Happy Birthday Lisa!

Today is a very special day, it’s the birthday of one of my awesome teamies, Lisa, and I’ve made a calendar and notepad holder for her featuring her special birthday image from Betty.

And a shot of the card closed.

These little calendars were featured on the Noor Design blog with a tut by Clarissa and I knew I wanted to make one as soon as I saw them but had to wait for something special.  And what could be more special than the birthday of a wonderful person?

I haven’t Steampunked in a while and it was fun to get out my metal embellies.  There aren’t too many layers on this project, on account of how it has to fold down, but there are still lots of elements.  As You Like It are asking what your favourite style is, so I guess from this you’d say my favourite style is fussy and I guess it is.  Don’t get me wrong, I do like a CAS card and when the image calls for it I’ll go CAS but I think I like my layers and my embellies too much to ever go completely CAS.

To soften up my metal embellies I added in some small flowers, another favourite of mine.  With my flowers I’m entering this over at the current challenge at Through the Purple Haze.  Flowers are also the theme at Creative Knockouts so I’m also entering my card there.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG32, BG49, 0

Lips R24, R46, R59

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, R22, R35, R46, R59, W6, W8, W10, 0, 100

Cake E44, E47, E49, G24, G40, G43

Gears & Clock E40, E41, E42, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Deckled Rectangles

Embellishments

Francheville ~ Hinge Clips

I Am Roses ~ Mini Variegated Black Brown Roses

Petaloo Penny Lane Collection ~ Forget Me Nots Antique Beige

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Mini Gears & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pinecone

BoBunny Weekend Market ~ Rulers

House of Paper Romanesque ~ White Champagne

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Tiddly Inks Steampunk Papers ~ Gears 2 Paper & Grunge Text

Ribbons & Trims etc

Lace from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lisa Steampunk Birthday

Challenges

As You Like It #47 ~ Favourite CAS or Fussy (and why)

Creative Knockouts #76 ~ Floral Delight

Through the Purple Haze #77 ~ Use some flowers

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Usted estará conmigo para siempre

I have another Day of the Dead card, this one featuring Lenore Forevermore from Simply B Stamps.

This one was more difficult as she didn’t have her face decorated so I had to add that in myself, which I did after I coloured her up so the pressure was really on.  I think it turned out OK but next time I think I will make a template for myself and definitely add that detail in first.

With such a beautiful image I wanted a fairly CAS card and the Week 3 sketch at Viva La Verve was just right although not sure I’ve altered it too much with the added element of the image.  I liked the scattered circle elements as they gave me the perfect placement for my sugar skull stickers, they sort of pick up the grey from the inspiration image.  I didn’t have any other in my stash so had to go with these.  I also used the pink from the photo on the image but teamed it with some lime green and a little yellow as the Day of the Dead images all seem to be multi-coloured.

Although my card is somewhat CAS it still has lots of layers, which I love.  I even layered lace on ribbon for the curved element.  With all my layers I am entering my card in the current challenge at Craft Hoarders’ Anonymous.

As You Like It is currently asking which style you prefer cute or elegant.  I have to say I think my preference is elegant although I do tend to try all styles and people have said my style is rather grungy.  I don’t think there’s anything grungy about this card, the image was beautifully elegant and I’ve followed that through with my CAS layout and embellies so for me, definitely, it is elegant.  Why elegant?  Because I love beautiful embellies, dies like this elegant frame, images of women with gorgeous hair like Lenore Forevermore and because my all time favourite movie star is the queen of elegance herself, Audrey Hepburn.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C00, N0, N1, 0

Eyes B00, B05

Lips R39, R43, R46

Hair N4, N6, N8, YG00, YG01, YG03, 110

Outfit RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, YG05, YG23, YG25

Skull E40, E41, E42

Roses RV23, RV25, RV29, YG01, YG03, YG05

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Wild Rose Studio ~ Oval Frame

Embellishments

Jolee’s Stickers ~ Black & White Skulls & Skeletons

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Lemon, Melon & Pink

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Great White

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Candy

Ribbons & Trims etc

Webster’s Pages Trendsetter ~ Green Fashion Lace & Kiss Pink Ruffle Trim

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lenore Forevermore

Challenges

As You Like It ~ Favourite Style (Cute or Elegant & Why)

Craft Hoarders’ Anonymous #18 ~ Layer It!

Viva La Verve ~ October Week 3 Sketch & Inspiration Pic

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I told you she was tricky

This is the third card I’ve made using the new Betty Boo image from Simply B Stamps, this time I’ve not used any of the word art sentiments.

To make up this card I’ve followed the sketch over at Crafts 4 Eternity.  The image is super small again but this time the background paper didn’t have too much glitter on it so I was able to print the image straight on to it so I could still have the lovely curly elements that I had to cut off when fussy cutting.

I really ran out of time doing up this projects as I had a lot on this weekend so to save time I coloured all the images the same colours.  But as I did colour the image using my Copics I am entering this in the current Addicted to Stamps challenge.

I’m also entering this in the current As You Like It as it features an image of a person, which is really the type of images I prefer colouring.  Why?  Basically because I really don’t do fur and other animal skins very well, I can get a dappled effect for a leathering skinned animal but my furry animals never look very good.  I also am more of a people person than an animal person in life too, maybe why I haven’t worked that hard at improving my animal colouring skills.

I’ve got one last project featuring this new release so come back in a few minutes to check it out.  Meanwhile you can see my cards featuring this image and the word art that comes with at this post and also this post.  You can also check out the release over at the SBS blog and see what the awesome DT have done with BettyBoo and the other new word art release, Zombie Bride Betty, by following the links to their blogs at the bottom of this post.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E35

Lips R24

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit G00, G03, G05, G09, W3, W5, W7, YR00, YR12, YR14, YR16, YR68

Pot C3, C5, C7

Umbrella G00, G03, G05, G09, YR00, YR12, YR14, YR16, YR68

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ ATCs

Embellishments

We R Memory Keepers Spookville ~ Embossed Stickers

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Spiced Marmalade & Stormy Sky

Wink of Stella ~ Orange & Silver

Papers

FabScraps Country Living ~ Extravagance 1

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Pumpkin Power

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquirice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Green Tara Cobweb ~ Olive Green

Orange Printed Organza Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Betty Boo Witch Word Art

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps #102 ~ Make Your Mark

As You Like It ~ Do you prefer images of Animals or People (& why)

Crafts 4 Eternity #183 ~ Sketch

Blog list

Celina

Corinne

Irene

Kay

Lisa H

Tanja

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A stately raven of the saintly days of yore…

I’ve got a card to share today featuring the simply gorgeous Dark Cinderella, an image drawn by Abigail Larson and available from Simply B Stamps.

I really wanted to do something special with Dark Cinderella so I went with an easel card.  I echoed the lacing of her bodice on the card although in the end you can’t see much of the lacing I added thanks to my embellies.  And being a Steampunk image, I just had to use some metal cogs for the embellies along with some flowers, love my flowers!  So I’m entering this in the current challenges at Creative Moments (Steampunk) and Crafter’s Café (flowers).

I’m also linking this up at As You Like It’s challenge of your favourite colouring medium.  You only have to come by my blog twice to know I colour everything with Copics, I love them and can’t wait to finally get all the colours.  Not sure if Fran-tage counts as a colouring medium, if it does then it is my favourite for doing backgrounds and there’s plenty of it on this card.

Here’s a close up of the beautiful image.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B2

Lips R46

Hair Y11, Y13, Y15, Y26

Outfit E40, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Ravens T4, T6, T8, 100

Trees

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Black, Aged Ochre & Chunky White

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Stardust Candy Rose

Embellishments

Prima Alphabet Stickers Wood Veneer ~ Create Memories

Prima Flowers Coventry Rose ~ Romantique

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Faucet Wheels & Tiny Clock Parts

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Coco Bean Copper

Prima Fluid Chalk Ink Ingvild Bolme ~ Rusty Bucket

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye and Walnut Stain

Papers

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave ~ Wavy Ocean

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Chocolate

We R Memory Keepers Black Widow ~ Screech

Ribbons & Trims etc

Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Kaisercraft ~ Grunge

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Dark Cinderella

Challenges

As You Like It ~ Favourite Colouring Medium (and WHY)

Creative Moments #38 ~ Anything Goes/Steampunk

Crafter’s Café #54 ~ Flowers

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