My Other Creations: Mermaid Notebook Using Tim Holtz's Picture Wheel die

The theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is "nautical."  I just returned from a wonderful trip along the coast where the quaint little gift shops celebrated all things mermaid.  I decided to make a notebook/binder that an artsy mermaid might own.

I started with a Tim Holtz worn cover, which I painted and dripped Infusions Royal Blood and A Bit Jaded all over.  I was going for a drippy underwater look.

Next I took a color wheel and used the same technique- added paint, ink and Infusions.  On top of the color wheel, I attached a picture wheel die-cut that was colored with Distress Stain and texture paste that was smeared through a bubble stencil (see previous post here for more details).

I added some colored scraps and shapes (some cut with the Tim Holtz Trellis die) as I tried to channel Ariel (Disney's Little Mermaid) and her habit of treasuring little pieces of everything lovely.  I added sprays of green stars to the corners, which I thought sort of replicated the look of seaweed.  Then I added a sentiment from a WPlus9 stamp set called Stardust.  I also dyed a piece of crinkle ribbon using Distress Stain which I looped through the spine of the book.

Here are the supplies I used which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Tim Holtz Journaler Worn Cover	Sizzix Alterations Picture Wheel Die	5.125 Inch Color Wheel	Neat and Tangled Seeing Stars die	Tim Holtz Trellis Frameworks Die
Sizzix Big Shot	WPlus9 Stardust Clear Stamps	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Black Heavy Body Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley UMBER Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Infusions Royal Blood Colored Stain	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Timber Brown StazOn
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil BUBBLE	RANGER TEXTURE PASTE	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAY STAIN SET OF 24	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Idea-ology Ruler Ribbon
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

I can't wait to see what nautical treasures you whip up this week!  Upload your creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.