Thursday, May 06, 2010

Gina K Designs - Quite A Catch Blog Hop

The CSS Alumni were asked to join the Quite A Catch Blog Hop. What an adorable set! I incorporated two different challenges in the creation of my card tonight. I used the latest sketch challenge from Card Positioning Systems, #165 and I used this week's Copic marker colors from Copic Colour Challenge, #63.


And the Copic marker colors for this week are


I did not have BG11 so I used BG10 instead.  R20 is a perfect match for Pure Luxury (PL) Innocent Pink and the NEW Turquoise Sea goes really well the the Blue Green colors.



This card has a lot of layers and dimension. I was going for a porthole or fishing tank look.  I started by stamping the circle frame image from the Spring Mix StampTV Kit on PL Innocent Pink.  I used Nestabilities to cut out a circle slightly smaller than the inside of the frame.  I used a circle one size smaller to cut out the window from the turquoise card stock. 

I stamped the sentiment with Vivid Aqua and rounded the corners with a punch. I adhered a piece of transparency to the back of the Innocent pink layer.  Then I applied foam tape on the transparency and layered the turquoise under that.  Then I applied another layer of foam tape on the back of the turquoise layer.

I stamped the fish image and colored her with the Copic marker colors from the challenge.  I masked her and sponged around her with Soft Sky which is a perfect match for Copic BG10.  I adhered that to the back of the turquoise layer. 

Finally I trimmed some papers from Basic Grey Urban Prairie and put it together using the sketch from CPS.  I added lots of pearls because they are from the water and oh so girly. 

Visit these designer's blogs tonight for even more samples with the Quite a Catch stamp set
To see the adorable samples in the StampTV gallery, check out this link: quiteacatch   

22 comments:

Unknown said...

adorable, Melissa!! What fun colors you used - awesome job!! Thanks for hopping with us tonight!

JessicaK said...

Beautiful color choices and perfect for this little princess of a fish. Thanks for sharing.

Carolyn King said...

beautiful colors--what a sweet card!

Tina said...

Very cute. Love the layout.

Becky said...

Beautiful layout and colors.

Lagene said...

Wow!! I love your card, Very sweet!

Bev Gerard said...

Isn't she just the cutest in pink & blue?!

Darling!

~Bev

Payne Holler Cards said...

love the layers and the colors!!! just so girly-girly (-:

Theresa Momber said...

Gorgeous, Melissa! You rocked those colors. Adorable!!

Patricia Garcia said...

Oh wow adorable card, love the scene and the cute fishy image! Thanks for joining us this week at The Copic Color Challenge!

Hugs,
Patricia

Cat Tidwell said...

Such a gorgeous card Melissa! Love the whole design too!

redwasher1 said...

Your card is adorable love the colors and your layout!!

Jennie said...

This is so cute Melissa! Great colors and this design ROCKS! Nice job with the challenges :o)

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love your colors and the layout is fabulous!

craftieodmae said...

ahhh, is he not the cutest!!!!

Sharri said...

Melissa, Beautiful card! I love all the details you added to the card. Great job on both challenges!

Lee said...

It's such a gorgeous card in those colors.....and what a cute sketch!!! She really just comes alive with all the sweet details!!

colleen said...

Great color combo... and I love the texture! Cute card!

Cheri said...

Melissa, your card is too darn cute. I love the way you have that little fish looking through the "porthole".

Brenda said...

So cute!!! Great job on this Melissa!

Betty Neville said...

Really cute card! Love the dimension and what a great layout!

Adele said...

Oh, love the porthole effect you have created. Such a fabulous card- thank you for playing along with the Copic colour challenge.
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