Pen and Paperie: November 2015

Saturday, 21 November 2015

…saying goodbye and thanks for listening

My card today features an image from Super Colouring that’s actually a tutorial on how to draw Elvis.

I’ve made this card for a colleague who is retiring who I affectionately refer to as the King of Intel. Hence the Elvis reference, that and I can just see him dancing his way out of the office on his last day!

As it is for a guy I wanted to keep it fairly CAS so headed over to Freshly Made Sketches for some inspiration and I’ve followed their current sketch to make up my card. I learned you can print with a laser printer on washi tape, although lining it up properly proved a bit of a challenge but I got it in the end. With my sentiment I am entering my card in the current challenge at Craft Rocket.

Now in picking an Elvis image I just couldn’t go passed a blue suede shoe reference so I’ve coloured up Elvis in his black suit and those iconic shoes. Love the way he turned out. As I’ve got a song reference on my card I am also entering it over at Edna’s Yodelayeeeehoooo challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21

Eyes E25

Lips E11

Hair C6, C8, 100

Outfit B12, B14, B16, B18, C00, N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, N8, 100

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ White

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Black Cat & Great White

Ribbons & Trims etc

Freckled Fawn ~ Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape ½" and 1½"

Challenges

Craft Rocket #4 ~ Add a Sentiment

Freshly Made Sketches ~ Sketch #213

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #47 ~ Y is for Yodelayeeeehoooo

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, 9 November 2015

The pansy this, O, that’s for lover’s thoughts

My card today features the pretty Girl with Pansy from Aurora Wings.

To help me embellish my card I’ve played along with the bingo board at Aud Sentiments, I actually used two lines in the end, the centre horizontal (Ribbon or lace, Rubber stamp or digi, Flowers) and the right vertical (Pattern paper, Flowers, Die cut). I’ve stamped my sentiment on one of the die cut tags I made using a rubber stamp from Stampin’ Up!

Over at Brown Sugar they are looking for tags on your project or as your project, as I have two tags on my card I am entering my card in the challenge. I had originally coloured the pearls on the image but wasn’t overly happy with my colour choice so decided to give them a 3D effect with some BoBunny Pearlescent. Can’t say I was happy with the result, so I gave up on the stuff and got out my hot fix crystals and filled in the rest with them. I also added a row of flat back pearls over my ruffle ribbon as some extra embellishment. With all my pearls and gems I am also entering my card in the current challenge at Craft Rocket.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B00, B02, B05

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair N5, N7, N9, 100

Butterfly B24, B26, B28, Y02, Y06, Y08

Flowers BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08, G20, G24, G28, G40, G43, G46, Y15, Y17, Y19

Chalks & Powders etc

PanPastel ~ Ultramarine Blue Tint

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Noor! Design Die ~ 6002/0285 Tag 2

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Cherry Blossom (S3-151)

Live and Love Crafts ~ Lilac Foam Flowers

Inks & Paints etc

BoBunny Pearlescent ~ Butterscotch

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Cool Heather & Jubilee

Maja Designs Skavi ta en Fika? ~ Våffla m Björnbärssylt

Ribbons & Trims etc

Buddly Crafts ~ 6mm Flat Back Pearl Trim Ivory

Guipure Lace ~ Peacock

Purple Chiffon Ruffle Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Girl with Pansy

Stampin’ Up! ~ Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)

Challenges

Aud Sentiments #144 ~ Bingo + a Sentiment

Brown Sugar #171 ~ Tag You’re It!

Craft Rocket #3 ~ Pearls/Gems

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, 2 November 2015

I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle this

My card today features Megara Honey from Sassy Design Studios and has been made for the current challenge at Colouring in Scrapland, where I have the pleasure of being a guest DT.

The theme is inspired by a movie and their sponsor is Sassy Design Studios. I’ve gone with Disney’s Hercules. I really want the Tim Holtz Paper Mosaic Kit but don’t have it yet so I had to improvise for my Grecian inspired background. I printed my background using the tile texture in Photoshop and then used the printed ‘grout’ line as my cutting lines. I used white modelling paste for grout, which dries really fast so I had to work in very small sections. When I was finished I covered my ‘tiles’ in Diamond Glaze. I have to say I am really happy with how it turned out.

Here is a close up of the image and mosaic.

Inspired by the Grecian urns in the movie, I found a die in my collection that had the right pattern and cut my circles. I went for a circle easel card to create a bit of a theatrical background for my image, a nod to the movie inspiration. For my embellies I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Boxwood Twine as a proxy for the laurel leaves the gods wear and painted my flowers blue to match the background, which features a scene from the actual movie.

As I have a white frame and background to my base (bit hard to tell in the photo that has come up a bit yellow), I am entering my card in the current just add W challenge at Just Add Ink. With my very circular shape I am also entering my card in the current challenge at C.R.A.F.T. Over at Moving Along With the Times they are looking for leaves on projects, I have those with my Boxwood Twine so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes V0000, V01, V05

Lips R81, R83, R85

Hair E11, E13, E25, E17, E18

Outfit RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ LF-114 Grand Circles & LF-019 Grand Stately Circles

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Lily (LY1-15)

ScrapBerry’s ~ Stemmed White Lily