Pen and Paperie: Alphabet Challenge

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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

So I’ll stay and see you through

It’s sketch challenge time over at Outlawz and I have a card featuring Geeky by Emma Canning.

And here’s the sketch.

I kept thinking of Miss Stacy from Anne of Green Gables for some reason and the sketch suited a romantic and rustic theme so out came the roses and the pearls. Soft pink seemed the right colour too and I’ve lots of it on my card so I am entering the current challenge over at A Creative Romance.

Although they always do an anything goes challenge over at Creative Fingers, when I play along I always use the DT twist, in this case it was layers, almost as much a favourite of mine as flowers. I’ve got plenty of layers on this card with my designer papers, ribbons and embellies.

I’ve been wanting to use the lovely stitched ribbon that’s been in my stash for some time and it was the perfect fit for this card atop some lovely pink lace. With my stitching I am also entering my card over at the Alphabet Challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B04

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27

Outfit E50, E51, E53, E55, G28, G40, G46

Bag E13, E23, E25, E29, E37

Rose R39, R43, R46

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin ~ Garden Cuttings Border Die

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Mini White Soft Pink Mulberry Roses

Kaisercraft Paper Blooms ~ Dusty Pink

Resin Roses from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose & Walnut Stain

Smooch ~ Moonlight & Taffy

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Tattered Rose

My Mind’s Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody ~ Baby Lacy & Happy Beach Stripe

Prima Time Traveler’s Memories ~ Falling Rose

Ribbons & Trims etc

Brown & Pink Stitched Ribbon from stash

My Mind’s Eye Scalloped Lace ~ Lost and Found 2 Remember Blush

Stamps

Polkadoodles ~ Geeky (retired)

Challenges

A Creative Romance ~ Pink

Alphabet Challenge ~ S for Stitching

Creative Fingers #54 ~ Layer it up

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

…girt with golden wings

I have a rather special card today featuring an awesome image I found on deviantART by Scary Rabid Fan Girl called Steampunk Angel.

There are some really talented people on deviantART and some of them are lovely enough to make their images available to download. I have to say I am pretty pleased with how the image turned out, especially the metallic elements.

I wanted this to be a special card as it is going out to a friend for her 40th birthday so I decided on a fancy parcel card. Given this isn’t your ordinary flat folded card I am entering it in the current challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks. As it is a parcel card I am also entering it in the Noor Design challenge.

The blank space on the base is for a ‘happy birthday’ sentiment, I couldn’t find one in my stash but wanted to get this posted up before I head out on holidays. I need to buy a sticker or something to have the words pop. I did find the lovely ‘celebrate’ sentiment and some numbers in my sticker stash that did work for this. As the card is for a celebration I am entering it in the current Brown Sugar challenge.

I’ve used a lot of embellies on this card to make it extra special. All of the flowers are from I Am Roses. I bought a big supply of them all in white so I could colour them up to match my projects. My plan was to have them the same colour as the angel’s blue dress and the berries the same aged copper but I didn’t have sketch markers to go in my Copic Airgun so I had to settle for Smooch Spritz and Lindy’s Stamp Gang inks.

The theme of the card is very much flying with my angel, butterflies and flying gear so I am entering it in the current challenge over at Inkspirational. Being flying themed I have a lot of things with wings so I am also entering it in Live and Love Craft’s current challenge. I couldn’t find a metal butterfly in my stash the right size so I cut some from a Martha Stewart sticker border and layered them up. I used pearls to add some extra texture and scattered some yellow ones around as all my embellies were fairly aged and the angel’s wings are a bright gold. Given my pearls I am also linking this up at the Alphabet Challenge.

Now my friend is a fellow Steampunker and this is a Steampunk inspired card from the angel with her metal wings through to the gears and flying paraphernalia. There’s actually a pair of men flying zeppelins under the die cuts on the base that ended up covered up that also suited the theme. The current challenge over at I Am Roses calls for Steampunk and a butterfly; I’ve got both covered off and plenty of their gorgeous flowers so I’m also entering this there.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye E33

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit & Wings B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, E08, E33, E35, E47, R05, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Lin & Lene Design ~ Floral Square

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Marvelous Squares

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels ~ Somewhere in Time

BoBunny Combo Stickers ~ Somewhere in Time

Creative Memories Epoxy Stickers

I Am Roses ~ Cherry Blossoms, Lilies, Mini Roses, Puffy Roses, Small Flowers & Stamens

Martha Stewart Stickers ~ Butterfly Border

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Ship Parts & Steampunk Air

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ Small Swirls Black

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Mini Gears & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Cocoa Bean Copper

Smooch Spritz ~ Caramel Latte & Navy Twinkle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain & Weathered Wood

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Weathered Wood

Riddersholm Design Tailgate Marked ~ Airborne

Stamps

Scary Rabid Fan Girl ~ Steampunk Angel

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #211 ~ Fancy Folds

Alphabet Challenge ~ P for Pretty Petals

Brown Sugar #111 ~ Celebrations

I Am Roses ~ “Steampunk” and include a Butterfly

Inkspirational #65 ~Word Prompt: Flight

Live and Love Crafts #27 ~ Things with Wings

Noor Design ~ Parcel card

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Love's fire heats water...

This is my final card featuring the gorgeous new Mermaid collection at Simply B Stamps, this was uses Corinne Mermaid and follows the required theme on the Simply B Fan Page challenge of glitter.

I decided I wanted to go with a real contrast on this card so I’ve coloured my image to be fire and placed it on my blue water background. Fire just seemed to suit this image, not sure why, unless it has something to do with Corinne’s temper. Did I just type that out aloud?! Love how her tail turned out as well as how my first ever shaker card worked out.

To make up my sketch I have chosen an old sketch (#73) from Sketch N Stash, this one worked well as it had a large circle element. I’ve got quite a few items on the card from the stash including my shaker elements and the paper flowers I used.

Cut It Up currently has an under the sea themed challenge going on and as I’ve got Mermaid Corinne underwater, well, at least glitter-water, and I’ve also got a die cut or six, so I am entering my card there. Rather than the rectangle element I added a piece of lace, really lovely lace, a shame the circle I need to cut to fit my image for the shaker part is so big, it makes it hard to see that lush lace. But as it is there, I am also entering my card over at the Alphabet Challenge.

Now hopefully this card has inspired you to come join the July Fan Page challenge. If glitter isn’t your thing then you can always go for Sheri Mermaid and add some twine like I did on my earlier card found at this post. Twine doesn’t do it for you either? How about going for some embossing (wet or dry) and the lovely Bettina Mermaid like on my card seen here? Need some more inspiration? Check out the DT gals and what beauty they have created with these images by following the links at the bottom of the page. Sure hope to see your project in the challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E35, E37

Lips R24, R29, R59

Hair E08, E19, E57, YR14

Top R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Tail R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19, YR12, YR14, YR68

Conch RV91, RV93, RV95

Chalks & Powders etc

American Crafts Pop! Beads ~ Wave

DecoArt ~ Glamour Dust