It's a perfect night for mystery and horror

My card today features a special image Betty, from Simply B Stamps, drew up for her son, Christian, and his finance, Yazmin, to celebrate their engagement.

I had a lot of fun with this card, going for a pretty but grungy look to suit the Frankenstein theme.  With that theme I just had to distress my gorgeous papers from Riddersholm Design so I am entering this in the current challenge over at Dream Valley.

I didn’t follow a sketch for this card but was inspired in the design by a beautiful card from Dorota of the Riddersholm Design DT.  For further inspiration I played along with the tic tac toe challenge Left of Center has running choosing the right-hand vertical line using a die cut (I have three actually), a charm and lots of different ink techniques.  I’ve inked the edges of my designer papers, sprayed ink on some of my flowers, inked up my die cuts and also inked my image.

You can’t go Frankenstein without having some stitching and I have used real stitching to join my two pieces of designer paper.  With that stitching I am also entering my card in Cheery Lynn Designs’ current challenge.  I’ve used their beautiful Heart to Heart Doily die as a background to the image and framed the heart with their funky Barbed Wire die.  I cut the barbed wire from metal and distressed it with some Old Rust ink, love how it turned out.  I also distressed the doily with some Fran-tage, the inner heart I inked up and then added more Fran-tage and finished the distressing with some crackle paint.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29 & G24, YG03, YG11, YG17

Eyes E21, E25, E29, 0 & E33, E57, E59, 0

Lips R46, R59, RV99

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29 & T5, T7, T9, 100

Outfit V20, V22, V25, V28 & W3, W5, W7, W9

Roses G03, G09, G29, R14, R46, R59

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Silver & Aged Wine

Pebbles Chalk ~ Lilac

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cheery Lynn Dies ~ Barbed Wire & Heart to Heart Doily

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Semi Open Rose Buds (coloured with Starburst)

Live and Love Crafts ~ Foam Flowers White (coloured with Starburst), Frosted Berries Latte & Pearl Stamens Brown

Metal Heart Charm from stash

Recollections ~ Alphabet Stickers

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Sugared Blossoms Mocha

Petaloo Penny Lane Collection ~ Forget Me Nots Antique Beige

Prima Alla Collection ~ Antique Mirrors

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ The Archivist

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Cocoa Bean Copper

Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Dark Rust & Metallic Platinum

Spica ~ Lilac & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint ~ Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ Kraft

Artools Metal Sheet ~ Copper

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Bitter Chocolate

Echo Park Arsenic and Lace ~ Crow & Skull

Riddersholm Design Fleamarket ~ Notes

Ribbons & Trims etc

Darice Hemp Cord ~ Earthy Colours

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Christian and Yazmin (special freebie)

Challenges

Cheery Lynn Designs #192 ~ In Stitches

Dream Valley #110 ~ Distressing

Left of Center #86 ~ Tic Tac Toe (Die cut, Ink, Charm)

Thanks for stopping by!