Forgetting May, deeming October sweet?

Abigail Larson’s stunning rendition of the Zodiacs are available as digis from Simply B Stamps and my card today features the beautiful Libra.

I’ve made this card for a friend’s birthday, isn’t October a grand month for a birthday?

Distressing is something I’ve only just got into and it just seems to be the perfect accompaniment to one of Abigail’s images.  I wasn’t quite brave enough to properly distress Libra though, I think I would have cried if I had to recolour her so I just stuck to adding some distress ink around her.  I’ve also finally gotten into my stash of Twiddleybitz chipboard, I have a whole boxful from my LSS just crying out to be used.

The layout of my card is a slightly reworked version of the current sketch at Unscripted Sketches.  I took the two small round elements from the side and stuck them on top as flowers, I always like to cover the ends of ribbon and moving them here worked better with my image being so big and being placed on the right.  I’m also entering this card at the current challenges at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards, where flowers are the theme, and Crafty Ribbons where it’s anything goes with ribbon.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks E11)

Lips R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress B000, B00, B02, B05

Scales Y23, Y26, Y28

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Paper Blooms – Ruby

Twiddleybitz Ornate Flourish

Inks & Paints etc

Distress Ink – Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Smooch Spritz – Log Cabin

Papers

CTMH Mischief collection

Core’dinations Distress Cardstock – Tumbled Glass

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells Patterns & Solids

Ribbons & Trims

Brown Velvet Ribbon from stash

Green Tara Bead Garland – Gold

Webster’s Pages Lace

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk Zodiac Libra

Challenges

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges #49 – Flowers

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #64 – Anything Goes with Ribbon

Unscripted Sketches #225

Thanks for stopping by!

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)

Thanks for stopping by!

It Started with a Hug

This super cute image is Squeezey Hugs from Some Odd Girl, which I’ve used on a card for an engagement.

I’m not so good with layouts for cards so I followed the sketch on the Some Odd Girl blog May challenge but mixed it up a bit by making this into a twisted easel card and using some wide rosette ribbon for the rectangular element.  I made this for a colleague at work who, at the end of the week, still has it sitting under her monitor at work and who told me that all the image needed was a beard and it would be the spitting image of her fiancé!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin Kody E000, E000, E00, E02, (E95 lips); Mae E11, E50, E51, E53, (E93 cheeks, E95 lips)

Eyes G05, G07, G09, BG70, C00

Hair Kody E43, E44, E47, E49; Mae Y00, Y11, Y13, E55

Shirt Kody B21, B37, B93, B95, B97; Mae RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles Large

Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One

Embellishments

Basic Grey Little Black Dress sticker

Creative Memories Heritage title sticker

Doily from stash

Flourish with a Bling Jasmine Laser Flourish Burgundy

Gems from stash

Rose ribbon from stash

Paper rose buds from stash

Webster’s Pages Gems

Paper

CTMH For Always collection

Stamps

Some Odd Girl Squeezey Hugs

Challenges

Some Odd Girl May sketch challenge

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Curiouser and Curiouser

I made this shape card for a colleague who is off on a secondment.  It features the very cute Cheshire Cat Betty image from Simply Betty Stamps’ recent Mad Tea Party release.

The card shape is the Mad Hatter’s hat, which I just cut by hand, and wrapped with some ribbon.  I printed the sentiment on some white card to use instead of the 10/6 card in the real Hatter’s hat.  The sentiment follows through into the inside.

With all the green on this one I’m going to enter it over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog in their current colour challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin W-1, W-3, W-5, W-7

Hair, outfit & facial features C-1, C-3, C-5, C-7, B93, B95, B97, 100

Paper

Creative Memories Happy Holiday cardstock sampler pack

Embellishments

Ribbon from stash maybe Jillibean Soup or Webster’s Pages

Crushed Olive Distress Stickles

Stamp

Simply Betty Stamps Cheshire Cat Betty

Challenges

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #140 ~ Color Challenge Blue and/or Green

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my card :-)