Expecting in Style

There’s a new sketch at the Outlawz and I’ve used it along with Stamping Bella’s Uptown Girl Brynn has a Baby Shower to make a card for a colleague about to head off on maternity leave.

Here’s this week’s sketch.

I wanted to make this a really stylish card rather than a cutesy one as the mother-to-be is a very stylish woman.  So a bit of pink and soft purple on the prezzies (she’s having a girl) but a very stylish red and black colour scheme.  I thought a touch of cheese cloth would help soften the card so I used it for my larger vertical element.  As I have some material on my card I am entering it in the current challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday.

I’ve played along with the bingo challenge at Bunny Zoe’s Crafts, I love a bingo challenge for helping select the decorative elements on a card.  I’ve gone with the right-hand column, my embossing is a Cuttlebug die that I added interest to with some Perfect Pearls, the sentiment is stamped using the stamp that comes with the image (yes, real stamping that I actually got looking good the first time, amazing!) and the cute baby feet charms were just the right embellies.  With my charms I am also entering this in the current challenge at Card Mania and with my embossing I’m linking it at at Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

I resized the sketch to be a square and used some Nesties to cut the large square element.  I didn’t have a plain rectangle Nestie but I thought the label was far nicer.  As I have several die cuts I’m also entering my card at The Crazy Challenge.

I really don’t think this image was one you’re meant to fussy cut but as it is a rubber stamp I couldn’t resize it to fit within the square.  I only ever really do 6x6 square cards so I was kinda stuck with fussy cutting.  But hey, it wouldn’t be called a challenge if it wasn’t challenging and changing up the sketch a bit just made it a challenge for me!  And hopefully my efforts have inspired you to come join the fun with this week’s sketch over at the Outlawz.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T4, T6, T8, 100

Presents RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15

Chalks & Powders etc

Perfect Pearls ~ Forever Red

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Baby Shower

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Squares & Marvellous Squares

Embellishments

Metal Baby Feet Charms from stash

Pearls Brads from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Walnut Stain

Papers

Bazzill Dotted Swiss ~ Blissful

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Maja Design CreaDiem ~ Know Thy Self

Ribbons & Trims etc

Cheese Cloth from stash

Stamps

Stamping Bella ~ Uptown Girl Brynn has a Baby Shower

Challenges

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts ~ Bingo (sentiment, embossing, charms)

Card Mania #51 ~ How Charming (Add a charm)

Craft Hoarders Anonymous #12 ~ Who’s the Boss

The Crazy Challenge #176 ~ Die cuts and punches

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Material Girl

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Du er mig saa smuk ved snee-lysets

Today is my last showpiece from the beautiful Fairy Tales & Myths’ collection at Simply B Stamps and features the lovely Snow Queen.

I decided to make a matchbox on which to place my Snow Queen, mostly because there’s a matchbox challenge over at the Flying Unicorn Forum and the image is so beautiful it deserved something more than a mere card.  Of course this is a Steampunk Snow Queen so my snowflakes include some tiny watch parts that I gessoed to look snowy.

I also applied a little gesso to the pearls and the snowflake I cut using a Spellbinders’ die.  The beautiful lace from Live & Love Crafts suited the image and feel I was going for perfectly.  With both my lace and pearls I am entering this in the current challenge at Time 4 Scrap.

This pretty little box needed some real bling to finish so my handle is made from a Swarovski crystal that I adhered to a Prima Junkyard Finding Facucet Handle, some more Steampunky metal goodness.  I love my metal embellies and metal also happens to be the current challenge at Top Tip Tuesday so I’m linking this up over there too.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG05

Hair C00, C1, C3

Outfit BG000, BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG23

Hair

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Snowflake Pendant 2012

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels ~ Frosting

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Faucet Wheel

Swarovski Crystal

Watch Parts from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Claudine Hellmuth Studio ~ Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans & Tumbled Glass

Papers

BoBuny Snowfall ~ Flakes & Words

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Tumbled Glass

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Baker’s Twine from stash

Live & Love Crafts Lace ~ Alençon

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Snow Queen

Challenges

Flying Unicorn MMU ~ Matchbox Alterations

Time 4 Scrap #36 ~ Pearls and lace

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Metal Or Faux Metal

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The only harmless great thing

It’s challenge time over at Simply Challenged Challenges, our theme is polka dots, and I have used the new Ali and Elphie image from the Jude at the Circus collection from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Outlawz.  I thought the whole circus theme needed some serious bling so I’ve gone for some Sparklets and also added glitter to the feathers in the image.

Top Tip Tuesday have a challenge going to use 3, 5 or 7 of something.  Given the sketch elements I have used three die cuts on my card so I’m linking it up at Top Tip Tuesday too.

Now won’t you colour up your favourite SBS image, break out your polka dotted paper and come join in the fun of our challenge?  We’d love to see you play along.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Hair Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19

Outfit RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09

Elphie N1, N2, N4, RV00, W1, W3, W5, W7, W10, 0

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Lacy Circles & Standard Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Crimson

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Blossom

Wink of Stella ~ Blue, Clear & Gold

Papers

Bazzill Dotted Swiss ~ Berry Pretty

Echo Park Springtime ~ Colored Dots

Echo Park Summer Days ~ Big Dots & Yellow

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Ali and Elphie

Challenges

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday ~ 3, 5 or 7

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Just a mean green mother from outer space…

Well maybe Seymour 2 is but not pretty little Betty, at least not this one from Simply B Stamps, the new Betty and Seymour 2 image released today.

I had to Google the movie for some inspiration as it’s been years since I saw it and then I had to challenge myself to do a platinum blonde, I think she turned out rather well.  With the whole botanical theme, the 7 Dots Studio paper I had in my stash was just perfect while a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink brought my other papers up to the right tone.  And how could I use anything but that awesome Flourish with a Bling vine as an embellie?

To make up my card I used the current sketch at the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch challenge.  I am so glad I joined Outlawz as I love their sketches.  So while this isn’t my favourite sketch, I don’t have one those, Outlawz is definitely my favourite place for finding the perfect sketch, I’ve used every one since I joined.  So I am linking this up at Top Tip Tuesday for their current challenge.

With my digi image I am also entering this at My Sheri Crafts’ current challenge.  And how stinking cute is this image?

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B000, B02, 0

Lips R32, R35, R37

Hair B000, C00, E40, W1, W3, 0

Dress E40, E42, E43, E44

Shoes W00, W1, W3

Seymour G03, G05, G07, G09, R000, R00, R02

Pot E08, E19, YR65

Sunglasses T3, T4, T5, T6, T8, T10

Dies & SVGs etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities – Classic Ovals

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling – Jack Vine

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave – Coral Reef

Carta Bella Wildflowers – Aztec

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Frayed Burlap

Stamps

Simply B Stamps – Betty and Seymour 2

Challenges

My Sheri Crafts #125 – Delightful Digis

Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday – Favourite Sketch

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