Nibble, nibble, gnaw who is nibbling at my little house?

This is my last Halloween card for this year and it features the fun new image, Elisabete Spider Witch, part of the fab Halloween Gals collection from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Cheerful Sketches, I just swapped out the circle element for some cobwebs and made the left rectangle a bit larger to accommodate my image.  I managed to raid my scrap drawer for all of the papers on this card too and stuck to traditional Halloween colours.

Being a Halloween card, the best holiday in the year, I am also entering this in the current challenge at Die Cut Diva’s.  I cut my cobweb die twice to create my circle element so I’ve got their die cut element covered.  Given my image is of a witch I think this card definitely qualifies for a fantasy theme so I am also linking it up at C.R.A.F.T. for their current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye E21, E23, E27

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C0, C1, C3, N4, N6, N8, V12, V15, V17, W6, W8, W10, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land Crafts ~ Spider Web Corner

Embellishments

Close to My Heart ~ Haunted Assortment

Inks & Paints etc

Gel Pen ~ White

Spica ~ Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Grass, Scattered Straw, Seedless Preserves & Spiced Marmalade

Papers

Close to My Heart Cardstock ~ Orange

Close to My Heart ~ Mischief

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Black Cat

DCWV ~ Bewitched

Graphic 45 Hallowe’en in Wonderland ~ The Mad Hatter

Graphic 45 Patterns & Solids ~ An Eerie Tale

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Elisabete Spider Witch

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ Sketch #18

C.R.A.F.T. #283 ~ Fantasy

Die Cut Diva’s ~ Holidays! Any Holiday?

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Now shade on two pale cheeks...

There’s a sassy new image over at Simply B Stamps she’s called, appropriately, Kiss It Betty.

I thought I’d turn her into a slightly cheeky (pardon the pun!) Valentine card with some hearts and bling.  Either that or it could be a very sweetly presented message to go jump.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at Sketch n’ Dies, love playing along with their sketches.  I flipped it over as I needed an upright rectangle to place Kiss It Betty on.  I’ve got several die cuts on this too framing Betty and the other rectangular element as well as the heart I used to frame my sentiment.

The dies qualify me over at Die Cut Diva’s too and I’ve got their other theme covered with my heart and bling embellies, a girl’s gotta have some sparkle especially one that’s as sassy as this lady.  Featuring an image of a girl  and being coloured with my trusty Copics means that I am also linking this up at the current Copic Marker Spain challenge.

Want to win this digi?  Just leave me a comment by Monday night (on US PST Monday) and she could be yours.  Betty will announce the winners with the next Tursday solo release.  Yes, winners, so head over to the SBS blog, leave a comment there and then on to all the DT blogs and leave them all some love.  There’s one of these cuties to be won at each blog to a randomly drawn commenter. 

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B000, B00, B05

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair Y11, Y13 Y15, Y17, Y26

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Stardust Candy Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ A2 Curved Matting Basics & Hearts

Embellishments

Jolee’s All That Bling ~ Baby Pink Multishape Gems

Making Memories Gameboard Shapes ~ Hearts

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Spun Sugar, Tea Stain, Vintage Photo & Weathered Wood

Papers

7 Dots Studio The Queen’s Heart ~ It’s Possible, I Wanna Be & Way of Life

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Stormy Sky

Graphic 45 French Country ~ Patterns & Solids

Prima Cartographer ~ Les Yeux

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Kiss It Betty

Challenges

Copic Marker Spain ~ Feminine

Die Cut Diva’s ~ Use at least one embellishment

Sketch n’ Dies #6

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Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

I have the honour of being a guest DT  at Through the Purple Haze challenge this month and today is my first post for this week’s anything goes challenge featuring an image from the sponsor Lacy Sunshine’s Sadie.

Now did you think that I didn’t colour up Sadie?  Surely not, for that wouldn’t have been much fun and this is definitely a fun card.  All it takes is to pull gently on the handle on the top to give Sadie back her colour.
 

Pretty clever, isn’t it?

 

I followed a tutorial from Keren of Altered Ego; Keren has been kind enough to post up tutorials and patterns for a range of fab card designs.  Go check out her blog and her great take on this secret slider card.

To make up my card I took some inspiration from Die Cut Diva’s where they have an inspirational photo posted as their challenge theme.  Being an Aussie myself the colours of the rosellas and bush were very familiar and worked well for a get well card.

I’ve used my favourite embellies, flowers, to make up my card.  Lovely sunny coloured ones to help brighten someone’s day who is feeling, well, off colour.  With my flowers I am entering my card in the current challenges at Allsorts and Sweet Stampin’ (got the stamp part covered too).

Hopefully my card has inspired you to try something a bit different, even if it is just a different type of card like mine.  If so, why not join in the fun over at Through the Purple Haze.  The current challenge will run for a week and, as always, there are some lovely prizes on offer.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B00, B05, 0

Lips R24, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress Y11, Y13, Y15, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Bigz & Textured Impressions ~ Antique Handles

Embellishments

Prima Say it in Pearls ~ Green

Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures ~ Dell’Arte

Prima Vintage Trinkets ~ Tea-Thyme

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold

Rubn’Buff ~ Gold Leaf

Smooch Spritz ~ Emerald Sprinkle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Fired Brick

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe ~ Exquisite Motif

Stamps

Lacy Sunshine ~ Sadie

Challenges

Allsorts Challenge #254 ~ Spring Blossoms

Die Cut Diva’s ~ Photo inspiration

Sweet Stampin’ ~ Flowers

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We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream

Today I have a beautiful new image from Simply B Stamps’ Steampunk range, Lady Amalthea.

With the big crescent moon I just had to go with silver tones on this card and the great sketch at the Friday Sketch blog provided the perfect frame for Lady Amalthea.  And while this is a Steampunk project, it is also lovely and girly and with Lady Amalthea dressed in her finest and out at night I’ve got the current theme at Die Cut Diva’s covered, not to mention the die cuts with my Spellbinders.  Love how they do the embossed edge and perfect layering.

I decided to take a trip with Desert Island Crafters to help decorate this project, I couldn’t get all 10 items on the itinerary on here but I did get birthday, embossing (helped add to the vintage feel along with my distressing), ribbon or twine (does lace count? it worked better on the vintage feel than any of my myriad ribbons), some sparkle (hard to see on the photo but there’s a lovely sparkly shimmer to the background of the image thanks to some metallic chalks), and three different embellies (brads, metal embellies, lace).  I only managed two patterned papers unless one counts the patterning I did myself for the background to my image so I’m not counting that one.

The stamped sentiment is why I use digis so much; I am a shocker stamper hence the rather fuzzy ‘birthday’!  It would also have been good if the ‘wishes’ sticker was printed in grey but my stash is only so deep.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E25

Lips R46

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress N0, N1, N2, N4

Moon C00, C1, C3, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel – Chunky White

Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalk – Grey

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities – 5x7 Matting Basics

Embellishments

Creative Memories Clear Sticker

FabScraps Filigree Embellishment – Old Silver

Freckled Fawn – Metal Flower

Making Memories – Pearl Brads

Papermania Chronology – Gears

Prima Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals – Large Flowers & Roses

Tim Holtz Idea-ology – Foliage & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Black Orchid Satin

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Iced Spruce, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock – Smokey

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Liquorice

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love – Calla of Paris & Eau de Cologne

Ribbons & Trims etc

Green Tara – Lace

Stamps

CTMH Art Philosophy

Simply B Stamps Steampunk – Lady Amalthea

Challenges

Desert Island Crafters Challenge #71 – 3 from listed items (Birthday, Ribbon or Twine, Add some Sparkle, Emboss It – Dry or Wet Embossing, 3 Different Embellishments)

Die Cut Diva’s Challenge – Girls’ Night Out

Friday Sketch #62

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