Mine eyes dazzle

I’m sharing a card featuring the new and gorgeous Duchess Betty from Simply B Stamps.

The layout of my card comes from the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, in keeping with the lacy ruffles on Duchess Betty’s dress I’ve swapped out the long rectangular element for some lovely lace.  I also swapped out the smaller oval for a floral element instead.

Over at Cut It Up! their current theme is romance, which this image certainly is and I have the three elements they require (flowers, lace and pearls plus a die cut, I’ve got two) so I’m entering my card there.

I love a tic tac toe challenge to help get a card completed so I’ve played along with the current one at Our Creative Corner and gone for a diagonal line featuring embossing powder, a stamps (the beautiful image) and some lace.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E40, E43, E44, Y26

Lips R39, R85

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, W00, W0, W2, W4, 0

Cake and Plate E09, E43, E44, E47, R14, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG93 YR07

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes ~ Corner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Rose Circle

Embellishments

13@rts Twigs ~ White

Queen & Co Pearls ~ Snowflake

TresorsdeLuxe Fabric Roses ~ Dusty Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Garnet

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Old Paper

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Rose Quartz

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Milled Lavender

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Making Memories Greenhouse Paperie ~ Flocked Floral

Prima Romantique Collection ~ Gazette

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Daisy Scroll Edged

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Duchess Betty

Challenges

Cut It Up! #64 ~ Romance:Flowers, Lace and Pearls (die cut)

Our Creative Corner ~ Tic Tac Toe (Embossing powder, Stamps & Lace, ribbon, twine, cord)

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #241

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But dying without her vain were life of mine…

The card I’m sharing features a new image from Simply B Stamps, Miller Arabian Knight, that I did up as a Valentine’s card.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch over at Feeling Sketchy.  I’m trying to keep to my resolution of using my dies more (OK for some just using them for the first time!) so swapped out the thin element for a lovely swirly heart die.  I added a plain clay heart in the centre of the die cut heart for some added interest and depth.  I did leave out the bow element as I couldn’t really think of something that would suit my image and I figured the swirly die was enough embellishment.

Over at Country View Challenges they are running a drips and drops challenge and one of the DT, Brenda of Bumblebees and Butterflies, did an awesome project up with a fab background I just loved.  So I hopped on over to her blog and used her technique of an acrylic block, Distress Ink and water to create mine.  I ended up with a bit of white space so I grabbed a Distress Stain and spritzed it over.  Brenda had a few more elements to her background but I was sure I’d bugger it all up if I tried to do any more so just stuck with this simple two steps and I must say I am very happy with the result.

As I have a couple of hearts on this I am also entering it in the current challenge over at Die Basteltanten.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E31, E37

Lips E13

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B00, B02, B04, B06, C00, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, N0, N1, N2, 0

Sword B00, B02, B04, C0, C2, C4, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, 0

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Impression Obsession ~ Heart Flourish

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Deckled Rectangles

Embellishments

Live and Love Crafts ~ Clay Heart

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, Salty Ocean & Tea Dye

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Black Cat & Harborside

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Ranger ~ Speciality Stamping Paper

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Miller Arabian Knight

Challenges

Country View ~ Drips and drops

Die Basteltanten #46 ~ Matter of the heart

Feeling Sketchy #114 ~ Card Sketch

 

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Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet…

…cupcake!

The card I’m sharing today features an image from Mo’s Digital Pencil, Cupcake Thief, my first time ever using one of Mo Manning’s gorgeous images.

 

There’s a new challenge I’m proud to be a DT member of, Show Your Digi Love, where the theme is always anything goes with that month’s chosen digi artists.  It’s all about using the images you have in your stash and showing some love for the artists who created them.  In my case having Mo’s Digital Pencil among the chosen artists for our first challenge was a perfect excuse to go off and buy my very first (and second and third and, well, you get the picture) Mo Manning digi.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  As I’d printed and coloured my digi on my usual 4x6 piece of card I was a bit constrained on my circle size choice.  I actually used the largest of the Nestie set and had to use the “out of the box” technique (for a great tut check out the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog post by Becky) to fit the image in.  As a result I ended up shrinking down the other two circle elements.

I swapped out the flower element for a cupcake button from my stash; I also raided my stash for some interesting embellies for the other two circle elements.  As I have three different types of embellishments I am entering this in the current challenge over at Brown Sugar.

Now I don’t really have anything warm on this card, I guess trying to make a quick getaway on foot carrying three very large and tasty cupcakes would get you rather warm, but fortunately the main theme over at Bronte and Bella’s Challenge is anything goes and I do have my Mo Manning image so I’m also entering my card there.

Hope to see you over at Show Your Digi Love, easy peasy anything goes every month and a whole month to enter the challenge.  It’s a just for fun challenge but there are some gorgeous badges to display on your blog if you’re among the DT’s top picks and the overall DT favourite will be asked to guest DT in the next month’s challenge.  It’s a great way to show your love for the artists that make our hobby possible and your financial support (yep we all like a freebie but artists need to eat too!) so they can keep creating their awesome art.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E23

Hair Y15, Y17, Y21

Outfit RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69

Cupcakes C0, C2, E31, E33, E34, E44, E47, E49, G03, G09, N4, N6, N8, R35, R46, R59, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, V05, Y21, Y23, Y26, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Angel Wings Ruby & Stardust Candy Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Circles

Embellishments

Close to my Heart ~ Mini-Medley Accents Slate

Crochet Doily from stash

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Mini Sweet Treats

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Gold, Lavender & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves & Spun Sugar

Twinkling H2O ~ Luv-u-pink

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Amaryllis

Echo Park Little Girl ~ Jody’s Stripe

Stamps

Mo’s Digital Pencil ~ Cupcake Thief

Challenges

Bronte and Bella’s #246 ~ Anything Goes/optional warm

Brown Sugar #131 ~ 3 different Embellishments

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #43

 

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…and the Sun…robed thee in his day from head to feet…

What better way to celebrate the new year than with a gorgeous goddess from Simply B Stamps, the one on my card is Persephone.

I’m sending this card to a former colleague for her birthday so I’ve kept it very nice and I have several new things on it.  I opened up two new dies from Joy! Crafts to make the frame around Persephone and the designer paper is new, well, the collection is old but I found some online recently so it’s new to me.  With my new things and my nice theme I am entering this over at Naughty or Nice.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, which I flipped. With all my layers being triple matted and the die cut frames I didn’t even need any embellies.  The card, however, still is lovely and heavy, there’s three pieces of cardstock and one whole sheet of designer paper (I line the insides of my cards and again did multiple mats) in this card and you can feel it.  Love that about handmade cards and given the size (6x6”) it was going to cost more than a standard stamp anyway so figured I might as well load up the layers!

As I have multiple layers I am also entering this in the current challenge over at The Crafting Café. 

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes Y21, Y26, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Blue ~ Oval 6002/0304 and 6002/0258

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw & Vintage Photo

Wink of Stella ~ Clear & Gold

Papers

BoBunny Weekend Market ~ Tapestry & Weekend Market

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Rich Amber

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice & Scarlet

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Persephone

Challenges

The Crafting Café ~ Lots of Layers

Naughty or Nice ~ New New New

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #239

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