I am the mockingjay

There’s a gorgeous new image over at Simply B Stamps, District 31 Betty, and I just had to colour her up.

Now I should have been doing my DT projects, shh, don’t tell Betty or Corinne, but how could I resist this image?  And I couldn’t just colour District 31 Betty I had to put her on a card so it was just as well the post from Retro Sketches came out as I was downloading the image, it suited just perfectly.  Although after not measuring all my elements I went and completely covered the space between the two long thin elements, to think I cut them to the right size and even got my ruler out to make sure they were perfectly spaced and you can’t even see it!  Oh well, teaches me to measure out all parts of a layout.

I wanted the lovely black outlines but after I stuck everything down I thought maybe I should have gone more shabby chic and distressed my edges but no matter.  I do think the lace and the pretty button I found in my stash suit the image and with both elements I am entering this in the current Scrapping4funChallenges’ challenge.  I’m always a bit unsure of adhering buttons with the back shank, hopefully the Glossy Accents will hold.  The button was a bit too shiny for my liking so I used some Rub’nBuff and Distress Ink to, well, distress it.  I didn’t have any flowers in the right shade of smoky purple so I mixed up the right colour with my chalks.

And yes, that terrific sentiment comes with the image, it was a pain getting it on that tiny resin but I think it looks fab.  The original font looks so much better, I had to trace this out on a domed surface and really, really small, about ¼” high only.

I am trying to enter more of the Outlawz challenges, not just their sketch one so I am going to enter this in the Alcohol Marker Challenge.  The current theme is anything goes, nice and easy to fit that one.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes W00, W1, W7

Lips W00, W1, W3

Hair BV 20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Dress C00, C1, C3, C5, C7

Wings BV02, BV31, BV34

Chalks & Powders etc

Pebbles Chalk ~ Metallic Cream

Embellishments

Close to My Heart ~ Bitty Pearl

Metal Button from stash

Mulberry Roses from stash (coloured with chalk)

Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures ~ Dell’Arte

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Pewter

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Iced Spruce, Shaded Lilac & Weathered Wood

Papers

7 Dots Studio Cold Country ~ Freezing Tears, Lonely Evenings & Secret Diary

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Weathered Wood

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Venice Lace ~ Rose (coloured with BV20 Various Ink)

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ District 31 Betty

Challenges

Outlawz Alcohol Marker Challenge ~ Anything goes

Scrapping4funChallenges #13 ~ Lace and Buttons

Retro Sketches #108

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Avons eu un beau rêve et c'est tout…

It’s Day 2 of Simply B Stamps’ 13 Days of Halloween with the theme of ‘eye balls and body parts’ and I’ve chosen the stunning Marie Back from Death from the Steampunk Zombies & Creeps collection.

Look at all that luscious hair!  She took quite some time to colour but was definitely worth the work.  It only seemed fitting to frame her in opulence so the frame is Opulent Ovals, I’ve used two of them, the black one I cut one in half as it wasn’t long enough and then took some bits from another.  The larger one I bronzed then added patina to in keeping with the theme of death and decay.  I also Fran-taged around Marie to add a bit of bling.

The hand is origami, I followed a tutorial by Jeremy Shafer but no matter how many times I rewound the video I couldn’t work out how to get a fifth finger!  I also Fran-taged the hand to match with the background on Marie.  The pearls are an old bracelet of mine, I thought it was fitting for royalty.

I followed the sketch at Retro Sketches to make up my card, all those lovely strips worked beautifully for some distressed papers to go with the distressed look of poor Marie.  Given the image and fact this is a very adult Halloween card I’m also entering it in PunkyouGirl’s Halloween challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks R02)

Hair E08, E18, E93, E95

Eye B00, B02, B05

Lips R24
Drool YG01, YG23, YG25

Dress B00, B02, B05, B26, B29, C00, N2, N4, N6

Frame C00, N2, N4

Dies

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

Old pearl bracelet from my jewellery box

Embossing Powders

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel – Shabby Blue & Shabby White

Inks & Paints etc

Distress Ink – Tea Stain

Encore! Ultimate Metallic – Bronze

Vintaj Patina – Verdigris 

Papers 

Graphic 45 Core Impressions by Core’dinations – Hermit Clocks

Kaisercraft  Cardstock – Black

Moxxie All Hallow’s Eve – Arachnophobia 

Stamps 

Simply B Stamps Steampunk Marie Back From Death 

Challenges 

PunkyouGirl #5 – Halloween

Retro Sketches #84

Simply Betty Stamps 13 Days of Halloween – Day 2 ‘Eyeballs and body parts’

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El Dia de los Muertos

The uber talented artists at Simply B Stamps and The Stamping Chef have teamed up again for another awesome challenge, this time is Vampires vs The Day of the Dead.  And today I’ve got my Day of the Dead card to share, she features Annierexia from Simply B Stamps.

I love digis for the ability to resize any which way you want, which is exactly what I did with Annierexia, stretching her lengthwise to suit the sketch I followed from Retro Sketches.  I love her gorgeous curls which were great to colour.

The challenge called for one of two things besides the images, Betty’s offering was glitter so I’ve featured that in my card using her image.  There’s glitter on the stickers I used for the embellishments in the top corner, I also used two kinds of glittery paint on my flower layers.  The sketch also forced me to use some of the metres of baker’s twine I have in my collection, much of which has nothing missing off the spool!

I found some glittery ribbon among my SBS Ribbon Swap stash in a colour to match my image and also found the skeleton in my button stash, I thought he was rather appropriate for a Day of the Dead themed project.  With these elements I’m also entering my card in the current challenges at Joanna Sheen, Drunken Stampers, and Party Time Tuesday.  With my digi I’m also entering into the challenge at One Stitch at a Time.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53

Eyes BG02, BG5, BG07, 0, V09, V15, V17

Lips R46, R59, R89

Nose T5, T7, 100

Hair T3, T5, T7, 100

Top BG01, BG02, BG5, BG07, BG09, C00, C1, C2

Roses R24, R29, R46, R59

Leaves G05, G07, G09, G17

Skulls T3, T5, T7, 100, W00, W1, W3

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities 5x7 Matting Basics

Embellishments

Jessie James Dress It Up! Spooktacular Skeleton Button
Little Yellow Bicycle Trick or Treat Stickers

Paper flowers from stash

Glitters & Inks etc

Fireworks! Rhubarb Stalk

Smooch Glitz – Firecracker

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Tumbled Glass

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells – Fanciful Floral

Ribbons & Twines

Marker Pop Baker’s Twine – Bubbly Blue
Ribbon from SBS Ribbon Swap

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Annierexia

Challenges

Drunken Stampers Challenge #140 – Thing: Buttons

Joanna Sheen Challenge – Ribbons

One Stitch at a Time – Use a Digi

Party Time Tuesday’s Challenge #137 – Button It Up

Retro Sketches #80

Simply B Stamps – Vampire vs. Day of the Dead Challenge (Glitter)

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