Followers

Saturday 21 November 2015

…saying goodbye and thanks for listening



My card today features an image from Super Colouring that’s actually a tutorial on how to draw Elvis.


I’ve made this card for a colleague who is retiring who I affectionately refer to as the King of Intel.  Hence the Elvis reference, that and I can just see him dancing his way out of the office on his last day!

As it is for a guy I wanted to keep it fairly CAS so headed over to Freshly Made Sketches for some inspiration and I’ve followed their current sketch to make up my card.  I learned you can print with a laser printer on washi tape, although lining it up properly proved a bit of a challenge but I got it in the end.  With my sentiment I am entering my card in the current challenge at Craft Rocket.

Now in picking an Elvis image I just couldn’t go passed a blue suede shoe reference so I’ve coloured up Elvis in his black suit and those iconic shoes.  Love the way he turned out.  As I’ve got a song reference on my card I am also entering it over at Edna’s Yodelayeeeehoooo challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00, E11, E21
Eyes E25
Lips E11
Hair C6, C8, 100
Outfit B12, B14, B16, B18, C00, N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, N8, 100
Papers
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ White
Ribbons & Trims etc
Challenges
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #47 ~ Y is for Yodelayeeeehoooo

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Monday 9 November 2015

The pansy this, O, that’s for lover’s thoughts



My card today features the pretty Girl with Pansy from Aurora Wings.


To help me embellish my card I’ve played along with the bingo board at Aud Sentiments, I actually used two lines in the end, the centre horizontal (Ribbon or lace, Rubber stamp or digi, Flowers) and the right vertical (Pattern paper, Flowers, Die cut).  I’ve stamped my sentiment on one of the die cut tags I made using a rubber stamp from Stampin’ Up!

Over at Brown Sugar they are looking for tags on your project or as your project, as I have two tags on my card I am entering my card in the challenge.  I had originally coloured the pearls on the image but wasn’t overly happy with my colour choice so decided to give them a 3D effect with some BoBunny Pearlescent.  Can’t say I was happy with the result, so I gave up on the stuff and got out my hot fix crystals and filled in the rest with them.  I also added a row of flat back pearls over my ruffle ribbon as some extra embellishment.  With all my pearls and gems I am also entering my card in the current challenge at Craft Rocket.

Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)
Eyes B00, B02, B05
Lips R24, R29, R46
Hair N5, N7, N9, 100
Butterfly B24, B26, B28, Y02, Y06, Y08
Flowers BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08, G20, G24, G28, G40, G43, G46, Y15, Y17, Y19
Chalks & Powders etc
Dies, SVGs & Templates etc
Noor! Design Die ~ 6002/0285 Tag 2
Embellishments
Inks & Paints etc
BoBunny Pearlescent ~ Butterscotch
Papers
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Cool Heather & Jubilee
Maja Designs Skavi ta en Fika? ~ Våffla m Björnbärssylt
Ribbons & Trims etc
Purple Chiffon Ruffle Ribbon from stash
Stamps
Stampin’ Up! ~ Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Challenges

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Monday 2 November 2015

I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle this



My card today features Megara Honey from Sassy Design Studios and has been made for the current challenge at Colouring in Scrapland, where I have the pleasure of being a guest DT.


The theme is inspired by a movie and their sponsor is Sassy Design Studios.  I’ve gone with Disney’s Hercules.  I really want the Tim Holtz Paper Mosaic Kit but don’t have it yet so I had to improvise for my Grecian inspired background.  I printed my background using the tile texture in Photoshop and then used the printed ‘grout’ line as my cutting lines.  I used white modelling paste for grout, which dries really fast so I had to work in very small sections.  When I was finished I covered my ‘tiles’ in Diamond Glaze.  I have to say I am really happy with how it turned out.

Here is a close up of the image and mosaic.

 
Inspired by the Grecian urns in the movie, I found a die in my collection that had the right pattern and cut my circles.  I went for a circle easel card to create a bit of a theatrical background for my image, a nod to the movie inspiration.  For my embellies I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Boxwood Twine as a proxy for the laurel leaves the gods wear and painted my flowers blue to match the background, which features a scene from the actual movie.

As I have a white frame and background to my base (bit hard to tell in the photo that has come up a bit yellow), I am entering my card in the current just add W challenge at Just Add Ink.  With my very circular shape I am also entering my card in the current challenge at C.R.A.F.T.  Over at Moving Along With the Times they are looking for leaves on projects, I have those with my Boxwood Twine so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)
Eyes V0000, V01, V05
Lips R81, R83, R85
Hair E11, E13, E25, E17, E18
Outfit RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99
Dies, SVGs & Templates etc
Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ LF-114 Grand Circles & LF-019 Grand Stately Circles
Embellishments
Inks & Paints etc
Judikins ~ Diamond Glaze
Spica ~ Gold
Teresa Collins Basically Essentials ~ Modeling Paste
Tsukineko Encore! ~ Bronze
Papers
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven
House of Paper Cardstock Romanesque ~ Pearl
Stamps
Stampin’ Up! ~ Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Challenges

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