A Watery Hello

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Our challenge this week is "Beach or Pool"! Being me, I put my own spin on it and interpreted this theme as "water".

Here's my card using one of SCACD's digital stamps, Steampunk Siren.

Steampunk Siren was resized using PhotoElements and printed out onto Neenah cardstock using my laser printer. I recently acquired Polychromos colored pencils and have been experimenting with them. This is my first "person". I'm not totally thrilled with the way it came out, but do like the pencils much better than Prismacolors, which were constantly breaking and wouldn't hold a point. I used Goo-gone as a blending agent, but also blended by layering color.

Here's a close-up to show the colored Steampunk Siren.  The photo was taken at dusk and is slightly out of focus. Additionally, I had not yet colored the bubbles or her nails.

Palette chalks were used to create the background around Steampunk Siren, but then I had a "Eureeka" moment and decided to put her behind vellum to give her a real underwater vibe.  I used a Nestabilities die to die-cut a frame from a sheet of wave-patterned paper from the Maritime 6x6 pad by 7 Gypsies. The outside edges were slightly distressed using the edge of a scissor blade. The frame was layered over vellum which adhered to the image panel. A strip of compass-patterned paper from the same pad was added to the bottom, then the whole thing was matted with teal textured cardstock. 

Delicate Chain die by Memory Box was used to die-cut copper metallic cardstock, then adhered to a strip of teal cardstock that was die-cut with a Die-namics border die, from one of their Blueprints set. This was adhered over the seam between the patterned papers. The stamped panel was adhered to a kraft 5x7 card.

SCACD's Contempo Compass Statement Corner die was used to die-cut teal cardstock. The Gearworks Border die by Memory Box was used to die-cut copper metallic cardstock, then one of the gears was cut out and adhered over the star in Contempo Compass Statement Corner.  The Mini Gears die by Memory Box was used to die-cut copper metallic and teal cardstock. One of the teal gears was layered onto the gear in the corner. The embellished corner die-cut was adhered to the upper left hand side.

A banner die by Die-Namics was used to die-cut teal cardstock. A word die, "Hello", by Elizabeth Craft was used to die-cut copper metallic cardstock, then adhered to the banner. Two of the small copper gears was added to the banner. A small clamshell punch was used to punch copper cardstock and the punched shell was detailed, then added to the banner. The banner was adhered to the lower right hand side of the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

I shall enter this card in the following challenges:
• Moxie Fab World's Wonderful Words Dies Challenge. 
• Cut It Up Challenge #49: Under the Sea
• Crafting by Design: Use Die-cuts
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges: Let's Be Clear
• Digi Choosday Challenges: Punches and/or Die-cuts