I love her jewel-sea...

Today I’m sharing another book calendar I’ve made for a friend’s birthday featuring Beach Pretty from Saturated Canary.

I’ve followed the sketch at Dei Sketchtanten to decorate not only the outside, where I’ve flipped the sketch, but also the inside where the awesome image is featured.

This is not just a book calendar but also a holder for notes, the card (my message is on the reverse of the ‘inside’ (back of where the image is located) and holder for the actual gift of the pen.  Pretty nifty, right?  You can find a tutorial to make this book calendar by Clarissa over at the Noor blog although I altered it to make this a 6x6, my favourite card size and so I could use 12x12 cardstock.  As this features notes I am entering it in the current challenge at Fun with Shapes and More.

Now over at Saturated Canary they have a colouring challenge going on featuring the lovely Beach Pretty and her sister image, Beach Ink.  It’s almost over so everyone who wants to vote has probably already voted but I’m still going to enter my book calendar over there as there are three other ways to win and I had heaps of fun colouring this beauty up.  Oh, and as it is a colouring challenge, here’s a close-up of the image, complete with the stray bits of Fran-tage that blew all over it, kinda looks like sand particles, right?!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05

Lips R27, R29, R59

Hair E29, E53, E55, E57

Outfit BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Earrings Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Towel B23, B24, B37, B39, B41

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Blue

Embellishments

Dress It Up Buttons ~ Ocean View

Francheville ~ Hinge Clip

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Sugared Blooms Royal Blue

ScrapBerry’s Resins ~ Seaside

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Walnut Stain & Weathered Wood

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Broken China

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

House of Paper Romanesque ~ Pearl

Maja Design Life by the Sea ~ The East Coast, Landmark, Sailing & Seaside Cottage

Prima Seashore ~ Under the Sea

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gorjuss ~ Baker’s Twine Blue and White

Stamps

Saturated Canary ~ Beach Pretty

Challenges

Dei Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #7

 Fun with Shapes and More # 178 ~ Notes

Saturated Canary ~ Colouring Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!