…that man is not truly one, but truly two…

It can be hard work making a male card but not when you start with an awesome image like the new Dr Jekyll from Simply B Stamps, drawn by Abigail Larson, which I’ve used on a card for a friend’s dad.

OK so you can’t see the image yet, this view shows the “band” around the card, I followed the current sketch over at Sketch n’ Dies for the band and added some manly metal embellies and chippies from BoBunny.  I’ve used the same sketch for the front of my card, still no view of the image though, you gotta be patient.

The card is a double display card, there’s a great template (including the band) over at From my Craft Room, go check out Norma’s gorgeous work and fab templates.  I thought this was a fitting backdrop to Dr Jekyll, which I’ve teamed with a suitable sentiment and a quote from Robert Browning, also fitting for a milestone birthday.

And a close up of the fab image and the sentiments.

That Craft Place’s current challenge is male cards and this certainly is that hence no flowers or girlie embellies and lots of shades of blue and grey so I am entering my card there.  I was going to die cut around my image but I’d already coloured it before deciding on my card and I didn’t have a die to fit the image and the card and I am a bit challenged when it comes to measurements so didn’t think I could alter the card base to fit.  So that meant fussy cutting, never an easy thing with all those little swirly elements but I think it worked really well, especially with the image placed on the designer paper from BoBunny.  And as I have cut out my image I am also entering this in the current challenge over at Corrosive Challenges.

Now there are a whole collection of gorgeous new images from Abigail Larson over at Simply B Stamps just released today in the Dark Stories and Tales collection.  Go check out what the other awesome DT gals have done with these images at the SBS blog or see the list of their blogs at the bottom of this post.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21

Eyes E27

Lips E11

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, N0, N1, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Smoke B91, C00, N0, N1

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Forgotten Scraps ~ Party Banner

Embellishments

2Crafty ~ Tiny Henri’s Frame

BoBunny Ephemera ~ Somewhere In Time Brad & Chipboard Label

BoBunny Buttons ~ Somewhere In Time

Carta Bella Alpha Stickers ~ Beautiful Moments

Jolee’s Boutique ~ Halloween Goblet

Metal Brads from stash

Prima Alpha Stickers ~ Romance Novel

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Ceiling Light Bulbs, Ignition Keys & Steampunk Air

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Chain Tassel, Jump Ring & Screw Brads

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch ~ Gold Lame

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Faded Jeans & Weathered Wood

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Stain ~ Tarnished Brash

Papers

BoBunny Somewhere In Time ~ Chrononaut

Glitz Vintage Blue ~ Stripe

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe ~ Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Prima Craftsman ~ Widgets

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Dr Jekyll

Challenges

Corrosive Challenge #201 ~ Crop It or Cut It

Sketch n’ Dies #8

That Craft Place ~ Men
Blog List

SBS

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

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Arsenic and Old Lace

I’ve got two projects to share today featuring one of the Lady Killers from Simply B Stamps, her name is Arsenic Annie.  Here she is on a tag featuring some “old lace”, you’d think twice before accepting a drink from this dame with that nasty look in her eye!

I followed a sketch from Friday Sketch Challenge to make up my tag, it’s hard to see the writing on the sentiment but it says “If our love is poison how come you’re my antidote?”.  The background paper from Echo Park features apothecary labels and the top one advises it is “best used for finding true love” which suited perfectly for my tag.  The cute challis charm is from my local craft shop, The Crafter’s Haven, when I found it on the weekend I knew it was perfect for my tag.  I added some Swarovski crystals to the rim and one on the inside to make the challis look full.  The poison in the bottle is Perfect Pearls in Diamond Glaze, which doesn’t seem to want to go hard but that just means it keeps sloshing around like real liquid so is actually a good thing.

Now I actually made the next one first, where I’ve put Annie on a small glass jar using a wet slide decal.  I was going to use the same image on the tag until I realised I had coloured her to match the rest of the Lady Killers for another project I have planned so I had to print out and colour up the other version for the tag!

This time I framed Annie in a suitably gothic looking frame from Tigers Stock on Deviant Art, check out her great items she generously shares.  I also wanted a background and I am no good with Photoshop but that’s OK because I found this great smokey background from Wu-Killah D also on Deviant Art.  I really wanted an apothecary jar with a funky shape but as this is going to my boss filled with nuts I needed a jar with an airtight seal but I think the shape still works.

Ingredients: 

Copics 
Skin (Both) E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips (Jar) R46, R59, R89 (Tag) R24, R59, R89
Eyes (Jar) G21, G24, G28, 0 (Tag) G03, G05, G09, 0
Hair (Jar) E07, E08, YR07, YR68 (Tag) E20, E23, E25, E27, E29
Dress (Jar) G02, G03, G05, G09, G17, Y23, Y26, Y28 

(Tag) YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR68
Bottle (Jar) BG10, BG11, BG15, 0, Spica Clear (Tag) BV20, BV23, 0, Spica Mint
Challis (Both) Y23, Y26, Y28, Spica Melon (Jar) Spica Olive (Tag) Spica Mint
Poison (Jar) BV20, BV23, BV25 (Tag) BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Chalks & Inks etc 
Creative Memories Dual Tip Pen Orange
Diamond Glaze
Pebbles Basic & Pearlescent Chalks
Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalks
Perfect Pearls – Pewter
Spica Orange 
Embellishments 

Metal Challis Charm
Swarovski Crystals
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Corked Vials 
Dies 
Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles
Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles 
Papers 
Wet slide decals (Jar)
Echo Park The Apothecary Emporium Wicked Potions (Tag)
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shop Apothecary (Tag)
Ranger Black Tag 
Ribbons & Trims etc 
Doodlebug Haunted Manor Assortment Doodle Twine
Lace – coloured with Distress Ink Tea Dye 
Michaels Melodies & Lace Trim – Lace (from swap stash)
Stamps
Simply B Stamps Arsenic Annie
Background – Texture 10 by Wu-Killah D 
Ornate Oval Frame Cutout – Tigers Stock

Challenges 
Creative Corner Challenges #27 – Anything Goes (Jar) 

Digitally ‘Sweet’ Challenges #44 – Anything Goes with Bright Colours (Jar) 

Edit: I made the top three!

Through the Purple Haze #1a – Anything Goes (Jar) 

That Craft Place – Ribbons and/or Lace (Tag) 

Friday Sketch Challenge #47 – Made by Christine (Tag)

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