Mine eyes dazzle

I’m sharing a card featuring the new and gorgeous Duchess Betty from Simply B Stamps.

The layout of my card comes from the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, in keeping with the lacy ruffles on Duchess Betty’s dress I’ve swapped out the long rectangular element for some lovely lace.  I also swapped out the smaller oval for a floral element instead.

Over at Cut It Up! their current theme is romance, which this image certainly is and I have the three elements they require (flowers, lace and pearls plus a die cut, I’ve got two) so I’m entering my card there.

I love a tic tac toe challenge to help get a card completed so I’ve played along with the current one at Our Creative Corner and gone for a diagonal line featuring embossing powder, a stamps (the beautiful image) and some lace.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E40, E43, E44, Y26

Lips R39, R85

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, W00, W0, W2, W4, 0

Cake and Plate E09, E43, E44, E47, R14, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG93 YR07

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes ~ Corner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Rose Circle

Embellishments

13@rts Twigs ~ White

Queen & Co Pearls ~ Snowflake

TresorsdeLuxe Fabric Roses ~ Dusty Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Garnet

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Old Paper

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Rose Quartz

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Milled Lavender

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Making Memories Greenhouse Paperie ~ Flocked Floral

Prima Romantique Collection ~ Gazette

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Daisy Scroll Edged

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Duchess Betty

Challenges

Cut It Up! #64 ~ Romance:Flowers, Lace and Pearls (die cut)

Our Creative Corner ~ Tic Tac Toe (Embossing powder, Stamps & Lace, ribbon, twine, cord)

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #241

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…and the Sun…robed thee in his day from head to feet…

What better way to celebrate the new year than with a gorgeous goddess from Simply B Stamps, the one on my card is Persephone.

I’m sending this card to a former colleague for her birthday so I’ve kept it very nice and I have several new things on it.  I opened up two new dies from Joy! Crafts to make the frame around Persephone and the designer paper is new, well, the collection is old but I found some online recently so it’s new to me.  With my new things and my nice theme I am entering this over at Naughty or Nice.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, which I flipped. With all my layers being triple matted and the die cut frames I didn’t even need any embellies.  The card, however, still is lovely and heavy, there’s three pieces of cardstock and one whole sheet of designer paper (I line the insides of my cards and again did multiple mats) in this card and you can feel it.  Love that about handmade cards and given the size (6x6”) it was going to cost more than a standard stamp anyway so figured I might as well load up the layers!

As I have multiple layers I am also entering this in the current challenge over at The Crafting Café. 

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes Y21, Y26, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Blue ~ Oval 6002/0304 and 6002/0258

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw & Vintage Photo

Wink of Stella ~ Clear & Gold

Papers

BoBunny Weekend Market ~ Tapestry & Weekend Market

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Rich Amber

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice & Scarlet

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Persephone

Challenges

The Crafting Café ~ Lots of Layers

Naughty or Nice ~ New New New

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #239

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Seven, eight, lay them straight

I’ve got another double layout from my baby book to share today, this one features

the sweet Baby Doll Betty from the Baby Teen Scene collection at Simply B Stamps.

Brings back memories of your own little dolly when you were a girl, doesn’t she?  This layout is for recording all of baby’s favourite things so I’ve gone with embellies that are all about toys.  Baby Doll Betty was also therefore the perfect image to fit the page theme.  I made the baby blocks title myself with shrink film.

To make up the layout I followed the sketch over at Sketchy Colours, which I flipped on its side, and where the challenge was also to use white and one other colour.  My other colour is pink although I know there is some purple on the page too, there wasn’t a pink rattle button in the set I used or any other toy button I could use to even up my embellies.  There’s also some brown on the rocking horse button, again there was only one white one in the pack and of course my picture features skin tone and I added in some purple to match up with the embellies.  So I guess I haven’t really nailed the challenge, it was, well, a real challenge finding enough embellies to suit!

I did get the theme right for ABC Challenges as I have a whole string of lovely pink pearls on this page so I am entering this over there.  I am also entering my layout in the current challenge at Just Inspirational as I have the requisite three or more layers.

This is the penultimate layout I have to share, I’ll have the last one done up tomorrow.  If you’re interested you can see the cover of the book at this post, the first page here, the last page here, a double layout at this post, another layout here and another at this post.

Ingredients:

Copics 
Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit RV10, RV11, RV32, V000, V01, V12

Dolly E21, E30, RV10, RV11, RV32, V000, V01, V12, 0

Embellishments

Jesse James Dress It Up Buttons ~ Baby Girl, Horse and Buggy Girl & New Arrival Girl

Scrap Fx ~ Toy Christmas Trinkets

Shrink Film Blocks Title

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose & Tea Dye

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

BoBunny Primrose ~ Dot

Christina Re Cardstock ~ Shimmer Pink

Lacey Paper from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Lace from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Baby Doll Betty

Challenges

ABC Challenges ~ P is for Pearls

Just Inspirational ~ 3 Layers or more

Sketchy Colors #218 ~ White + one color of your choice and sketch

 

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If only we might fall like cherry blossoms…

I’m sharing a card today featuring a pretty image from Aurora Wings called Sakura Fubuki Urei.

This image seemed very fitting for a card to farewell a staff member who is retiring, the idea that in retirement one has the time to enjoy the breeze and actually stop and smells the flowers!  At least that is what I hope for my staff member and this new phase of her life.

To make up the card I’ve followed the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, I flipped the sketch to give me a vertical rectangle for my image, which I framed using a Nestie.  I love my layers and this sketch really let me show off some lovely papers and feature some of my new lace too.  With all the layers I am also entering it at the Creative Knockouts’ current challenge.

This will also be my first entry in a Facebook fan challenge for Aurora Wings.  This month’s theme is shades of blue and the colour fitted my theme as blues are tranquil colours.  It also fitted in with the image symbolising the sky.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye BG01

Lips R29, R46, R59

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Kimono BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07

Cherry Blossoms RV52, RV55, RV66

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Blue

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ A2 Curved Matting Basics

Embellishments

Mulberry Flowers from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China, Scattered Straw & Tumbled Glass

Papers

BoBunny Country Garden ~ Charm

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Broken China

Graphic 45 Couture ~ Patterns & Solids

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live & Love Crafts Lace ~ Pastello (Blue)

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Sakura Fubuki Urei

Challenges

Aurora Wings Facebook ~ Shades of Blue

Creative Knockouts #37 ~ Lots of Layers

Sketchy Colors #210

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