Stampscapes - West Coast Shore - Craft A Scene Challenge #1!

Happy New Year Chicks!

I hope everyone had a safe New Years Eve!  I know I did... painted some more trim moulding and worked on this card!

Today is the first day, of the first challenge, of Craft A Scene!!  It's so exciting!  I can hardly wait to see what scenes everyone will come up with for each challenge.  This will be a learning experience for all of us!

I came up with this scene while playing with a few stamps two nights ago.  I finished the first scene but then touched it with my inked fingertips and ruined it.  Thank goodness I did!!  Out came the stamps again and this time around, I'm a lot happier with the colouring.

When doing a scene, always remember that nothing is ever the same in nature so this means that no scene is ever wrong!  Myself, I'm a realist and have a very hard time coming up with something abstract, or adding images that aren't seen in nature, including choice of colour.  There was a scene I called Raspberry Sunset and that was the wildest thing I've done yet!  Boy do I ever live on the edge!  haha!

There are some very incredible scenes done by well known Stampscape artists out there.  Always take a second and third look because that's how you learn.  Also, when you are out for a walk or on a long drive, look around you at the colours in the sky, depth of field for trees and water... everything!  The more you look, the more you will learn.

Now... Onto this scene!  I only used 3 stamps for this one.  I have coloured the rocks as they would be found on the beach near me.  The jutout of rocks and trees is also coloured as I see them here on the West Coast.  The gulls.. they're just black and used to break up the large sky!

I started colouring with grey and light brown for all of the rocks.  The sky was started with yellow, then very light blue and finally pink for a setting sun.  I have a list at the bottom of this post.  You have probably noticed that my water is a darker blue than most use.  The reason?  Light blue is found in the tropics and darker navy/gray is in the northern hemispere where I reside....the land of igloos!

This is a closeup of the rocks.  I lightened the picture up a bit with Picassa so you could see the different tones.  And rocks are never the same colour throughout either...unless it's granite, marble, slate...you know what I mean.  The salt, minerals, plant life, etc. play a huge part in how the rocks will be coloured in your area so keep your eyes peeled!

I apologize for the quality of this photo.  For some reason, my camera wasn't focusing properly with any of the pics...maybe because I forgot it in the car overnight and it froze??  haha!  Notice the rocks...  More brown near the water's edge because of the mineral content in the water.

I know this scene needs 'something' added but I wasn't sure what.  I would have liked to see more movement in the water but am still experimenting with the 'wave' stamp.  I'm also going to hunt down a dark gray ink pad to add to the light gray that I already own which should mix for the perfect stormy sea colour!

Well... I have rambled on wayyyy too long now!  Here's the recipe!

Stamps:

Stampscape -  207E  -  Pine Island

                      205F  -  Boulders With Lichen

                      302A  -  Gulls

Inks:

Memento - London Fog, Morning Sky, Bamboo

Adirondack - Aqua, Pink Sherbet, Lemonade, Stonewashed, Denim

Ranger Distress - Frayed Burlap, Weathered Wood, Crushed Olive

Paint Pen
Glossy Paper
ColorBox Stylus
Papers:
Stampin' Up!, Recollections, Staples 110 lb. White

Thanks for looking and I wish you everything you could hope for in 2012!

Hugs,
Sheree