Greetings from the Abyss

One of my hobbies is water colors. I've used YouTube and Pinterest to go from blobs to backgrounds  to actual scenes. My newest endeavor is to merge water colors with digital crafting to create a hybrid canvas like the one above.
I painted the underwater scene and then added images from a digital set called Sea Life from Ike's Art. 

The end result reminds me of the song The Beautiful Briny from the Disney movie Bedknobs & Broomsticks. The characters floating along the bottom of the sea, passing and meeting all manner of sea creatures, some of which are featured in my hybrid canvas above.

My DT project fits perfectly with this fortnight's optional theme of "The Abyss" that's offered by Ike's World Challenge Blog. The theme encompasses anything under the sea or in the ocean, like my jelly fish, sea turtle, crab, sea horse, star fish and, of course, fish! Since our planet is covered by more water than land, that's a lot of inspiration for your chance to win free digis from Ike's store, so why not take the plunge and link your project today!

Challenge I am Entering:

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Under the Sea or On the Beach

Connie Can Crop - Challenge #61 Water Colours

Under the Sea

Today is the midway point of the newest challenge at Ike's World Challenge blog. The theme is Pets or Animals, and I made a card to cheer up a friend. She's in elementary school and is having a rough time, so I thought it would be appropriate to send her a laugh.
Do you know what's in the middle of a jellyfish??

.That's right, a jelly button!! ROFL
I got to play with a few images from the digi set  Sea Life from Ike's store. There are several images in the entire set, so besides printing and coloring the set of jelly fish with Copics, I decided to use Mr. Crab as the riddle teller.
On the inside, along with the punchline, I snuck in another image from the set, and wrote  LOL. I think it will at least put a smile on her face, don't you?
Okay, there's still another week left in the Pets/Animals challenge. You don't have to use an Ike's Art image to join in, but she sure has a bunch of awesome ones, and she even has posted a freebie for you to use!! (psst, she's offering a $20 gift certificate for one winner.