…bow or brooch or braid or brace…

This is my final project featuring one of the new Birthday Betty Boos from Simply B Stamps, this one is the Elegant Birthday Portrait but this time the version without a frame.

Another pic of the top of the box. 

I’ve placed here on an altered Graphic 45 Book Box that I have made into a shabby chic jewellery box as a gift for a friend at work.  I wanted to frame my image in a more dramatic way than with a printed border and the lovely oval one Betty drew is way too hard to fussy cut so I wasn’t going to give myself the angst of decoupaging it, particularly as I was rather time poor for this project.  Luckily I had already decorated my chippie frame for an earlier project I ended up not using it on.  And, of course, being shabby chic and a jewellery box I had to add lots and lots of flowers.  With both of these elements I am entering this in the current challenge at I Am Roses.

Now between my very elegant image with her pearls and updo and my distressed shabby chic elements I think this is very much in the vintage style so I am also entering it in the current challenge at Rhedd & Rosie’s.  As I’ve altered something (the book box) I am also linking it up at Altered Eclectics where their theme is always anything goes.

If you’re looking for the next stop on the Simply B Stamps’ 4th birthday blog head on over to the wonderful Rebecca’s blog or if you’ve just come stumbled on here then go to the SBS blog to start from the beginning as the DT girls have some gorgeous projects with these awesome images.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E31, E35

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit T4, T6, T8, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre

Embellishments

Chipboard Frame

I Am Roses ~ Cherry Blossoms White (BP/S3-151), Mini Mulberry Roses Soft Pink Variegated (R2-518), Small White Paper Flowers (S10-15)

Vintage Pearl Pins ~ Capped Teardrops & Crown Teardrops (coloured with RV63 Various Inks)

Inks & Paints etc

Claudine Hellmuth Studio ~ Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Vintage Photo

Papers

Pion Design Fairytale of Spring ~ Signs of Spring

Pion Design Studio of Memories ~ Pink Ornament

Ribbons & Trims etc

Hug Snug Seam Binding Ribbon ~ Chalk White (dyed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tattered Rose)

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Elegant Birthday Portrait

Challenges

Altered Eclectics ~ June anything goes

I Am Roses ~ Frames (Alter a frame or include a frame in your project)

Rhedd & Rosie’s #34 ~ “Back in Time,Vintage Style”

Blog Hop List 

SBS

Corinne 
Celina 
Irene 
Emily (me) 
Rebecca
Tanja
Kay
Louise
Lisa H

Thanks for stopping by!

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

This is my second card featuring one of the new Birthday Betty Boos from Simply B Stamps; this one is Elegant Birthday Portrait.

I needed a card that was elegant but simple for a friend whose style that is and this was the perfect image for that theme.  To make it up I have followed the current sketch at Unscripted Sketches.  I flipped the sketch and one of the oval elements around to suit the shape of my image.  I’ve also stuck to a black and white colour scheme, as there is nothing more elegant than black and white, with a pop of red on for the dress as a nod towards my friend’s birthplace, China.

With a CAS style I was never going to have any designer papers on this card but I think this shows how beautiful a card can be without them.  The current theme over at My Time to Craft is no designer papers so I am entering my card there.

And if you’re looking for the next stop on the SBS birthday blog hop, head on over to the lovely blog of Rebecca or else head back to the SBS blog to start from the beginning; the DT girls have done some gorgeous work with all the images from the Birthday Betty Boo collection.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E21, E23, E27

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

Close to my Heart Bitty Pearls

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Pearl

Prima Say It In Crystals ~ Black

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Black Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon from stash

The Paper Studio Gemstones ~ Black Gem Chain

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Elegant Birthday Portrait (Oval Frame)

Challenges

My Time to Craft #250 ~ ‘No Design Papers’

Unscripted Sketches #259

Blog Hop List 

SBS

Corinne 
Celina 
Irene 
Emily (me)

Rebecca

Tanja

Kay

Louise

Lisa H

Thanks for stopping by!