Loved I not his letters full of beauty?

This is my last card featuring the sweet images from Simply B Stamps’ Teen Scene Gods in Love collection and this one showcases Jude Hermes.

The layout follows the current sketch over at Outlawz and, with my simple colour scheme, really let Jude Hermes take centre stage.  I’ve had the wooden heart embellie in my stash for ages and it was the perfect embellie for this card.

This image didn’t come with a sentiment so I took the very appropriate one from the recently released Batty for Rio and transferred it to a piece of black card then used my Picket Fence Distress Marker and some Smooch to colour it.  With my sentiment I am entering this in the current Card Mania challenge.

As always my image was coloured with my trusty Copics so I am also entering this in current challenge at MarkerPOP!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Mouth R00, R02

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29, E49

Outfit B21, B24, B28, B29, N0, N1, N2, N4

Hearts R24, R29, R46

Mail E40, E42

Satchel E23, E25, E27

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & Classic Squares

Embellishments

Wooden Heart from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch ~ Siren

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Broken China & Picket Fence

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Broken China

Graphic 45Steampunk Spells ~ Patterns & Solids

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jude Hermes

Simply B Stamps ~ Batty for Rio (sentiment)

Challenges

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

Card Mania #41 ~ Use a Sentiment

MarkerPOP! #37 ~ Anything goes

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…but I drifted

There’s some new editions to the Fairy Tales & Myths collection of Steampunk images over at Simply B Stamps and I have the gorgeous Snow White to show today.

As with all my release day images I have placed this image on a Kraft album page, the layout for this one follows the current sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge.  I seem to always find a sketch I like in the wrong shape, normally I am resizing rectangles to squares but this time I had to go the other way.  It was a great sketch though for showing off the designer papers I wanted to use in all their woodsy glory.  I really wanted to contrast the background that is more Snow White and the Huntsman with my Snow White who is in the bright colours of Disney.

I had to add butterfly embellies, I wanted to add some birds too but didn’t have any small enough, again reminiscent of Disney’s Snow White.  And with my butterflies I am entering this in the current Crafting Musketeers’ challenge. 

But of course this is a Steampunk project so it had to have Steampunk butterflies, I thought the Jolee’s Boutique ones needed some added dimension to I added some real gears.  I’d have liked to add a large one on the right side too but my stash of gears is almost completely used up and the couple I had were way too big.  In keeping with the Steampunk theme my other butterflies are a bit grungy as is my label, which is a Prima wood trinket turned over to reveal the uncoloured side.  As this is a Steampunk project I am also entering it in the Crafts 4 Eternity current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E25

Lips R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Dress B24, B32, B37, B39, R24, R29, R46, Y02, Y04, Y06, Y08

Boots N0, N1, N2, N4

Embellishments

Jolee’s Boutique ~ Steampunk Floral and Butterflies Border

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Soft Grey Wild Butterflies

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Clock Parts

Prima Wood Tickets ~ Meadow Lark

Watch Parts from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Forest Moss & Pumice Stone

Tim Holtz Distress Marker ~ Vintage Photo

Papers

13@rts Timeless ~ Perfect Moment & Today, Tomorrow, Always

Core’dinations Core Impressions Cardstock Basic Grey Ornate Collection ~ Mezzo Tank

Graphic 45 Kraft

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Snow White

Challenges

Crafting Musketeers #10 ~ Butterflies

Crafts 4 Eternity #164 ~ Steampunk

Friday Sketch #63

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Happy Birthday Tamara!

What do you get when one awesome artist decides to celebrate another awesome artist’s birthday?  A blog hop featuring a gorgeous image of course!  Now you should have come here from the lovely Michelle’s blog, if not hop on back to the SBS blog to start from the beginning.  Here’s my card for the fabulous birthday girl, Tamara, featuring the image drawn especially for the occasion, Rockin’ Birthday Cutie.

And what it looks like opened up.

Here’s wishing you a

Now hop on over to the delightful Jill’s blog.

Blog List

SBS

Corinne

Rachel

Christin

Vicky

Kerrie-anne

Lucy

Floss

Summer

Trish

Katya

Irene

Vanessa

Louise

Sheri

Celina

Michelle

Emily Shroom (that’s me)

Jill

Kay

Jackie

Darcy

Tanja

Veronica

…she sees the Lady of Sorrows

I have a Greek inspired card to share today featuring the sweet Betty Medusa image from the Teen Scene Gods in Love collection from Simply B Stamps.

No hideous gorgon here, this Medusa is Bettyliciously beautiful!

My card follows the current sketch at Outlawz, the lines in the background worked perfectly to create a column like effect that suited my Greek theme really well.  I have layer upon layer on this card with lots of foam squares to give all the depth so I am also entering this at Card Makin’ Mamas.

I wanted a fun sentiment to go with the image so thought this would serve as the prelude to something inside, the inspiration for exactly what hasn’t yet struck me though.  I have this card in mind for a friend’s birthday so will think of something suitable to that with a play on Medusa’s mythical stone creating powers and temptation.  But with my sentiment on the front I am linking this up at A Creative Romance’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes B00, B02, 0

Lips R46

Hair BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Dress B000, B00, B02, B05

Plinth T2, T3, T4, T5

Leave G21, G24, G28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Stately Circles

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Bundled Sage, Chipped Sapphire & Frayed Burlap

Papers

7gypsies ~ Epicurean

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Bundled Sage & Chipped Sapphire

Creative Memories ~ Happy Holiday

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Betty Medusa

Challenges

Card Makin’ Mamas #81 ~ Stack it up!

A Creative Romance ~ Let’s get sentimental

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

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