Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Retro Birthday

Good morning!  We are to the middle of the week already!  So far it's been pretty busy!  It's been raining cats and dogs here most of the time since Sunday.  We had some thunderstorms and even a little hail last night!  Luckily I have lots to do indoors today.  Before I get to it, I'm here to share a project I did that fits a couple of challenges I like to do.  First it is for Copic Challenge #34 on Suzanne Dean's Color Me Creative Classroom site.  The theme this time is "retro" and we are to use hot pinks, black and white for our coloring.  It is also for the second challenge at the new Crafter's Cafe Challenge blog (happy birthday theme).

Here is the inspiration photo for the CMC Copic Challenge:


Here is my project for the challenges:


I altered a gift bag for a friend's upcoming birthday.  The bag had the challenge colors already.  How good was that?  My retro image is a digi called Monique from Guylou's Inimitability. I printed her on Cryogen White and colored her with Copics.  I added a bit of Gunmetal Stickles to the lace on her dress and her shoes. She was cut out with Spellbinders Classic Circles and matted with GKD Passionate Pink CS cut with Spellbinders Scallop Circle Nesties.  The circle sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It is from the Life Encircled set which is new in the Create With TLC store here.  I colored the cake with Copics and added some more Stickles to make it sparkly.   The "Happy" on the image panel is from the SU set, Warmest Regards.

Here is a close-up of just the images:


That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a good day and hope to see you soon!
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24 comments:

  1. It is amazing how you can take a fairly plain gift bag and make it something so special....this is just gorgeous, Carla!

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  2. Love what you did. The bag is so awesome, stunning job with your coloring. Everything just feel into place. Just love it. Thanks for joining us at Color Me Creative. Always love your cards.
    Hugs, Patricia

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  3. girl this is awesome!!!! Your friend will love it!

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  4. Awesome.I loved it.Thank you for joining us at The Crafter's Cafe

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  5. Wow this fabolous Carla...love it!
    Hugs Heidy

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  6. I just LOVE these colors Carla and your bag design is FABULOUS!!!

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  7. Carla - this card is just fabulous! You did a very nice job with the coloring, the dress almost looks satin! xo

    -pamela :)

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  8. Awesome gift bag, Carla. How wonderful it already was sporting the colors you needed. Love the image and the sentiment circle, too.

    Now, I hear we are supposed to have snow Thursday..not a lot, but it will be fun to see it fall...if it does. We had that huge snow last year and it was so beautiful.

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  9. Beautiful!!! I love what you did with this image. I also think that the birthday sentiment you used is awesome.

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  10. what a perfect job on this cute image! You did a fabulous job on this redo challenge at CMC! Thank you for joining us. Wonderful job!
    Hugs,
    Marie

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  11. What a beautiful gift bag Carla! Surely to make someone happy!

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  12. This bag is adorable Carla, love the image and colors.

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  13. Morning sweetie this is fabulous I love the colours you have used, hugs pops x

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  14. Sorry I'm a day late in commenting! Love the idea of your bag! It will be a great gift on it's own!

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  15. Carla
    The gift bag fits along with the image. Your image is colored beautifully. Thanks for joining us this week at CCCB. Good luck and hope to see back next week.
    Hugz,
    Christine DT at CCCB

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  16. What a fun gift idea. I love the image. Thanks for playing at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge.

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  17. What a beautiful project!!! Love how you colored Monique; she is stunning!!! Thanks for using a Guylou's Inimitability image!
    Cheers!
    Guylou

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  18. Beautiful giftbag! Thanks for joining us at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge. Hugs, Julia - DT

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  19. Love these colors Carla, wonderful project. Thanks for playing with us at CCCB for our Birthday Challenge.

    xoxo Marjo

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  20. What beautiful bag! Great project. Thanks for joining us at TCC.

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  21. Fabulous gift bag Carla. So pretty. Thanks for playing with us at CMC.

    Hugs
    Dana

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  22. Carla, this is a fabulous gift bag! Love the image.... She really looks retro! Beautiful job, as usual!
    Thank yo for joining us at CMC!
    Hugs,
    Marie

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  23. Fabulous giftbag Carla!! beautifully colored as usual and thanks for sharing with us at CMC Copic Challenge. xxx Steph

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Thanks so much for visiting and leaving me a comment! I really appreciate it! Carla