Today I’m
showcasing another of the new Fairy Tales & Myths’ images from Simply B Stamps, this one is Sleeping Beauty.
The current sketch at Sketch N Stash suited the shape of the image perfectly and proved to have endless opportunities for grunge-ing and vintage-ing up my card. I made a real effort to go through my stash of designer papers for this card and I found a virtual goldmine of goodies that all layered up beautifully, all in lovely moody blues.
I even raided my
stash for all my embellies, some of them, like the Prima borders I’ve had for a
long time and never used. It’s hard to
tell but the round embellie at the top left of Sleeping Beauty has ‘memories’
embossed on it, it’s a Prima Junkyard Finding, another item long neglected in
my stash, as were the Prima Water Pipes.
I opened the packet some time ago but they didn’t suit the card I was
going to use them on but I liked it on the corner of this one. With all my stash raids I am also entering
this in the current challenge at Simply Create Too.
And just to prove
that your stash really can be like a craft shop I’ve actually chosen my
decorative elements based on the current Tic, Tac, Poe grid at Quoth the Raven. My Prima border contains a fibre (lace) and I’ve
got more along the bottom, I’ve done some wet embossing on the top background
piece behind Sleeping Beauty (I’m going to have to replenish my stash of
Fran-tage soon given how much I use it!) and I’ve got several sparkly and
shimmery shiny pieces including my metal embellies, the sparkle on my flowers
from the mists I needed to use to get the right colour, and my gems.
While the image
of a woman in a coffin mightn’t be the most uplifting I’ve tried to soften
it with the sentiment of “sweet dreams” to suggest it is just an extended
slumber. It also harkens back to the
original story of the good fairy changing the evil fairy’s curse from death to
perpetual sleep until awakened by love. And
what princess doesn’t have sweet dreams of her prince coming to awaken her?
Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E50, E51,
E53 (E02 cheeks)
Lips R59
Hair Y21, Y23,
Y26, Y28
Outfit B91, B93,
B95, B97, B99, T4, T6, T8, W1
Coffin E40, E42,
E43, E44
Chalks &
Powders etc
Fran-tage
Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Teal & Chunky White
Embellishments
Gems from stash
coloured with Copic C8
Mulberry Roses
from stash
Prima Say it in
Crystals Borders ~ Poetry coloured with Copic B99 & C8
Prima Junkyard
Findings ~ Tiny Special Screws & Water Pipe Frames
Tim Holtz
Idea-ology ~ Screw Brads & Sprocket Gears
Inks & Paints
Lindy’s Stamp
Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim
Lindy’s Stamp
Gang Starburst ~ Black Orchid Satin
Smooch Spritz
~ Navy Twinkle
Tim Holtz
Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain
Papers
Docrafts Gojuss
Ultimate Die-cut & Paper
FabScraps Heritage
~ Script 3
Magnolia Ink
Sweet Crazy Love ~ Calla of Paris
Ribbons &
Trims etc
Black Lace from
Stash
Stamps
Challenges
Quoth the Raven #30 ~ Tic, Tac, Poe (Fibre or ribbon, Emboss, Sparkle, shimmer or shine)
Thanks for
stopping by!