Mine eyes dazzle

I’m sharing a card featuring the new and gorgeous Duchess Betty from Simply B Stamps.

The layout of my card comes from the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, in keeping with the lacy ruffles on Duchess Betty’s dress I’ve swapped out the long rectangular element for some lovely lace.  I also swapped out the smaller oval for a floral element instead.

Over at Cut It Up! their current theme is romance, which this image certainly is and I have the three elements they require (flowers, lace and pearls plus a die cut, I’ve got two) so I’m entering my card there.

I love a tic tac toe challenge to help get a card completed so I’ve played along with the current one at Our Creative Corner and gone for a diagonal line featuring embossing powder, a stamps (the beautiful image) and some lace.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E40, E43, E44, Y26

Lips R39, R85

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, W00, W0, W2, W4, 0

Cake and Plate E09, E43, E44, E47, R14, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG93 YR07

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes ~ Corner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Rose Circle

Embellishments

13@rts Twigs ~ White

Queen & Co Pearls ~ Snowflake

TresorsdeLuxe Fabric Roses ~ Dusty Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Garnet

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Old Paper

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Rose Quartz

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Milled Lavender

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Making Memories Greenhouse Paperie ~ Flocked Floral

Prima Romantique Collection ~ Gazette

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Daisy Scroll Edged

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Duchess Betty

Challenges

Cut It Up! #64 ~ Romance:Flowers, Lace and Pearls (die cut)

Our Creative Corner ~ Tic Tac Toe (Embossing powder, Stamps & Lace, ribbon, twine, cord)

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #241

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Well now if you’ve got a cutie who’s a real sweet petutie…

This new Lola Western Cutie image from Simply B Stamps I have on my card is a real sweet petutie, don’t you agree?

I loved colouring the folds in her skirt and am really pleased with how she turned out.  I tried a new red combo (see ingredients list below) and I love it, especially teamed with black.

My card layout is from the current sketch at Cheerful Sketches where I swapped out the circle elements for some hearts.  I wanted to use some of my new dies on this, the two scalloped ones are from an Anna Griffin set I picked as this is actually going out to the sweet friend who got the die for me.  The black lace is new and I thought worked perfectly for the horizontal element, the shape suited the western theme and tied in nicely with the image.

Over at Hanna and Friends they have embossing as their theme, I have two kinds on my card.  I’ve got some heat embossing with some Fran-tage to make my sentiment just a little more special and my dies were embossing dies also.

As I have a number of hearts on my card I am also entering this in the current challenge at Live and Love Crafts.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E31, E37

Mouth R00, R01, R02, R05, R20

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C00, N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, N8, R22, R35, R46, R59, W6, W8, W10, 0, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin ~ Lovely Impressions

Lin & Lene Design ~ 3 Piece Heart

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Dahlias Teastained Cream (coloured with R35 & 100)

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Pitch Black & Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Stella

BoBunny Timepiece ~ Moments

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Prima Stationer’s Desk ~ Red Romance

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Floral Scalloped Black

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lola Western Cutie

Stampin’ Up! ~ You Are Loved

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ Sketch #21

 

Hanna and Friends # 215 ~ Embossing

Live and Love Crafts #32 ~ Hearts

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Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet…

…cupcake!

The card I’m sharing today features an image from Mo’s Digital Pencil, Cupcake Thief, my first time ever using one of Mo Manning’s gorgeous images.

 

There’s a new challenge I’m proud to be a DT member of, Show Your Digi Love, where the theme is always anything goes with that month’s chosen digi artists.  It’s all about using the images you have in your stash and showing some love for the artists who created them.  In my case having Mo’s Digital Pencil among the chosen artists for our first challenge was a perfect excuse to go off and buy my very first (and second and third and, well, you get the picture) Mo Manning digi.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  As I’d printed and coloured my digi on my usual 4x6 piece of card I was a bit constrained on my circle size choice.  I actually used the largest of the Nestie set and had to use the “out of the box” technique (for a great tut check out the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog post by Becky) to fit the image in.  As a result I ended up shrinking down the other two circle elements.

I swapped out the flower element for a cupcake button from my stash; I also raided my stash for some interesting embellies for the other two circle elements.  As I have three different types of embellishments I am entering this in the current challenge over at Brown Sugar.

Now I don’t really have anything warm on this card, I guess trying to make a quick getaway on foot carrying three very large and tasty cupcakes would get you rather warm, but fortunately the main theme over at Bronte and Bella’s Challenge is anything goes and I do have my Mo Manning image so I’m also entering my card there.

Hope to see you over at Show Your Digi Love, easy peasy anything goes every month and a whole month to enter the challenge.  It’s a just for fun challenge but there are some gorgeous badges to display on your blog if you’re among the DT’s top picks and the overall DT favourite will be asked to guest DT in the next month’s challenge.  It’s a great way to show your love for the artists that make our hobby possible and your financial support (yep we all like a freebie but artists need to eat too!) so they can keep creating their awesome art.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E23

Hair Y15, Y17, Y21

Outfit RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69

Cupcakes C0, C2, E31, E33, E34, E44, E47, E49, G03, G09, N4, N6, N8, R35, R46, R59, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, V05, Y21, Y23, Y26, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Angel Wings Ruby & Stardust Candy Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Circles

Embellishments

Close to my Heart ~ Mini-Medley Accents Slate

Crochet Doily from stash

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Mini Sweet Treats

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Gold, Lavender & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves & Spun Sugar

Twinkling H2O ~ Luv-u-pink

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Amaryllis

Echo Park Little Girl ~ Jody’s Stripe

Stamps

Mo’s Digital Pencil ~ Cupcake Thief

Challenges

Bronte and Bella’s #246 ~ Anything Goes/optional warm

Brown Sugar #131 ~ 3 different Embellishments

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #43

 

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Oh my ears and whiskers…

It’s challenge time over at PunkyouGirl and it’s an easy peasy one of ‘anything goes’ and I’ve used a great image from our sponsor, SLS Lines, called Goth Girl and Rabbit.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Retrosketches.  I just swapped out the butterfly element for my image and mounted my sentiment on a Tim Holtz Tattered Curvy Scroll.  I’ve kept the embellies and papers fairly toned down, one, as this is a ‘darker’ project in the PunkyouGirl style, and, two, I’m thinking this for a male card.

As I’ve got a die cut and the card would suit a male I am entering it in the current challenge at ScrapbookerPhD.  The inside of the card finishes the sentiment for a belated birthday card.  And yes, it’s supposed to be slightly cheeky with a nod toward the Playboy bunnies given her somewhat provocative pose and as it is for a male.

Now over at Open Minded Crafting they have a theme of ‘new year’s resolutions’ for their current challenge.  Mine is to be on time with my cards this year so how does a belated birthday card fit that theme?  Well, if past years are anything to go by where I’ve made similar resolutions to be on time with my crafting are anything to go by I am going to be raiding my stash for this card when I realise I’ve missed one of my male friend’s birthdays.  I’ll then be glad that I made this resolution and started off so well in having a card at the ready so I’m not quite so late!

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B000, B00, B06

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair Y00, Y02, Y04, Y08

Outfit B00, B02, B04, B06, C00, C0, C1, C3, N5, N7, N9, 0, 100

Rabbit R0000, R000, R00, W00, W0, W1

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tim Holtz Alterations ~ Tattered Curvy Banners

Embellishments

K&Company Transfers ~ Monogram

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Black, Gold, Lavender & Pink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, Scattered Straw & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy & Spring Willow Med

Blue Fern Studio Sanctuary ~ Botanical Garden & Conservatory

Graphic 45 Mother Goose ~ Patterns & Solids

Ribbons & Trims etc

Fabric Tape from stash

Recollections ~ Bling on a Roll

Stamps

SLS Lines ~ Goth Girl with Rabbit

Challenges

Open Minded Crafting #27 ~ New Year’s Resolutions

Retrosketches ~ Sketch #148

ScrapbookerPhD #19 ~ Masculine Birthday + Die Cut

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