Skeleton Key to My Heart

I have something a bit different to show today using one of the Lady Killers from Simply B Stamps; Skeleton Key Samantha.  I knew I wanted to do something special with her and when I saw the beautiful wall hanging by Shona from Shona’s Wonderful Mess I knew I wanted to create something similar.  Go check out her awesome work on her blog.  And here is my take on her wall hanging.

And a close up of the lovely Samantha.

I couldn’t find a chipboard frame large enough for my image, which I had already coloured, so instead I decided to go with a shadow box.  I decided I wanted to brick the background, Donna from Popsicle Toes, one of the amazing DT at Simply Steampunk Challenges, used the Tim Holtz Texture Fades Bricked embossing folder on her version of Skeleton Key Samantha and it looked great.  Only problem was I don’t own that folder.  No problem, my local craft shop, The Crafter’s Haven, run a royalty club program that lets you borrow tools and books and they had one.  I had to run it through my Grand Calibur four times as it is smaller than my 6x6 background piece but it is such a lovely rough brickwork pattern you can’t tell, even up close.

While I was borrowing the folder and picking out flowers for this I also found the awesome bunch of keys charm that was just perfect to hang off Samantha’s hand and saved me trying to cut around the little key and thin line of the string in the drawing, I was dreading that, especially as my new Cameo is still sitting under my desk at work!  So loads of flowers and some Twiddleybitz flourishes and some more charms and my wall hanging was finished, I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips R46, R59, R89

Eyes B000, B00, B02, 0

Hair Y11, Y23, Y26, Y28

Skirt BV20, BV23, BV25, V91,

Top B23, B26, B29, B39, B45

Bars and hinges Y23, Y26, Y28

Door E29, E31, E33, E57

Stonework N0, N1, T3, T5

Chipboard Elements

Twiddleybitz Long Flourish No Tail

Twiddleybitz Shadow Box Small

Embellishments

Green Tara Azalea – coloured with RV93 & RV95 Copics

Green Tara Damask Organza Velvet Flower – Burgundy

Green Tara Mini Rosebuds – Fuscia & White

Green Tara Velvet Leaves – Burgundy

Metal Chained Heart Charm

Metal Dangle Keys Charm

Metal Key Charm

Metal Ornate Black Corners

Parchment Flowers– Ivory & Purple

Petaloo Color Me Crazy Canterbery Spray – White coloured with E50 Copic

Petaloo Color Me Crazy Orchid – Wild coloured with E50 Copic & Spica Clear

Embossing Folders

Tim Holtz Texture Fades – Bricked

Inks & Paints etc

Distress Ink Tea Dye

Distress Stain Walnut Stain

Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold

Papers

Creative Memories Vintage Chic

Core’dinations Cardstock – Grey

Ribbons & Trims

Green Tara Cobweb Trim – Red

Stamps 

Simply B Stamps Skeleton Key Samantha 
Challenges 
Crafting When We Can #49 – Floral

Creative Impressions Paint – Inspired by Ribbon and Bling 
Great Impressions – Anything Goes

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A Scrappy Little Scamp

Today I’m sharing another one of the new Steampunk The Robert’s Family Portraits from Simply B Stamps, this little cutey is Betty’s son Jude.  He was drawn by the super talented Abigail Larson and I think he is simply adorable.  I decided I would put him on an album ready for Halloween pics (not long to wait for the best holiday of the year!).

The album covers came with three rings so I used those, I made the binding with some thick cardboard off some packaging, some paper from the Chillingsworth Manor collection from Echo Park that had a matching pattern and shades of orange and green to match the cover and my Copic colours.  I reinforced the binding with Tyvek, which I painted black with Tim Holtz Distress Stain, I also used this to dye the leather strap of the closure.

I wanted to make the binding a bit more fancy and hide the rings so I tied some ribbons and made some charms to hang off the rings.

As this is not a card I’m entering it in some anything goes challenges at Hobby House Challenge Blog, Challenges 4 Everybody, and Paper Take Weekly as well as at Left of Centre with a LOC theme of Steampunk.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks E11)

Lips E53, E11

Eyes E23, E25, E27, 0

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Shirt G21, G24, G28, YG63

Vest G94, G99, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG0000, YG01, YG03, YG63

Ghost C00, C1, C3, C5, 0, Spica Clear & Silver

Album

Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows covers

Teresa Collins Perfect Closures Halloween

Binding – Tyvek & Chillingsworth Manor paper

Chalks & Inks etc

Diamond Glaze

Pebbles chalk

Tim Holtz Distress Stains Black Soot

Embellishments

Handmade charms featuring:

Glass pumpkin bead

Jack’o’Lantern metal charm

Jack Skellington bead

Lampwork glass mushroom bead (for a bit of shroominess)

Skull & cross bones metal charm (from swap)

Small & large black faceted glass bead

Tim Holtz jump rings

Stamps
Simply B Stamps Jude Portrait

Ribbon

Green Tara Cobweb

Jack Skellington satin ribbon (from swap)

Orange & black spider & web patterned ribbon (from swap)

Challenges

Hobby House Challenge – #1 Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody – Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly – Anything Goes

Left of Centre – LOC theme (Steampunk)

Update – wow, awesome people at LOC gave me first place for this little project!  Prize was my choice of digis from A & T Digital Designs, look out for a bunch of roses on an upcoming project.

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