Stampotique Challenge - Out of the Box

I finally have the full set of Stampotique Mermaids designed by Daniel Torrente - yeayyy!!!!  Have wanted these stamps for ages.  So time to join in with the current challenge over at Stampotique - Outside the Box  - in other words out of your comfort zone). 
As you know I'm not that comfortable making a mess - like things a little 'just so' so armed with a 8" flat canvas, Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans and Picket Fence Distress Stains and some water I made little puddles of colour on my mat and squashed my canvas on it to create the background.  Once dried I added splodges and flicks of black ink, daubed on some gold paint and drew a border round the canvas with a Black Sharpie pen.  I coloured my mermaids with Spectrum Noir pens, drew some clouds on some old text paper and daubed some white paint through some sequin waste.  I then stamped the Stampotique Bee stamp onto some acetate, cut out the wings and added them to the mermaids and here is my little wall hanging...

I really really like this and will definitely be creating more little canvases like these  :O)

Thanks for looking   

(2nd post of the day - must be something to do with getting up before 7am - got so much done!!!  )

Polly xx