Tumbling Down Stairs

Today I’m showcasing the final image in the Alice in Wonderland Steampunk Style collection from Simply B Stamps, Down the Rabbit Hole.

 

I wanted to try a different kind of fold on this card and found a tutorial for an origami fold card on Splitcoast Stampers so thought I’d try it out.  It creates a card and envelope in one that neatly hides the treasures inside, you could even say it is a little bit mysterious!

You don’t even get to the heart of this card from the first part of opening it but, on my version, you do get your second hint of what’s inside with another version of the White Rabbit, this time a stamped one.  I cropped this image out of the Clever Little Alice image, also from the Alice in Wonderland Steampunk collection.

As you can from the close-up picture above, I left the area around the image plain as I tried out all manner of embellishments but nothing looked right and I realised that was because I didn’t want anything calling attention away from the gorgeous image.  So instead I’ve embellished on the panels around the image and carried the theme of the bow and White Rabbit charm from the “envelope”.

With all my metal embellishments I’m entering this in the current challenge at Robyn’s Fetish and with my sparkly bows I’m also linking it up at the challenge at Paper Playtime.  I’m also hoping that this is mysterious enough to qualify for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge where I’m also entering it.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks & lips R02)

Hair Y00, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, N0, N1, N2

Background E40, E42, E44, E47, E49

Dies & SVG Cuts etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn October Oh Deer Me Kit – Sequin Bows

Metal  Charm –White Rabbit

Prima Say it in Crystals – Black

Tim Holtz Ideaology – Gears

Watch parts from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Pebbles Chalk – Pearlescent Brown & Metallic Green

Papers

Graphic 45 Hallowe’en in Wonderland – Borders & Square Hare

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Black 

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk– Down the Rabbit Hole

Simply B Stamps Steampunk – Clever Little Alice (White Rabbit)

Challenges

Paper Playtime #23 – Sparkle

Robyn’s Fetish #186 – “Use Metal Real or Faux”

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – It’s a Mystery

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Warað Hine Wræclast

It’s challenge time again at Simply Challenged Challenges and this time the theme is layers.  My card features Jude Spook from the awesome A Roberts Halloween collection at Simply B Stamps, a gorgeous collection of Betty’s family all dressed up for Halloween as drawn by the talented Abigail Larson.

For my layers I decided to try distressing, I have a distressing tool somewhere packed away so I had to stick with a file (the round one I use to sharpen my scissors) and an emery board.  The ‘dirty’ look to the Black Widow paper collection from We R Memory Keepers worked well for the feel I was going for with my card.  I’ve also got layers on my flower, which actually started out life looking quite pretty but which I also distressed.  I couldn’t get the file to do much on the thick mulberry paper so I snipped the edges of the petals with scissors then attacked them with the file before spritzing with Smooch and adding Distress Ink to the edges.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Feeling Sketchy.  With the oranges and browns I’m entering it in the current My Sheri Crafts challenge.  As Jude looks like he could have wandered out of your nightmare I’m also entering my card at the Time 4 Scrap challenge.

And, in case you’re wondering, the title of my post is a quote from the Anglo-Saxon poem, The Wanderer, with his pumpkin light and long cloak Jude reminded me of a wanderer out alone in the dark so the quote seemed quite fitting.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E30, E40, E50, N0

Eyes E25

Lips E11

Hair, Cape (outside) & Shoes T6, T8, T10, 100

Cape (inside) & Pumpkin YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16

Pumpkin G21, G24, G28

Shirt N0, N1, N2, N4

Crook E23, E25, E27

Chalks & Inks etc

Pebbles Cream Chalks – Metallics

Smooch Spritz Gingersnap & Log Cabin

Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Black Soot, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Embellishments

American Crafts Flower Shoppe – Irene

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock – Grey

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Black

We R Memory Keepers Black Widow – Frightful, Happy Halloween & Screech

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Jude Spook

Challenges

Feeling Sketchy #68

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #118 – “Fall Colors”

Time 4 Scrap Challenge #14 – Dreams & Nightmares

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