Pen and Paperie: Perfect Pearls

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Under the daisy's mocking spell

It’s Wednesday Sketch challenge time over at the Outlawz and I have a card featuring another image from this month’s awesome sponsor, Oak Pond Creations, on my card, this is Georgia’s Daisies.

And the sketch this week.

I’ve flipped the sketch and added in some lace for my zig-zag elements as my ability to cut paper to that shape is rather limited. I needed something to help me pull the whole card together, I’m not used to non-people images so I checked out the various challenges around to see what inspiration I could find. Sweet Stampin’ had a beautiful photo up and it was just what I needed to direct my search for the perfect paper and embellies. I’ve taken the soft lavender colours from the photo as my inspiration, including Smooching my butterfly embellies to soften up their colour.

I’ve also played along with the bingo card at Fussy and Fancy, as I had lace and a flower image I also added in some Fran-tage around my image to get my three in a row. To help add interest to the card I’ve also made it a gate fold with the image the ‘latch’ or overlapping part. As it a gate fold I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Vandicrafts’ Artistry.

Hope to see you playing along over at the Outlawz for this week’s sketch challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

G05, N1, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, Y13, Y19, YG03, YG11

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Pebbles Pearlescent Chalk ~ Lilac

Perfect Pearls ~ Forever Violet

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Matting Basics

Embellishments

Pearl and Rhinestone Gem from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Butterflies Soft Grey

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch Sprtiz ~ Mixed Berries

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Shaded Lilac

Papers

Graphic 45 Secret Garden ~ Patterns & Solids

Kaisercraft Violet Crush ~ Mauve

Ribbons & Trims etc

Lace from stash

Stamps

Oak Pond Creations ~ Georgia’s Daisies

Challenges

Fussy and Fancy #120 ~ Bingo (flowers, lace, Fran-tage)

Sweet Stampin’ ~ Photo inspiration

Vandicrafts’ Artistry #3 ~ Gate fold or incorporate a gate in your design

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, 14 June 2014

When her robe is unfurled…

There’s an awesome new Steampunk release over at Simply B Stamps, Dark Stories and Tales by Abigail Larson, and I’ve got the stunning Tattooed to share today.

This image needed a stage worthy of how spectacular she looks so I’ve gone off the page to make a wall plaque featuring an elaborate set of opening doors. Well, OK, they are the Twiddleybitz Opening Gates but I think they work just as well as a set of screen doors. I’ve aged up my doors with loads of inks and modelling paste and rusting powder and then gone to town with my flowers and metal embellies.

And here it is with the doors open.

And a close up of the gorgeous image.

The current theme over at PunkyouGirl is sexy/steamy and I think this image is just that, especially partially concealed behind the screen doors. I imagine she is getting ready for a performance where you get to see just how much of her is tattooed so I am entering my plaque over there.

While this imagine isn’t quite a girl with a dragon tattoo she is tattooed and a girl so there’s somewhat of a link but even if there’s not enough of one this is a Steampunk themed project so I’m also entering it at Left of Center.

This month’s theme over at SanDee & amelie’s Steampunk challenge is to use shades of grey, blue and rust. I’ve got a love hate relationship with rusting powder, I love the effect but I hate trying to get it to work! So I’ve just used it on my doors and left my metal embellies as they were, except for my chandelier which I have patinaed and wet embossed and glossy enamelled. I have spritzed my flowers to be a rusty colour and the base plaque is also a lovely rusty orange. I mixed these up with some grey roses and for my blue I have coloured up the lovely Tattooed’s dress in blues. I did do the curtain in red but it really needed that dramatic red background and it makes a nice contrast to the mostly rust colours. You can’t see much of the stencilling I did with embossing paste but I still like the effect although I could have placed the stencil higher to avoid the horizontal line and to cover the top of the plaque but way too late to fix that now.

The SBS DT have done some amazing projects with these images, go check them out and leave them some love, check out the SBS blog or else see the list of DT blogs below.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E27

Lips R29

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Curtains R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Floor E30, E31, E33, E35, T4, T6, T8, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre

Perfect Pearls ~ Pewter

Twiddleybitz ~ Rusting Powder

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil Texture ~ Shine

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Mini Mulberry Variegated Black Brown Roses (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap)
Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms ~ Coconut (coloured with Various Inks C5)

Petaloo Darjeeling ~Wild Blossoms Paprika (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap & Log Cabin)

Petaloo Penny Lane Garden ~ Forget Me Nots Antique Beige (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap & Log Cabin)

Prima Flowers ~ Le Mia

Prima Shabby Chic Metal Treasures ~ Chandelier

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Chain Tassel, Game Spinners, Jump Ring, Mini Gears, Sprocket Gears & Timepiece

Twiddleybitz ~ Opening Gate

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Enamel Accents ~ White

Sharpie ~ Silver Metallic

Smooch Spritz ~ Ginger Snap & Log Cabin

Spica ~ Gold & Silver

Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Rusty Bucket & Teal Damask