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To celebrate the Day of the Dead I have a card featuring the lovely new Dia De Los Muertos Betty from Simply B Stamps.

I wanted my card to have the cheerful aspect of Dia De Los Muertos that seeks to celebrate life rather than mourn death while still being somewhat muted in keeping with the usual tradition of sympathy cards.  The beautiful papers from BoBunny and Lili of the Valley I think worked to create that blend.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch over at Die Sketchtanten and used some beautiful dies to add elegance to the circle and rectangle elements.  The sentiment comes with the stamp and I printed it using a shadow effect although the purple I picked looked lighter on screen so it’s a bit hard to see the black shadowing.

Over at Fairytale Stampers they have a use something new challenge going on, my image is new (released today) and the beautiful lilac paper is new from a Lili of the Valley pad that arrived just this week.  I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Love to Scrap where the theme is dots, which I have in the lovely BoBunny paper.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C00, N0, N1

Eyes V0000, V09

Eye shadow V01, V12, V15

Lips & Hearts R24, R29, R46, R59

Hair N4, N6, N8, V01, V05, V06, V09, 100

Outfit Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19, Y26,

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Designs Creatables ~ Petra’s Large Oval

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Stately Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Hearts & Princess

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Lavender, Lemon & Pink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw & Victorian Velvet

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

BoBunny Double Dot ~ Vintage Maize

Lili of the Valley ~ Timeless Victorian

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Chérie (coloured with Seedless Preserves Distress Ink)

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Dia De Los Muertos Betty

Challenges

Die Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #2

Fairytale Stampers #46 ~ Something new

Love to Scrap #40 ~ Seeing Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Walk like an Egyptian

This is my second week as a guest DT on the Outlawz Sketch challenge where the awesome sponsor is Tamara, aka The Stamping Chef, and I’ve used her gorgeous Nile Goddess on my card.

Here’s the great sketch for this week, which I flipped and resized to a 6x6 square for my card.

Now of course I had to go Egyptian themed and it was amazing what my stash offered up, nothing less than a piece of paper that looks like papyrus, don’t ask me when I got it or where but sometimes I really love my stash!  I printed a couple of lines of hieroglyphics for two of the vertical line elements and raided my stash again for the gold braid for the ribbon element.  In keeping with my Egyptian theme I swapped out the bow for the an ankh that I cut from a metal sheet and then embossed.

You can’t do a card featuring a pharaoh without a whole lot of bling and I’ve got loads on my card.  I wish I’d had another of the triangle Swarovski crystals to put on the bottom of my braid but sadly I didn’t and I couldn’t find anything similar (my stash didn’t come good this time) so I just left the bottom blank.  I used the border part of the Cuttlebug embossing folder as the pattern was better sized but couldn’t get the top of the ankh embossed without flattening the sides again so I added in a bit more bling with a brad to cover it.  I picked my die cut as it was shaped a bit like a beetle and I was going for a scarab shape.  To help with that effect I added clear embossing powder to make it super shiny.

With all my bling and the sparkle on my die cut I am entering this in the current challenge at Southern Girls.  As I’ve used a Stamping Chef image I am also linking this up at their current anything goes challenge.

 

Oh and has my title got you singing yet?  Surely you remember The Bangles’ hit Walk Like an Egyptian, I know it was back in 1985, yes, really, I know, feeling old yet?! but it was a catchy tune.  This lovely image has the right pose and everything so I am entering this in Crafty Catz’s current inspired by a song challenge.

So when you’re finished singing why not come join the fun over at Outlawz, all you have to do is follow the sketch and have fun.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E50, E51, E53 (R02 cheeks)

Eyes E33, E37, 0

Lips R24, R29

Outfit BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07, N0, N1, N2, R24, R29, R46, R59, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder ~ Foundry

Marianne Creatables ~ Petra’s Large Oval

Embellishments

BoBunny Somewhere In Time Ephemera ~ Brad

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Black

Jolee’s All That Bling ~ Multi Color Multi Shape Gems

Swarovski Crystal

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen

Papers

Artools Metal Sheet ~ Copper

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Papyrus Print Paper from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gold Braid from stash

Stamps

Deposit Photos ~ Egyptian Hieroglyphics

The Stamping Chef ~ Nile Goddess

Challenges

Crafty Catz #234 ~ Inspired by a Song

Southern Girls #91 ~ Sparkle and Shine with a Bit of Bling

The Stamping Chef #33 ~ Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by!

…she in thee, calls back the lovely April of her prime

I’ve been in a shabby chic mood of late and have another project, a card this time, in that style featuring the gorgeous new Mother’s Day Betty image from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I’ve played along with my favourite sketch challenge over at Outlawz, this week’s sketch was just perfect for a shabby chic style card.  I had to swap out the rectangles for ovals though as I didn’t have anything in my stash (dies or chippies) that were rectangles of the right dimensions.  I tried to keep my flowers in a sort of oval shape but they ended up a bit bigger than the bottom oval, again I was limited by what was in my stash.

To help me select my shabbilicous elements I used the tic tac toe board at Sugar Creek Hollow.  I actually couldn’t decide which row or column to use so I used two (lace, ribbon, pearls and embossing, ribbon, distressing), I also have some flowers in there too for good measure.

Hiding in My Craft Room has a Mother’s Day challenge on at the moment so I am also entering my card over there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E33, Y26, 0

Lips R81, R85, R89

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, V09, V91, V93, V95

Flowers G03, G05, G07, RV 63, RV66, RV69, YR23, YR68

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Rose & Chunky White

Pebbles Chalk ~ Pearlescent Mauve

Embellishments

2Crafty ~ Tiny Kathleen’s Fames

I Am Roses ~ Mini Roses & Small Flowers (coloured with Various Inks V91 & V93)

Marianne Designs Charms ~ Vintage

Mulberry Flowers from stash (coloured with Various Inks V91 & V95)

Twiddleybitz ~ Fancy Oval Frame

We R Memory Keepers Eyelets ~ Purple

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Lilac

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Mystic Grey

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love ~ Paris Pink Peony & Vintage Plum

Ribbons & Trims etc

FabScraps Bead Ribbon ~ Pearl
Live & Love Crafts Venice Lace ~ Rose Round Edge (coloured with Various Inks V91)

Mauve Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Mother's Day Betty 2014

Challenges

Hiding in My Craft Room #147 ~ Mother’s Day!

Outlawz Sketch

Sugar Creek Hollow #85 ~ Tic Tac Toe

Thanks for stopping by!

The sun was shining on the sea...

I’ve got a fun card to share today featuring the summery sweet Sand Castle Betty from Simply B Stamps.

As per usual I coloured up my image without any plan in mind for my card, I also printed it with a few others so it was rough cut from a bigger sheet of card.  Luckily I had a Nestie that fit round it but I did end up with sand on the embossed border so I just went with that and filled in the gaps and coloured up my sky to the very edge too.  I used chalk for the sky to give a more subtle finish and although I usually fussy cut my images I’m glad I had enough space left to not have to with this one as I actually like how it’s been framed.

To make up my card I followed the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, it was full of layering goodness and I really went to town with them to help create a beachy feel to my card.  Now I did swap out one of the four embellies on the bottom as I have an aversion to the number four and it would have left me with only one of the embellies I used and what would I have done with just one.  Also, it let me add in the cute die cut lighthouse.

The current challenge over at Simply Create Too is for at least two layers, I have no less than six (not counting the base card) so I’m also entering this over there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B23, B28, 0

Lips R24, R29

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Bikini RV52, RV63, RV66, T4, T6, T8, 100

Sunglasses T4, T6, T8, 100

Towel B23, B26, B28

Drink BG11

Sand E30, E31, E33

Chalks & Powders etc

Pebbles Chalk ~ Basics

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Designs CreaTables ~ Light House

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ A2 Curved Matting Basics

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn ~ Gold Resin Asterisks

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Mustard Seed & Tumbled Glass

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Faded Jeans

Fancy Pants Down by the Shore ~ Anchors Away, Dock, Sunshine, Wave Rider & Whale

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Sand Castle Betty

Challenges

Simply Create Too #60 ~ “Stack ’um up”

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #12

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