There’s an awesome new release of Betty Boos over at Simply B Stamps, the second collection of Bettys Around the World and my first card features the fabulous African Betty.
To make up my
card I’ve followed the current challenge over at Sketch n’ Dies, using my
trusty Nesties to frame up African Betty.
I did make the centre element bigger to accommodate the image, she was
too beautiful not to have centre stage. I
found yellow, orange and brown papers in my stash that to me were just the
right palette for an African beauty. While
I thought a distressed edge would look good for evoking rough African grass I decided
just one layer of distressing was enough so I only did the base designer
paper. With my distressing I am entering
this in the current challenge at A Little Bit Crafty ~ Distress It. For the floral element on the sketch I wrapped
some mulberry flowers around a Magnolia Chandelier Garland, so I’m also entering
this in the current flowers challenge at Dream Valley.
My second make is
a tag featuring Arabian Betty.
I grew up
watching reruns of ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ so I just had to do this image up in
shades of pink with blonde hair. To help
put together my tag I played with the Tic Tac Toe board at Creative Knockouts,
featuring stamping, a sentiment and both ribbon and twine. Originally I cut a tag shape using my paper
trimmer but getting the layers right was proving difficult especially as I started
with a fairly small base and the paper kept slipping. So I abandoned that and cut one using a
layered die from Papertrey Ink and also cut the paper for the sentiment with a
Nestie. Being a magical being I also had
to add some sparkle to my Jeannie card using gems. As I have three die cuts and some sparkle on
my tag I’m linking it up over at Scrapbooker PhD. With I’m also entering my tag in the current
challenge at Divas by Design.
My final card
features the elegant Egyptian Betty.
I’ve always loved
Liz Taylor and this image reminded me of her Cleopatra so that’s the colouring I
went with, although I know Cleo wasn’t really alabaster skinned and highly unlikely
to have had Liz’s amethyst eyes. In keeping
with the elegant image I stuck with a black and white theme but added in gold
for interest and because the Egyptians loved their gold. With my pop of colour and black and white
base I am entering my card in the current challenge at Stampin’ Royalty Challenge. The layout of my card follows
the current sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and to decorate my card I played
Tic Tac Toe over at Fab ‘n’ Funky featuring flowers, ribbons and pearls).
I loved playing with
these images, they are super fun to colour and make lovely projects. You can see more of these fab images over at
the SBS blog and also on the DT’s personal blogs, with a full list at the
bottom of this post.
Ingredients:
Copics
Skin African
Betty E02, E11, E13, E21, E25, E27, (cheeks R32), Arabian & Egyptian Betty E000,
E00, E11, E21 (cheeks E02)
Eyes African
Betty E23, E29, 0 Arabian Betty BG000, BG05, 0, Egyptian Betty V000, V15, 0
Lips R24, R29,
R46
Hair African &
Egyptian Betty T4, T6, 100, Arabian Betty Y13, Y15, Y17, Y26
Outfit African
Betty V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, Arabian Betty RV000,
RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, Egyptian Betty N0, N1, N2, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28
Chalks &
Powders etc
Pink Mica
Dies, SVGs &
Templates etc
Spellbinders
Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & ATCs
Embellishments
Gems from stash
Magnolia Chandelier
Garland ~ Lilac
Mulberry Flowers
from stash
Prima Flowers ~ Create
Memories
Inks & Paints
etc
Tim Holtz
Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Tea Stain, Victorian Velvet, Walnut Stain & Worn
Lipstick
Papers
BoBunny Double
Dot ~ Gingerbread Vintage
DCWV ~ Far East,
Royal Garden & Starburst
Glitz Design
Sunshine in My Soul ~ Suns
Kaisercraft
Cardstock ~ Liquorice
Kaisercraft
Violet Crush ~ Dainty
My Mind’s Eye Notable
~ ‘Silly’ Cheery Paper
Ribbons &
Trims etc
Stamps
Challenges
A Little Bit Crafty ~ Distress It (African Betty)
Creative Knockouts #53 ~ Tic Tac Toe (Stamping, Sentiment, Ribbon/Twine) (Arabian Betty)
Divas by Design ~ Tags (Arabian Betty)
Fab ‘n’ Funky #227 ~ Tic Tac Toe (Flowers, Ribbons, Pearls) (Egyptian Betty)
ScrapbookerPhD #14 ~ THREE die cuts + add some sparkle (Arabian Betty)
Sketch n’ Dies ~ Sketch #14 (African Betty)
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #26 (Egyptian Betty)
Wow, what lovely creations!! You've been busy! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Simply beautiful!! Thanks for joining us at SSW2.
ReplyDeleteNancy
A gorgeous card. Thank you for sharing with us at Dream Valley Challenge. Marlene DT
ReplyDeleteAll of these are fantastic, Emily, but I especially love the African Betty card because of the purple. :-D Incredible coloring and marvelous use of the sketch! Wonderful flower embellies.
ReplyDeleteNanaConnie Guest DT for September
Wow! What great cards, love the black and white one that you used our sketch for. the pearls are a nice added touch. Thanks for joining us.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Heide SSW2-DT
Lovely creations. I love the tag that image is gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Divas by Design this week. Hugs, Justyna xx
ReplyDeleteNice job coloring on all of them (my favorite was the first ... loved the purples) So pretty. Thanks for sharing all of them with us over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this week.
ReplyDelete~Jo, SSW2-DT
Wow you have been very busy what wonderful creations. Love your colouring and added embellishments. Great cards and thanks so much for sharing your talents with us over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
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Kathie SSW2~DT
wow!! gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Divas by Design this week.
Hugs,
Jill
Love your tag. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Creative Knockouts.
ReplyDeleteHugs Helen (DT)
Your African Beauty card is just stunning. I'd pay money for that. The inking is really beautiful. But my favorite part - the flowers. Something about the flowers just makes the card for me. Thank you for joining ScrapbookerPhD's die cut and sparkle challenge.
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