Monday, June 24, 2013

Life is a Beach

Good morning!  Happy Monday!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  It's raining and thundering here this morning, but that's a just a good excuse to stay in and catch up on a few things.  I am popping by with a quick post to share the card I made for Coloring Challenge #2 on the Make it Crafty Facebook page.  This time it is all about coloring backgrounds and like the last challenge, there are three levels to enter - Easy: a colored background; Medium: sky with clouds; Hard: sunset with clouds.  Being the glutton for punishment that I am, I went with the hard challenge.

Here is what I came up with:


I created a simple card base with SU Ruby Red and patterned paper from the Echo Park Paradise Beach 6x6 pad.  My beach image is a digi that is aptly called The Beach from Make it Crafty.  I printed it on Make it Colour Blending Card and colored the scene with my Copics.    I added a bit of Antique Linen and Tarnished Brass Distress Stickles to the sand on the beach and island for some extra texture.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  the only embellishments were a few Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.  I wanted my colored image to be the main focal point.

Here are the Copic colors I used:
Sky: R14, YR09, YR04, Y35, YR21, YR02, YR30, V00, V01, V06 V20, B60, B000, B91, B93, B95, BV20, BV25
Sea: BG000, BG10, BG11, BG72
Sand and island: E30, E31, E33, E35
Shells and starfish: E93, E95
Palm trees: E25, G20, G21, G24, G28, YG97, YG01

OK, that's it for me for now.  Thanks for stopping by!  I am slowly making my way through your blogs, so I hope to be by to visit soon.
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24 comments:

  1. Your colouring of that enjoyable background is superb Carla!! Great sentiment too!
    xxx Margreet

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  2. Stunning scene

    Thank you so much for commenting on my blog



    Happy crafting from Bridie

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  3. Beautiful coloring Carla!!
    XXX Heidy

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  4. Beautiful card, Carla! Love the DP, the image & your coloring! :^)
    Hugs, Penny

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  5. what a beauty, sure would love to be at a beach right now instead of at work LOL.......

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  6. Your coloring on this is outstanding Carla. Love your clouds and the sunset. You did a beautiful job on it.

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  7. Oh this is so beautiful.
    luv
    Debby

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  8. Good Morning sweetie, this is gorgeous, hugs Pops x x x

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  9. What a beautiful creation. Your coloring is outstanding!

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  10. Show off!!!! Just kidding, this is absolutely beautiful Carla, you tested your skills and came out flying :)S

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  11. Beautiful Carla... so very pretty.. I know how difficult some of the scenes are so I so can appreciate the hard work you put into this serence scene! Nicely done!!! xxx Ann Marie

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  12. Great job Carla! I like a challenge myself. LOL The background paper matches perfectly. Hugs!

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  13. This scene is a beauty- can I go there??? Hahaha

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  14. WOWZER, Carla this is awesome! Perfect beachy card. I love your featured wedding card at The Outlawz, too. So beautiful.
    Hugz,
    Roxann

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  15. Wow, very impressive colouring Carla! Love the blended sky colours and I think you were so right to make the image the main focal point - works beautifully :)

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  16. I love this Carla. Your papers and flowers all match the image perfectly...Beautiful...Hugz, joann

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  17. Carla I love scenes and you've done a gorgeous one! Love your colours.

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  18. Beautiful sunset Carla! Adore your flower accents!

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  19. That is just lovely, Carla! I'd love to be there now. Thanks for sharing that bit of paradise.
    xxx Asha
    Sunny Summer Crafts

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  20. Fabulous background scene, Carla. Love how you colored it.
    Hugz,
    Cathy Lee

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  21. Going with the hard challenge paid off...what a beautiful scene you colored and created.

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  22. Wow! Outstanding card. Your sunset scene is gorgeous!!!

    I'm gonna "pin it" for future reference when I need inspiration on how to color a sunset.

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  23. Created a beautiful scene. You did an awesome job...
    Hugs, Patricia

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