...it was about your Christmas, there was smoke... and fire!

It’s challenge time over at PunkyouGirl with Creepmas as the theme and my card features an awesome image from BB Kakes via Stitchy Bear, Skulldiva.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, which was awesome for being able to layer, which I love to do.  The twist was to add buttons or bows, which also fit well as it allowed me to echo the bows with skull centres from Skulldiva’s shoes in my embellies.  And don’t you just love the skullies I’ve used?  They are awesome as is the gorgeous Wendy, who made them especially for me.

With an image like this and a Creepmas theme I was feeling a bit steamy, Steampunky that is, which is the current theme over at Miriam’s Crafting.  So I raided my metal stash to see what I had and came up with Steampunk holly and berry to go with my skullies.  I’m no clay modeller like Wendy so I had to add in the Santa hat and holly and berry on my skullies using shrink film, problem is I’ve run out of the printable kind.  So I used clear and coloured it with Smooch, which ended up working really well on the Santa hat as it has a raised texture to it.

Over at A Creative Romance they are looking for you to use something old on your project.  The designer papers I’ve used are from the Kaisercraft Twig and Berry collection from way back in 2012 so I think they count.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E25, E27, E30

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit G12, G14, G16, G19, N4, N6, N8, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, W6, W8, W10, 100

Skull Bag E08, E33, E35, E47, W5, YG95

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Grommet Tags

Embellishments

Jazzydoodle Designs ~ Clay Skulls

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Clock Parts

Shrink Film Holly and Berry & Santa Hat (handmade by me)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Foliage

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Spanish Copper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Barn Door & Forest Moss

Wink of Stella ~ Green, Metallic Gold & Metallic Red

Papers

Artools Metal Sheet ~ Copper

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Fired Brick

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Forest

Kaisercraft Twig & Berry ~ Myrrh & Yuletide

Ribbons & Trims etc

Green Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Stitchy Bear BB Kakes ~ Skulldiva

Challenges

A Creative Romance ~ Something old

Miriam’s Crafting #18 ~ Steampunk

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #190 ~ Our added Twist this Week: Buttons and/or Bows

 

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And sweet as English air could make her…

It’s Wednesday and that means a new sketch to play with over at the Outlawz and the card I’ve made with the sketch features Pink Rose and Shimmer Chiffon from our fabulous sponsor, The East Wind.

And here’s this week’s sketch.

With such a beautiful and feminine image I just had to go shabby with this card.  I inked the lovely Marianne die with Distress Ink in Tea Dye and then added in some gilding roughly with my finger and found the pretty Prima trim in my stash.  With all my shabbilicious elements I am entering this over at Fun with Shapes and More.

I only recently found and fell in love the Very Vintage Double Dot paper from BoBunny and scoured the ’net to find some.  It goes beautifully with the image and the shabby chic theme and is so very pretty, so I’m linking up my card over at Cute Card Thursday where their current theme is pretty papers.

The sketch only called for one embellie on each horizontal element but I wanted something more than just the three large flowers I used, I tried different smaller flowers but they were all too much.  Then I thought, what does this beautiful lady need to complete her outfit and I realised of course that she needed a fan.  I was sure I had some fan charms in my stash and sure enough I did, lovely large open ones and they were exactly what I needed to complete my card.  The current challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow calls for a charm so I am also entering my card over there.

Sure hope you’ll come join in the fun over at the Outlawz, there’s a different challenge for each day of the week and always loads of inspiration from the various DTs.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye BG000, BG07

Lips R24, R29, R89

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Chiffon RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66

Roses G02, G05, G09, R24, R29, R89

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Designs Creatables ~ Petra’s Large Oval

Embellishments

Metal Fan Charms from stash

Mulberry Gardenias from stash

Prima Say it in Crystals Borders ~ Poetry

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Gold Leaf

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Wild Honey & Worn Lipstick

Papers

BoBunny Double Dot Designs Very Vintage ~ Passion Fruit

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Wild Honey

Ribbons & Trims etc

Green Tara Pearl Trim ~ Ivory

Stamps

The East Wind ~ Pink Rose and Shimmer Chiffon

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday #329 ~ Pretty Papers!

Fun with Shapes and More #164 ~ Vintage / Shabby

Sugar Creek Hollow #90 ~ It’s Charming

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Keep your jests for the king

This is my last card featuring one of the latest commissioned images from Simply B Stamps, the image is Jester Karen and it really is a fun one.

I love to play along with the challenges at Sketch n’ Dies and I’ve used their sketch to make up my card.  I have three die cuts on this card, I’ve layered two Nesties for the rectangular element Jester Karen is framed by and another for the sentiment.  With so many die cuts I think I’ve got the twist covered for the Craftitude current challenge so I’m entering my card over there.

With a jester as my image I just had to go with bright colours and a real rainbow of them, it’s certainly how I think of jesters.  The candy stripes of the designer paper really work well with the image.  Over at Tok Bobok they’re running a rainbow theme for their challenge into which I’ll be entering my card.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Lips R29, R46, R59

Hair E25, RV63, RV66, RV69

Outfit RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, T4, T6, T8, V000, V01, V12, V15, V17, Y23, Y26, Y28, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & Nested Pennants

Embellishments

Flowers from stash

Freckled Fawn ~ Wood Chip Pin

Glitter Stars from stash

Petaloo The Penny Lane Collection ~ Forget Me Nots (Soft Pink)

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ Create Memories Small Flourishes

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold

Rub’nBuff ~ Gold Leaf

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves, Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar & Victorian Velvet

Papers

BoBunny Double Dot Designs ~ Bold & Bright

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Spun Sugar

Echo Park Bella Road Summer Days ~ Purple & Rainbow

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Marion Smith Mad Tea Party ~ Rabbit Hole

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jester Karen

Challenges

Craftitude #65 ~ That’s Die-licious (Use a Die)

Sketch n’ Dies #7

Tok Bobok #12 ~ Rainbow

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Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

I have the honour of being a guest DT  at Through the Purple Haze challenge this month and today is my first post for this week’s anything goes challenge featuring an image from the sponsor Lacy Sunshine’s Sadie.

Now did you think that I didn’t colour up Sadie?  Surely not, for that wouldn’t have been much fun and this is definitely a fun card.  All it takes is to pull gently on the handle on the top to give Sadie back her colour.
 

Pretty clever, isn’t it?

 

I followed a tutorial from Keren of Altered Ego; Keren has been kind enough to post up tutorials and patterns for a range of fab card designs.  Go check out her blog and her great take on this secret slider card.

To make up my card I took some inspiration from Die Cut Diva’s where they have an inspirational photo posted as their challenge theme.  Being an Aussie myself the colours of the rosellas and bush were very familiar and worked well for a get well card.

I’ve used my favourite embellies, flowers, to make up my card.  Lovely sunny coloured ones to help brighten someone’s day who is feeling, well, off colour.  With my flowers I am entering my card in the current challenges at Allsorts and Sweet Stampin’ (got the stamp part covered too).

Hopefully my card has inspired you to try something a bit different, even if it is just a different type of card like mine.  If so, why not join in the fun over at Through the Purple Haze.  The current challenge will run for a week and, as always, there are some lovely prizes on offer.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B00, B05, 0

Lips R24, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress Y11, Y13, Y15, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Bigz & Textured Impressions ~ Antique Handles

Embellishments

Prima Say it in Pearls ~ Green

Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures ~ Dell’Arte

Prima Vintage Trinkets ~ Tea-Thyme

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold

Rubn’Buff ~ Gold Leaf

Smooch Spritz ~ Emerald Sprinkle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Fired Brick

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe ~ Exquisite Motif

Stamps

Lacy Sunshine ~ Sadie

Challenges

Allsorts Challenge #254 ~ Spring Blossoms

Die Cut Diva’s ~ Photo inspiration

Sweet Stampin’ ~ Flowers

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