Through the Looking-Glass

There’s a whole foursome of Steampunk Wonderland images over at Simply B Stamps and, as I just love Alice in Wonderland, I am naturally loving these stamps.  My last post featured Wicked Little Alice and this one features her good twin, Curious Little Alice.

I tried to create a looking-glass effect with a piece of acetate, not sure it really worked.  I ran it through my Grand Calibur machine which embossed rather than cut the shape but that was fine as it meant I could create a bit of a gilded edge to my looking-glass.  Unfortunately I didn’t have the right colour Staz-On so I used both red and black and then topped it with some gold ink, I’m thinking I should have done this border out of a solid piece of cardstock and then layered that over my round piece of acetate looking-glass.  Ah, well, you live and learn!  To create the glass effect I tipped some B00 ink from my Various Refill bottle on the back of the acetate and spread it with some paper towel, it’s a bit hard to see in the picture but in life it gives the image a slightly bluish tinge.

Although the BG paper has a black base I think the gold tones along with the bright colours I’ve used on Alice give this a much lighter feel than my Wicked Little Alice and this could easily be used for a birthday card, even for a child.  Just goes to show the versatility of the images, even the Steampunk ones, over at Simply B Stamps.

In making up my card I had in mind the looking-glass effect but am not so great with the layouts so I followed a sketch at Sketch Saturday where the current challenge let you pick a sketch from a range of past sketches, I found Sketch #250 suited the look I wanted perfectly.  I also followed the recipe at Our Creative Corner to help with my embellies, I used lace and ribbon, metal and inked my looking-glass.  I’m also entering this into the Squirrel and the Fox’s Use Something Metal challenge (my metal key charm covers that) and Crafty Friend’s Use a Charm challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips R46, R59, R89

Eyes V12, V15, V17, 0

Hair Y11, Y23, Y26

Dress & Headband B000, B00, B02, B05

Blouse N0, N1, N2, 0

Gloves N0, N1, V91, V93, 0

Cog & Skull E13, Y23, Y26, Y28, Spica Clear

Pearls T1, T3, T5, 0, Spica Clear

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Circles

Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Decorative Circles One

Embellishments

Key charm

Inks & Chalks etc

Encore! Gold

Pebbles Chalk

Staz-On Black

Staz-On Blazing Red

Papers

Bazzill black cardstock

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Butterfly Specifics

Kaisercraft Twig& Berry Eve

Ribbons & Trims

Lace from LSS

Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Curious Little Alice

Challenges

Crafty Friends Challenge #4 – Use a Charm

Our Creative Corner – Recipe challenge (lace & ribbon, metal, ink)

Sketch Saturday Week #264 – Pick a Sketch, used #250

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #46 – Use Something Metal

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