...his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves

There’s an awesome new challenge over at Simply Steampunk Challenges with the theme of “Rip n Tear make it look beat up” and I’ve used the fantastic Dracula Summoned on my card.

The image is one of the amazing drawings of Abigail Larson you can get as a digi exclusively from Simply B Stamps and just fab to practice your pleats and folds on!  I had to do those curtains in dramatic red to symbolise the blood and the love of Dracula because, despite the gore, there is a love story in the legend.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Kraftyhands and I’ve literally torn all the bits of paper.  The only time I got my cutter out was on the base of the card.  The sketch was great for a vintage and shabby look like I wanted for this gorgeous Gothic image.

I love to layer things up and the sketch allowed me to do just that, I even layered up my trims, I used lace for the scalloped element but added in some crochet trim hearts for added interest instead of the plain strip.  With all my layers I’m entering this in the current challenge over at The Crafter’s Café.

To fit with the love theme I made a stick pin with some beads I had in my stash including a lovely red velvet heart so I’m also entering this in 4 Crafty Chicks’ current pin challenge.  I added in some Steampunk metal elements with the wings a double motif, for Dracula himself and also for an angel, for it was the fact his beloved was locked out of heaven that drove the Count to become the vampire, hence I used two sets of the wings.  That and I just love the Prima Junkyard Findings!  The Tim Holtz Muse Token was perfect too, with its sentiment of ‘Forevermore’.

Sure hope you’ll come join in the fun over at the Simply Steampunk Challenges’ blog, all you need is a Steampunk image and to follow the theme by tearing or ripping up your paper.  You’ll find loads more inspiration from the talented DT gals of ‘Team B’, who are all sharing their creations this month, on the blog too.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E35

Lips R24

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress B12, B21, B23, B37, B39

Curtains R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Lamp Y11, Y15, Y17, Y23, Y26, 28

Table E30, E35

Wall W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, 0

Bat T4, T6, T8, 100

Bugs E70, E71, E74

Embellishments

Beads & Metal Findings from stash

Metal Heart Charm from stash

Stick Pin from stash

Prima Flowers ~ Parchment Petals Scroll

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Clock Parts & Steampunk Air

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Muse Token

Inks & Paints etc

Pan Pastels ~ Black, Neutral Greys & Titanium White

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain

Papers

7 Dots Studio Cold Country ~ Lonely Evenings

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Maja Design CreaDiem ~ If You Want to be Loved

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Reinette Champagne

Maya Road Crotched Trim ~ Mini Hearts

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Dracula Summoned

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #206 ~ Pins

The Crafter’s Café #75 ~ Use LOTS of Layers

Kraftyhands ~ Sketch

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Thou wait beside me for the wind to blow...

A colleague at work got engaged last week and this is the card I made for her featuring You and Me from Tiddly Inks.

To colour the image I actually copied the way Alyce from Kit and Clowder coloured the image, even using her colour combination for the dress and suit.  I hope to be able to colour well enough in the future to be able to determine the pleats and folds in clothing without a visual guide but in the meantime I am thankful for the talent of others that they share on their blogs.  For awesome colouring I recommend checking out Alyce’s blog, she is phenomenal with hair and clothing.

I was going for a very romantic feel to this card so there are lots of roses and lacy edges and Fran-tage and loveliness to it.  When open as an easel it still looks like the sketch from A Creative Romance I followed but when closed up you can really see the sketch.

I raided my stash for all of my co-ordinating embellies in soft pastel colours and, where I didn’t have the right colour or couldn’t find it my Copics or Distress Markers came out to match them.  I coloured my gems with Copics and the chippie banner with a Distress Marker, the latter got some Fran-tage around the edge to make it extra special.  The Creative Memories’ sticker has been in my stash for a long time but was perfect for an engagement card and thankfully the Kaisercraft Sparklet Hearts came in the right colour too.

The love charms are from Prima, they were hanging off a metal branch so I unhooked them and added them to the beaded trim from my LSS that fit better with the romantic style.  Nesties are my weakness but when they look as gorgeous as these it’s hard to resist them!

My card is definitely a love thing so I am entering it in the current challenge over at Jo’s Scrap Shack.  I have five layers if you count the card base on the front of my card plus two sentiments (outside and in or is it both outside when set up as an easel?!) so I am also linking my card at Sentimental Sundays.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (E02 & E11 cheeks)

Hair E29, E31, E33, E35, E37, BV20, T6, T8, T10, 100

Dress BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Suit W1, W3, W5, W7

Shoes W6, W7, W10

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel – Aged Rose & Shabby Blue

Dies & SVGs etc

Spellbinders Nestabilties – Grand Decorative Ovals & Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels – Glaze (coloured with N4 Copic)

Creative Memories Sticker

Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms – Misty

Kaisercraft Paper Blooms – Misty

Kaisercraft Sparklets – Hearts

Maya Road Chipboard – Wavy Layerable Banners

Mini Paper Roses from LSS (coloured with BV31 Copic)

Prima Vintage Trinkets – Love

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Marker – Milled Lavender

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock – Blue Lilac

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Tattered Rose

Magnolia Something Old, Something New – Sixpence

Prima Delight – Decorative

Ribbons & Trims

Lace from LSS

Pearl Trim from LSS

Stamps

Tiddly Inks – You and Me

Challenges

A Creative Romance – Becky’s Sketch

Jo’s Scrap Shack Friday Fun Day Challenge #33 – “It’s a Love Thing”

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #190 – More Than 3 Layers

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