What big eyes you have…

It’s challenge time over at Simply Steampunk Challenges and our theme this month is “make your own background”.  For my project I’ve used the gorgeous new Little Red from the Steampunk Fairy Tales and Myths collection at Simply B Stamps.

Now I’ve take the challenge and made my own background paper as well as my own background scene for Little Red.  The piece inside my tent card has been made using a stencil and embossing paste and embossing enamels.  I’ve also added a piece of clear plastic, cut from some packaging, to the circle window onto which I’ve adhered my wolf.  I used the same background piece for the bookmark on the front.

Yep, that’s a bookmark.

Here’s what the card looks like without the bookmark.

This time I made my own background for the image, taking the words to the Grimms’ fairy tale and printing them behind the outlined print of Little Red.  The current challenge over at Digi Haven is to make a bookmark so I’m entering this over there.

To make up my card I actually followed the current sketch at Sketch n’ Dies.  I did flip the sketch so the vertical element and banner were on the left and rather than a straight background I’ve added in the circle to enable me to do my tent card.

Left of Center has a die cuts challenge on at the moment, I’ve used not only my Nestie circles on this but also a Papertrey Ink banner die for the bookmark as well as cutting my wolf using my Cameo.  With my transparent piece supporting my wolf I’m also linking this over SanDee&amelie’s Steampunk Challenge.  With my digi image used twice I am also entering this in the current challenge at Through the Purple Haze.

Now won’t you come join our challenge too?  All you need do is go crazy with a sheet of blank paper to make your own background.  Sure, you can add a designer paper like I did but just one (yep, that’s all the one and same one) but we want to see your very own designer paper using stamps, stencils, mists, chalks, inks, you name it, just keep it Steampunk.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E27

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T4, T6, T8, 100, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

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

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Papertrey Ink ~ Notched Star Banner

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Grand Circles

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels ~ Glaze

Deposit Photos ~ Wolf Circle Sign

Eyelet Outlet Brad ~ Pocket Watch

Mulberry Roses from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Butterflies Soft Grey

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Game Spinners

We R Memory Keepers Eyelets ~ Cool Metal

Inks & Paints etc

Colorbox Ink ~ Frost White & Pewter

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starbust ~ Black Orchid Satin

Studio 49 Embossing Paste ~ Black & Metallic Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Weathered Wood

Papers

7 Dots Cold Country ~ Secret Diary

Blue Cardstock from stash

Studio 75 Special Moments ~ 04

Ribbons & Trims etc

Jute Cord from stash

Krafty Savers Satin Ribbon ~ Lavender

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Little Red

Challenges

Digi Haven ~ Make a bookmark

Left of Center #26 ~ Die cuts

SanDee&amelie’s Steampunk Challenge ~ Transparency

Sketch n’ Dies #2

Through the Purple Haze #31 ~ Use a digi

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When every leaf is a flower

I have had the pleasure this month of being a guest DT member for Simply Challenged Challenges and this is my second and last project for them.  It features Snowball Fight Miller from Simply B Stamps Teen Scene Fall and Winter collection.

 

It hopefully showcases the current Simply Challenged Challenges' theme of Thanksgiving.  We don’t have an equivalent holiday here in Australia so I did some googling and saw lots of Autumn colours and pumpkins so that’s what I’ve gone with.  But where are Miller’s snowballs you ask?  Under all those leaves and pumpkins of course!

I couldn’t think of a way of making a snowball image look Thanksgivingy so I cropped the pumpkin out of Pumpkin Patch Betty, also from the same collection from Simply B Stamps, and some leaves from Oscar Pile of Leaves from the Jude and the Rockers Fall collection and did some decoupage.  And boy did I hate myself for that when I realised just how blunt my detail scissors are but in the end I think the effect was worth it.

Underneath it all is the unaltered Snowball Fight Miller image, I coloured all the snow areas in a pale orange, in case my leaves didn’t cover everything.  Miller was coloured in grey and I printed a second image in which I coloured Miller and cut him out so he sits above the pile of leaves.  If you look carefully you can see the top of the snowball Miller is holding peaking out from under the pumpkin I stuck over the top of it!

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Retrosketches.  I also finally got to use my Spellbinders Maple Leaves die on this; the sentiment is printed and comes with the entire Teen Scene Fall and Winter collection bundle.  I love the embossed edge of Nesties too so I used them to cut the rectangles that were part of the sketch and I sat Miller on.  With all those die cuts I’m entering my card in the current Hiding in my Craft Room challenge.

Being Autumn there are a few challenges with related themes going on and I am linking up my card at the Autumn / Fall colours challenge at Stampin’ for the Weekend, as I have both a stamp and loads of Autumn colours featured.  I’m also entering it at the Fall challenge at Digi Haven as I have used a digi stamp along with my Autumn colours.  Finally, hopefully it is right for a Thanksgiving project as I am linking it up at the current challenge at Brown Sugar.

Now please go check out what the awesome DT have done and then create your own Thanksgiving project featuring a Simply B Stamps image to enter, we'd love to see what you create.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (R02 cheeks & lips)

Eyes E33, E37, 0

Hair E29, E33, E35, E37, E49

Outfit E23, E25, E27, E29, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, W5, W6, W7, YR20, YR21, YR23, Y38

Pumpkins & Leaves G43, G46, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, Y38, YR20, YR21, YR23

Dies & Cut Files etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities 5x7 Matting Basics

Spellbinders Nestabilities Maple Leaves

Inks & Paints etc

Pebbles Chalk – Metallics

Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Tea Stain

Papers

BoBunny Noel Memories

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Forest Moss & Rusty Hinge

Christina Re Shimmering Pearl

Farmhouse Paper Company – Country Kitchen Secret Recipe

Ribbons & Trims etc

Boyle Decorative Wrap

Green Tara Mesh – Dark Brown

Stamps

Simply B Stamps – Pumpkin Patch Betty (pumpkin only)

Simply B Stamps – Oscar Pile of Leaves (leaves only)

Simply B Stamps – Snowball Fight Miller

Challenges

Brown Sugar Challenge # 68 – Thanksgiving

Digi Haven – Fall

Hiding in my Craft Room #124 – Die Cuts

Retrosketches #90

Stampin’ for the Weekend – Autumn / Fall colours
Edit: I won at Stampin' for the Weekend!

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Join the Owl and the Pussy-cat and Wolfie too on a Ghoulvember Adventure

What’s Ghoulvember?  It’s when all those Halloween projects that didn’t get finished before the end of Spooktober come out to play.  And my first one features three very cute little spooks from the Jude and the Little Rockers collection at Simply B Stamps; meet Wolfie Ariel and Who You Lookin' At Brittany.  And from the Teen Scene Trick or Treat collection, we have Meowie London.

Day 13 of the 13 Days of Halloween at Simply B Stamps called for merging your ghouls and making them black and white and one other colour, as you can see I picked orange for my other colour.  Not only did I merge my cute little ghouls but I also used the cauldron from the Cacklin' London image to give them something to be huddled around and flipped Meowie London to help them look more like a naturally grouped trio.

I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday to make my card using the debossed border pattern from a sheet of DCWV Witches’ Brew paper as one of my elements and some gems to add some bling for the other lines.  My background paper is an off-white but harsh white wasn’t going to suit the image, I’m hoping it looks like eerie moonlight, perfect atmosphere for a coven of cuties to meet in.  To add some interest to the background, I cut my Nestie out and framed the embossed clock on a piece of Core’dinations cardstock (this can't be seen in the pic but there's a clock shape around Brittany's head).

Although there’s some white in this it is also predominately black and orange so I’m also linking my card up at the current Digi Haven challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics 

W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, YR12, YR14, YR16, YR68 

Dies 

Spellbinders Nestabilities Opulent Ovals 

Embellishments 

Webster’s Pages Gems – Palm Beach 

Papers 

Carta Bella All Hallow’s Eve – Marshmallow/Kraft 

Core’dinatins Graphic 45 Timeless – Hermit Clocks 

DCWV Witches’ Brew 

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Black 

Stamps 

Simply B Stamps Cacklin' London

Simply B Stamps Meowie London

Simply B Stamps Who You Lookin' At Brittany 

Simply B Stamps Wolfie Ariel 
Challenges 
Digi Haven – Orange and Black
Simply B Stamps 13 Days of Halloween Day 13 – Merge your ghouls and make them black and white and one other colour
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #230

Update: My little card got a top 3 placing at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

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