…the touch of earthly years

Today I’m showcasing another of the new Fairy Tales & Myths’ images from Simply B Stamps, this one is Sleeping Beauty.

 
The current sketch at Sketch N Stash suited the shape of the image perfectly and proved to have endless opportunities for grunge-ing and vintage-ing up my card. I made a real effort to go through my stash of designer papers for this card and I found a virtual goldmine of goodies that all layered up beautifully, all in lovely moody blues.

I even raided my stash for all my embellies, some of them, like the Prima borders I’ve had for a long time and never used.  It’s hard to tell but the round embellie at the top left of Sleeping Beauty has ‘memories’ embossed on it, it’s a Prima Junkyard Finding, another item long neglected in my stash, as were the Prima Water Pipes.  I opened the packet some time ago but they didn’t suit the card I was going to use them on but I liked it on the corner of this one.  With all my stash raids I am also entering this in the current challenge at Simply Create Too.

And just to prove that your stash really can be like a craft shop I’ve actually chosen my decorative elements based on the current Tic, Tac, Poe grid at Quoth the Raven.  My Prima border contains a fibre (lace) and I’ve got more along the bottom, I’ve done some wet embossing on the top background piece behind Sleeping Beauty (I’m going to have to replenish my stash of Fran-tage soon given how much I use it!) and I’ve got several sparkly and shimmery shiny pieces including my metal embellies, the sparkle on my flowers from the mists I needed to use to get the right colour, and my gems.

While the image of a woman in a coffin mightn’t be the most uplifting I’ve tried to soften it with the sentiment of “sweet dreams” to suggest it is just an extended slumber.  It also harkens back to the original story of the good fairy changing the evil fairy’s curse from death to perpetual sleep until awakened by love.  And what princess doesn’t have sweet dreams of her prince coming to awaken her?

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Lips R59

Hair Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, T4, T6, T8, W1

Coffin E40, E42, E43, E44

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Teal & Chunky White

Embellishments

Gems from stash coloured with Copic C8

Mulberry Roses from stash

Prima Say it in Crystals Borders ~ Poetry coloured with Copic B99 & C8

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Special Screws & Water Pipe Frames

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Screw Brads & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Black Orchid Satin

Rub’nBuff ~ Pewter

Smooch Spritz ~ Navy Twinkle

Studio 490 Embossing Paste ~ Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Faded Jeans

Close to my Heart ~ Mischief

Docrafts Gojuss Ultimate Die-cut & Paper

FabScraps Heritage ~ Script 3

Magnolia Ink Sweet Crazy Love ~ Calla of Paris

Ribbons & Trims etc

Black Lace from Stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Sleeping Beauty

Challenges

Quoth the Raven #30 ~ Tic, Tac, Poe (Fibre or ribbon, Emboss, Sparkle, shimmer or shine)

Simply Create Too #56 ~ “Shop in Your Stash”

Sketch N Stash #134

Thanks for stopping by!