Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Watermelon Days

Hi there!  Happy Tuesday!  Is your week off to a good start?  It's been a busy couple of days here so far, but in between commitments, I managed to finish up a card for a couple of challenges.  Two days in a row!  How good it that?  I hope I can keep finding little bits of time in my craft room!

Here is my card:


This is another simple layout and I've used colors I rarely pick up.  The card base and mats are retired SU Glorius Green (I know - who even has any of this anymore?) and the patterned paper is from Recollections, appropriately called Watermelon.  The cute image is Watermelon Wall from MayzyArt.  Mayzy generously provided this and two other cuties as freebies to subscribers of Through The Craftroom Door magazine last year in the May/June issue.  If you are not subscribed to this on-line publication, you should be!  It's very inexpensive, but packed with fantastic craft ideas, tutorials and best of all, free digis with every issue!  And no ads!!!  Anyway, I printed her on Make it Colour Blending Card and colored her with my Copics.  I added some white polka dots to her top and socks with my Sharpie White Paint Pen.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  I colored that with Copics, too.  A polka dot flower and some felt leaves finished my simple design.

Here is a close-up of the image:


Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to catch up with your blogs after dinner tonight.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
MayzyArt Challenge #19 (polka dots)
Sketch Saturday #262 (sketch)
The Cutie Pie Challenge #46 (one for the kids)

Here is SS-262:

Have a great evening!
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24 comments:

  1. I love it Carla. Beautiful papers and fun, beautiful coloring and fun card and fun sentiment. It really needs no extras.

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  2. Awesome watermelon theme! Beautiful coloring too....wow.

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  3. Great card, Carla. Love how you interpreted the sketch and your coloring. Thanks for playing along with us at Sketch Saturday this week.

    Cathy x

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  4. What a beautiful and FUN image, Carla! Your paper is so perfect and your coloring is awesome!!! I can always tell which card is your on the TLC blog :D Hope you are having a great week ♥

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  5. I love how you've used the watermelon paper with this beautifully colored image! Great card

    Shelby

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  6. What a great card Carla!!
    XXX Heidy

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  7. Wonderful papers and I love this image. Your coloring is so bright and wonderful...Great card Carla, Hugz, joann

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  8. Wonderful coloring on this, Carla! Love that image! Love your design, papers, die cuts, sentiment, and embellishment, too! :^)
    Hugs, Penny

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  9. Such a lovely card Carla! I really love the added color to the sentiment. Totally makes me want to eat watermelon now. :D

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  10. lovely colouring on this sweet card. mmmm i love watermelon :D thanks for joining us at mayzy art

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  11. As always, I think your coloring is over the top. The little image is just too cute and I do love the paper you chose. This all rolls up to make a gorgeous creation! Definitely reminds me of summer!

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  12. absolutely gorgeous, but then all your art is, now I want watermelon LOL

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  13. I love this little watermelon girl by Mayzy, and you've coloured her terrific! The papers are perfect, as always, and I really like the addition of the sharpie polka dots, great imagination girlie!
    :)S

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  14. Love this Carla! Love the fun summery colours!
    Lizy xx

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  15. Cute image, Carla! I like the watermelon theme!

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  16. Fabulous card and cute image. Love it.
    Hugz,
    Cathy Lee

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  17. Such a fun and cute little gal :) Great matching of the paper to the image and beautiful colouring too!

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  18. Cute! It's definitely watermelon time. You did a great job of carrying the theme throughout the whole card. :-)

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  19. Such a gorgeous, summery card, awesome colouring too. Thanks for joining us at Cutie Pie xx

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  20. Now this made me laugh out loud!! You make the best cards Carla!!
    Sandy

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  21. What a fun card!

    He's adorable and beautifully colored!

    You used the perfect patterned paper for the image!

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  22. Lovely summer card great image.Than ks for joining us at cutie pies.
    Kaz.xx

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  23. Carla, I'm not sure if it is a boy or girl, it really does not matter. The card turned out just darling, you can't have summer with out watermelon and it is colored so perfect love the extra touches. Sorry I have not been around.. Everyone is so busy and things have been crazy. I hope things have been well.
    Hugs, Patricia

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