Happy Birthday Sharman

I have a card today for the very lovely Sharman whose birthday it is and my card is featuring her commissioned image from Simply B Stamps.

I decided to do something extra special for Sharman who is just the loveliest person so have done a tepee card in a shabby chic style.  I’ve got lots of lovely flowers and die cuts and pearls and some distressing happening to go into my card.  As this is an extra special card I am entering it in the current The ABC Challenge.

Here's the left hand side.

 

And the right.

Fussy and Fancy are running a two of a kind challenge at the moment and I have lots of pairs on this.  I have two flourish die cuts, two pairs of paper roses, two pearl flourishes, two die cut labels and two rub-on sentiments.

I’ve never made a tepee card before but it was very easy to do and it is a nice change from a regular card.  Being a different card form I am also entering my card in Bastel-traum’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E11, E21, E50, E51 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E37

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, N0,  N1

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Blue

Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalk ~ Dark Blue

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

My Favorite Things Die-namics ~ Fancy Flourish

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Labels Eighteen

Wild Rose Studio ~ Oval Frame

Embellishments

13@rts ~ Berries

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Faux Dried Floral Ephemera Grey Blue

Prima Say it in Pearl ~ Ivs. Grey (coloured with B97)

ScrapBerry’s ~ Paper Roses White (coloured with B93 & B97)

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Walnut Stain &Weathered Wood

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

FabScraps Industrial Chic ~ Steel Chic

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics ~ No. XVII

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Sharman

Challenges

ABC Challenge ~ X is for Xtra Special

Bastel-traum #23 ~ Special card form

Fussy and Fancy #127 ~ Pairs or Two of a kind

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Je suis calme comme on l'est quand on a conscience reproche un rien

There’s a fun new sketch over at Outlawz and I’ve made a vintage inspired card featuring the beautiful Marie Antoinette image from this month’s fabulous sponsor, Aurora Wings.

I just had to go vintage with this gorgeous image, I love Marie Antoinette and Mitzi’s version is just stunning.  I’m entering my card in the current vintage challenge over at Just Inspirational.  Of course being vintage and featuring Marie Antoinette I just had to put some flowers on this.  Lots of them, including some paper ones and some metal ones so I’m also entering it in the current challenge at Craft Horders Anonymous. 

The metal ones have been in my stash for quite some time and were perfect for this especially when I added the pretty pink brads to the centre.  With my brads I am also entering this at Use Your Stuff.  I certainly don’t use my brads enough, these ones came off an unopened packet that has been in my drawer for so long I had forgotten I even had them!  As I also have three metal flowers, three paper flowers and three brands I’m also linking this up at The Crazy Challenge.

Now you can’t have a vintage and shabby card without a lot of layers and I do love layers.  For this one I have three layers of paper, all a bit grungey and shabby.  With those three layers I am entering this over at Stamps & Fun =Creativity.  As I also have an image coloured with markers, my trusty Copics of course, I’m also entering the current MarkerPop! challenge.

I love how this card turned out.  Hope I’ve inspired you to come play along with this week’s sketch, which will be my last for a little while as I take a lovely and long holiday overseas.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG000, BG02, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV00, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV17, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17

Cupcakes E30, E31, E33, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Chunky White

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Magic Moon Pearls

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling ~ Grace Swirl Pearl

Kaisercraft Pearl Brads ~ Pink Ice

Live and Love Crafts ~ Decoration Berries Lilac

Metal Flowers from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix Teastained Pink

Prima Flowers ~ Pankita Rose Winter Mix

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Blossom, Gold, Lavender, Lilac & Pink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Brandy Wine

FabScraps Industrial Chic ~ Concrete Chic 2

Marion Smith Garment District ~ Manhattan

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Marie Antoinette

Challenges

Craft Horders Anonymous #15 ~ All the Pretty Flowers

The Crazy Challenge #179 ~ Three of a kind

Just Inspirational ~ Vintage

MarkerPop! #51 ~ Anything Goes with a Marker

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #214 ~ 3 layers of paper

Use Your Stuff #151 ~ Brads

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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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Just a spoonful of sugar…

This is my second card featuring the awesome new Betty Boo image from Simply B Stamps, this one is teamed with the word art ‘if the broom fits’ as drawn by Betty’s son Christian.

To make up my card I’ve followed the sketch over at Bastel-traum and luckily this one had an oval element that I could print Betty Boo and directly on to with no fussy cutting.  The image comes with the word art perfectly placed as you see here.

Now a witch can’t be without her potion ingredients and these are, as everyone knows, highly toxic so there has to be a warning label or two featuring a skull and crossbones, hence my little charm.  It also works in with the skull on her cauldron.  I found the bone trim in my stash so added that for some interest also.   

Over at Creative Fingers they’re framing things and my image is nicely framed in my oval Nestie, it also fits an anything goes, which their challenges always are, so I am entering my card over there.

I’ve got a third card featuring this fun image coming up in a few minutes and you can see the first one I made at this post.  You can also see the entire set of images and word art you get with Betty Boo over at the SBS blog and what the fab DT gals have done with it and the awesome Zombie Bride image also releasing today by following the links 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 ~ Classic Ovals

Embellishments

Metal Skull and Crossbones Charm from stash

Orange Flatback Rhinestone from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Dusty Concord, Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed & Spiced Marmalade

Wink of Stella ~ Clear, Orange, Purple & Yellow

Papers

Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor ~ Wicked Potions

FabScraps Heritage ~ Script 3

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Scraps from a DCWV Halloween stack or two

Ribbons & Trims etc

Bone Trim from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Betty Boo Word Art

Challenges

Bastel-traum ~ Sketch

Creative Fingers ~ Anything goes / frame it

Blog list

Celina

Corinne

Irene

Kay

Lisa H

Tanja

Thanks for stopping by!