Happy Birthday Erin!

So it’s maybe just still a special person’s birthday over on their side of the world, a teamie from the SBS DT, Erin’s, and I’ve a card made especially for her with the super cute image Betty drew for her.

I had to do this card in a limited time due to work being so busy so boy was I glad my new step card die arrived in the mail just in time.  It made doing up the base super easy and allowed me to do a fancier card than time would otherwise have allowed as no measuring, just used the die pieces.

I was a bit stumped on how to decorate the card, when I layered on the die cuts it looked a bit plain so I did what I always do when I need inspiration, I went and checked out the challenges listed on Paper Playful.  Clear It Out has a challenge going to use an animal, had that so then on to the stash item, it was striped paper.  Had a bit of a dig around my scrap draw and ta-dah! this fab messy stripe paper in purple too, from the back of it I’d say it’s from Graphic 45’s Halloween in Wonderland collection.  The messy stripes kinda look like twigs I thought, perfect for little owls to perch on.

And aren’t those owls just gorgeous, loving the dies in the La-La-Land Club Kits!  The tag is from the same kit and I layered things up with different adhesives to add depth to my card.  With all my layers I am entering this in the current challenge over at Come and Get It.

The image comes with and without the fabby frame; I decided my card shape really needed a frame so I went with that version.  As I have a frame I am also entering this in Stamps & Fun = Creativity’s current challenge.  Rather than fussy cut the inside of my frame too I decided to add a bit of sparkle and bling with a painted background using some Twinkling H2Os, which I think finished off the card nicely.

Sure hope you had an awesome day Erin and you like your card, it isn’t quite coming to you via Owl Mail but is winging its way over to you!

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG70, BG72, BG75

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B02, B04, B06, N0, N1, N2

Owl E11, E13, E15, E18, E30, E31, Y23, Y26, Y28

Frame E42, E44, E47, E49, G05, G09, R20, R22

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Crafts-Too Die ~ Step Card

La-La Lands Die ~ Owl & Tag (La-La Land Club)

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Mini Daisies with Leaves

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Twinkling H2O ~ Royal Satin

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

Kaisercraft Attitude ~ Dude

Prima Cartographer ~ Les Yeux

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Erin and Hoot

Challenges

Clear It Out ~ Theme: Animals, Stash: Striped Papers

Come and Get It ~ Lots of layers

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #238 ~ Frame

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The moon lives in the lining of your skin

Betty’s been busy in her boudoir again and there is an awesome new collection of images ready for your colouring pleasure, Betty BOOdoir, and my first card features the sexy Spirited Betty.

To make up my card I followed the sketch over at Creative Craft Cottage, I also picked up the three flowers from the inspiration photo and added them to the corner with some other bibs and bobs.  I wanted to create a night time inspired background with a hint of magic in the air so I selected some suitable papers and sprinkled on some Fran-tage.  With my embossing I am entering this in the current challenge at Creative Card Crew.  I’ve also taken up Crafting Musketeers’ challenge of 1,2,3 with my one image, two different embossing powders and three different patterned papers (I also have the three flowers and three kinds of embellishments so not sure if I’ve disqualified myself!).

My second card features the sizzling Devilish Betty.

This one follows the sketch at Cheerful Sketches and I’ve tried to keep it fairly simple as I’m actually giving this one to a male friend as a birthday card.  I’ve used my Fran-tage and embossing powders again to make the background behind Devilish Betty, along with some inking over the top.  I’ve had the Ranger embossing powder in my stash for a long time, I tend to use my Fran-tage for most embossing so it was good be able to pull this one out and finally use it.  With my embossing and stash powder I am entering this in the current challenge over at Clear It Out.  I haven’t played along at Through the Purple Haze for a while but I couldn’t resist their current optional twist of femme fatale, not when I had such a perfect image as Devilish Betty for the theme.

And just when you thought there couldn’t be any more gorgeousness in a single day at Simply B Stamps there comes along another fantastic Halloween collection, this time from the Betty Boo collection, and I am sharing Who’s Your Mummy Betty.

For this card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, which had just a perfect element for adding some ‘bandages’ to compliment the image.  Inky Chicks had an awesome inspirational image up that really helped me decide on how to colour Betty and pointed me in the direction of my paper choices, the colours on the inspirational image matched perfectly with the G45 Steampunk Spells collection.  The colour combination also happens to be that of a friend’s football team so this will be his Halloween card this year, which is why I went light on the embellies and the feminine frippery I usually like to add to my cards.  As this is a Halloween card I am also entering it in Addicted to Stamps’ current challenge.

There are two other equally beautiful images in the Betty BOOdoir collection plus an fantastic haunted house and another three in the Betty Boo collection, so head on over to the SBS blog for all the details and check out what all the other awesome DT gals have done with the images.  You can find their blogs at the end of this post, in the side bar and on the SBS blog.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E35

Lips R24, R46, R59

Champagne & Glass BG11, Y26, Y28, 0

Devilish Betty

Eye Shadow BV20, BV23

Hair R24, R59, T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T4, T6, T8, 100

Spirited Betty

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Who’s Your Mummy Betty

Eyes BG000, BG01, BG09

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Bandages Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

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

Ranger Embossing Pearl ~ Pale Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Grand Decorative Ovals

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Ebony

Metal Spider Charm from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling~ Wild Mini Blossoms Pink (coloured with Encore! Silver ink)

Prima Flowers ~ Luna Limitless

Prima Medley ~ Stargazer

Prima Rock Candy ~ Magic

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch ~ Pool

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Barn Door, Black Soot, Peacock Feathers, Pumice Stone & Wild Honey

VersaMagic ~ Red Magic

Papers

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave ~ Stormy Sea

7 Dots Studio Cold Country ~ Lonely Evenings

13@rts Frosted Life ~ Cold Wall

Authentique Abroad ~ Roam

Bazzill Dotted Swiss ~ Pirouette

Graphic 45 Bird Song ~ Jasmine Dream

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Patterns and Solids & Totally Wicked

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gold Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Devilish Betty

Simply B Stamps ~ Spirited Betty

Simply B Stamps ~ Who’s Your Mummy Betty

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps #108 ~ Holiday

Cheerful Sketches #15

Clear It Out ~ Theme: Embossing (wet or dry) Stash: Embossing powder/stencils

Crafting Musketeers #16 ~ 1,2,3

Creative Craft Cottage #26 ~ Colour/Sketch/Digi

Creative Card Crew #68 ~ Embossing (wet or dry)

Inky Chicks #35 ~ Photo Inspiration

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #24

Through the Purple Haze #54 ~ Anything Goes (Optional Femme Fatale Twist)

Blog List

Corinne

Irene

Kay

Lisa H

Lisa N

Louise

Rebecca

Summer
Tanja

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Ook-lay in the Ag-bay

So it’s the 31st here in Australia and that means it’s Halloween, only the best day of the whole year!  And, better yet, because of the time difference it’s not yet Halloween in the US so this is only Day 12 of the 13 Days of Halloween at Simply B Stamps so there’s twice the Halloween fun.

For my project today I’m featuring Fluffy Monster Christian on a coffiny shaped tag, as the Day 12 theme is Halloween shaped card.

This project shows you that the combination of a shape, good designer paper and an awesome image is all you need for a great looking card.  All I added was a little bling on the spidery shape at the bottom.

Being a Halloween inspired tag I am also entering it in the current challenge at Try it on Tuesday.  The bling I added is not only orange but also from my stash (I have more gems than I know what to do with!) as is the Halloween sentiment sticker so I’m also linking this up at Clear It Out’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E11, E21, E50, E51, (R02 cheeks)

Eyes E35, E37, 0

Mouth R02

Hair T3, T5, T7, 100

Outfit B000, B00, B02. B05, V12, V15, V17, Y23, Y26, Y28

Bags YR02, YR04, YR07

Embellishments

DCWV Halloween Stickers
Kaisercraft Sparklets

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Enamel Accents – Black

Papers

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Black

Prima Little Boo Collection – Fiery

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Fluffy Monster Christian

Challenges

Clear It Out  –  Theme: Halloween Stash: anything orange

Simply B Stamps 13 Days of Halloween Day 12 – Halloween shaped card

Try it on Tuesday – Halloween

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