Poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death

I have the honour of being one of the guest designers helping celebrate Left of Center’s 1st anniversary and here is the aptly Steampunk style card I made featuring one of the fabby sponsor’s images, Demented Beauty from The Stamping Chef.

All month long they have guest designers, challenges and fun with loads of great sponsors so be sure to check out the blog and join in the fun.

Now I’ve set myself a challenge for the year, which is to enter the Outlawz sketch challenge every week so my card follows their current sketch.  I did shift the bottom embellies over though, I just thought they looked better on the corner of the rectangle element and I also wanted to ensure you could still see the gorgeous G45 paper.

As I’ve finally coloured up this beauty from The Stamping Chef I’m entering her in their anything goes challenge.  I’m also linking this at the current challenge at Little Red Wagon which calls for dimension.  I’ve got a lot of that with my many layers that are 3D Zotted as well as my layered sticker embellie.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B91, B95, 0

Lips R29, R46

Hair Y23, Y26, YR20, YR21

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, T4, T6, T8, 100, W1, W3

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Resplendent Rectangles

Embellishments

Jolee’s Boutique ~ Steampunk Floral and Butterflies Border

Kaisercraft Mini Blooms ~ Black

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Steampunk Air

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans

Papers

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Pumpkin Power & Steampunk Spells

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Hessian Ribbons from stash

Stamps

The Stamping Chef ~ Demented Beauty

Challenges

Little Red Wagon # 228 ~Truly Dimensional

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

The Stamping Chef #20 ~ Anything goes

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Loved I not his letters full of beauty?

This is my last card featuring the sweet images from Simply B Stamps’ Teen Scene Gods in Love collection and this one showcases Jude Hermes.

The layout follows the current sketch over at Outlawz and, with my simple colour scheme, really let Jude Hermes take centre stage.  I’ve had the wooden heart embellie in my stash for ages and it was the perfect embellie for this card.

This image didn’t come with a sentiment so I took the very appropriate one from the recently released Batty for Rio and transferred it to a piece of black card then used my Picket Fence Distress Marker and some Smooch to colour it.  With my sentiment I am entering this in the current Card Mania challenge.

As always my image was coloured with my trusty Copics so I am also entering this in current challenge at MarkerPOP!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Mouth R00, R02

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29, E49

Outfit B21, B24, B28, B29, N0, N1, N2, N4

Hearts R24, R29, R46

Mail E40, E42

Satchel E23, E25, E27

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & Classic Squares

Embellishments

Wooden Heart from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch ~ Siren

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Broken China & Picket Fence

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Broken China

Graphic 45Steampunk Spells ~ Patterns & Solids

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jude Hermes

Simply B Stamps ~ Batty for Rio (sentiment)

Challenges

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

Card Mania #41 ~ Use a Sentiment

MarkerPOP! #37 ~ Anything goes

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…but I drifted

There’s some new editions to the Fairy Tales & Myths collection of Steampunk images over at Simply B Stamps and I have the gorgeous Snow White to show today.

As with all my release day images I have placed this image on a Kraft album page, the layout for this one follows the current sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge.  I seem to always find a sketch I like in the wrong shape, normally I am resizing rectangles to squares but this time I had to go the other way.  It was a great sketch though for showing off the designer papers I wanted to use in all their woodsy glory.  I really wanted to contrast the background that is more Snow White and the Huntsman with my Snow White who is in the bright colours of Disney.

I had to add butterfly embellies, I wanted to add some birds too but didn’t have any small enough, again reminiscent of Disney’s Snow White.  And with my butterflies I am entering this in the current Crafting Musketeers’ challenge. 

But of course this is a Steampunk project so it had to have Steampunk butterflies, I thought the Jolee’s Boutique ones needed some added dimension to I added some real gears.  I’d have liked to add a large one on the right side too but my stash of gears is almost completely used up and the couple I had were way too big.  In keeping with the Steampunk theme my other butterflies are a bit grungy as is my label, which is a Prima wood trinket turned over to reveal the uncoloured side.  As this is a Steampunk project I am also entering it in the Crafts 4 Eternity current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E25

Lips R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Dress B24, B32, B37, B39, R24, R29, R46, Y02, Y04, Y06, Y08

Boots N0, N1, N2, N4

Embellishments

Jolee’s Boutique ~ Steampunk Floral and Butterflies Border

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Soft Grey Wild Butterflies

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Clock Parts

Prima Wood Tickets ~ Meadow Lark

Watch Parts from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Forest Moss & Pumice Stone

Tim Holtz Distress Marker ~ Vintage Photo

Papers

13@rts Timeless ~ Perfect Moment & Today, Tomorrow, Always

Core’dinations Core Impressions Cardstock Basic Grey Ornate Collection ~ Mezzo Tank

Graphic 45 Kraft

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Snow White

Challenges

Crafting Musketeers #10 ~ Butterflies

Crafts 4 Eternity #164 ~ Steampunk

Friday Sketch #63

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In the lilt of Irish laughter

My final card today features another cute image from Simply B Stamps’ new Teen Scene Holiday collection, Patriotic Jude.

Now Jude is supposed to be celebrating 4th of July but unsurprisingly it isn’t a holiday we have in Australia so I’ve gone with a different theme altogether on my card, St Patrick’s Day.  All I did was add some strategically placed gems over the stars on Jude’s hat and in the sparklers.  I was going to go for shamrock cut outs but no way was I trying to cut them the size I needed, I’m not sure even my Cameo would have coped.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at Digi Sketch and I also have their green twist covered.  I did swap out the circle elements for some Celtic knots to better suit my theme.  As St Paddy’s Day, or using green, are the themes over at Simply Create Too so I am also entering this card there, I have both covered on mine. 

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E11, E50, E51

Eyes E23, Y26, 0

Mouth E02, R02

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit G00, G02, G03, G05, G07, G09, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG00, YG01, YG03

Firecracker Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG00, YG01, YG03

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Circles & Grand Circles

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Celtic Accents

SVG ~ St Patrick’s Day Badges

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rhinestones ~ Lime

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch Spritz ~ Emerald Sprinkle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mown Lawn, Pine Needles & Wild Honey

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

BoBunny Silver and Gold ~ The List

Graphic 45 French Country ~ Patterns & Solids

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Forest

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Patriotic Jude

Challenges

Digi Sketch ~ Use green

Simply Create Too #55 ~ “St. Patrick's Day [or Use Green]”

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