MerMonster!  She is just beautiful and so serene!  I had so much fun working with this image!  I also  used the FantaSeaScape and Senti Set for Pearl's lovely home!

I hoard papers and this background patterned paper was one I printed out and didn't use.  I thought it was perfect for Pearl and I painted a piece of cardstock with acrylic paint and sponged some pink on it and believe it or not it matched the patterned paper a bit too much!  I colored all the elements with colored pencils and adhered the sand and pearls (yeah I colored them as bubbles for some reason?) with foam squares and tucked Pearl behind them.  I painted all the bubbles and pearls with DecoArt interference paint for a bit of shimmer.  I inked the edges of the senti with Distress Ink and I inked the edges of Pearl and the sand bed, too.  Pearl can't wait to join Bastet the Catfish over at Challenge #5 MerMay at LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

I am also entering Pearl in the Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge for May where the theme is Mermaids and the fintastic sponsor is LeighSBDesigns for fun cause I have exciting news that I will be announcing in June!