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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
Inks & Paints etc
Judikins ~ Diamond Glaze
Spica ~ Gold
Teresa Collins Basically Essentials ~ Modeling Paste
Tsukineko Encore! ~ Bronze
Papers
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven
House of Paper Cardstock Romanesque ~ Pearl
Stamps
Stampin’ Up! ~ Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Challenges

Thanks for stopping by!

9 comments:

  1. Lovely card, and I like your mosaic background! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink :)

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  2. You have done a great job on the background, great card, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, xxx

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  3. Hi Emily, a brilliant card, with an unusual background. Good luck with the MAWTT Challenge.
    Janice MAWTT DT
    http://createdbyjan.blogspot.com

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  4. Beautiful colouring and love that background! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink.

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  5. Lovely card, Emily. Your mosaic background was really clever & your colouring looks amazing too. Thanks for joining us as Just Add Ink.
    Di

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  6. I adore your Mosaic
    I have seen your card on JUST ADD INK
    and your card really stand out
    pretty Image too and great colored and I really adore your mosaic bg
    ADORABLE MADE
    visit my blog if you have time my card is the #38 at Just add ink challenge :)
    hugs
    Monika

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  7. This is so creative Emily! i love your mosaic background and your colouring is spectacular too! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week :-)

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  8. Thanks for joining in the fun at Just Add Ink this week, Emily. The mosaic background you've created is awesome!

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  9. Lovely card and shape thanks for sharing at CRAFT challenge with our shape card challenge. Stunning Colouring
    Aunty Sue

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Thanks so much for your comments, I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know your thoughts (c: