Friday, May 13, 2011

The Magical Sea




This is a second card I created for "Spring Break" challenge at Color Me Creative Classroom.


Technique:
Highlighting/Shading
Blending with Colorless Blender Technique
Water/Sky

Measurements:
Card Base 5.5 in. X 8.5 in.
Score and fold at 4.25 in. (This makes card for a 2A envelope)
Base Layers 4 in. X 5.25 in
Focal Image Base Layer 3.75 in X 5 in.
Focal Image 3.5 in. X 4.75 in.

Supplies: Focal Image: Digital image - “, ” by Copic Marker Scrapbooking
Copic Markers:
Face: E000, E00, E11, E02 and a touch of R20,
Dark Blond Hair: YR23, E35, E37, E33, E30 Y23
Mermaid body: BG 18, BG15, BG13, BG10 and Colorless Blender
Water B00, B02, B32 and picked up sky with R20. Grey tones with C3, C5

Card Stock Cryogen White, GKD Pure Luxury White, Black Onyx and Pumpkin Spice
Ink : Memento Ink: Summer Sky, Angel Pink, Cantaloupe, Deseert Sand and Ptter’s s

Embelishment: Stickles

Tools: Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy, Paper Cutter (I use Fiskars), Scissors (Tim Holtz helps reduce pain for those with arthritis!), Quickie Glue Pen, Adhesive,large sponge daubers,

Tip for the day:
Stickles applied very sparingly to the sand makes the beautiful glistening appearance of sand look more realistic. Hum, sure wish I was at the beach!



Doesn't it just make you want to explore the magic of the sea?

Thank you for stopping by. Come back soon!

Hugs,
Marie

6 comments:

  1. How beautiful. You've done it again. Another gorgeous card with such beautiful coloring. Love this one.

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  2. Maria, this is stunning! Gorgeous coloring.

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  3. OMGosh Marie, your Copic skills are nothing short of amazing. Pretty soon, you will be on-the-road teaching Copic classes!

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  4. Whoa....your classes have certainly taken you to the next level in coloring. This is awesome!

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  5. Marie, this is just beautiful!! That sky is breathtaking!! I love how the sand glistens!!
    Just awesome!!!

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  6. I am stalking your beautiful blog -- this is OUTSTANDING! Just stunning in the coloring!

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Marie