Macabre Reflections

It’s the final week of Spooktober and I have a number of special projects to share (provided I get them all finished!) and two for today.  The first is my entry to Day 9 of the 13 Days of Halloween at Simply B Stamps where the theme is Splattered and who better to splatter than Corinne?

This is a little compact I made, it was very silver so I added some patina to the rim, the background is black, Corinne’s favourite colour.  I needed something to add interest to the background and the splatter theme was just perfect, I went with red for blood, as red is also Corinne’s favourite colour and she is a bit bloodthirsty!  Well, OK, not really, but she likes to pretend!  The image is a cropped version of the image Betty drew for Corinne for her birthday last year.  You can’t really see the smoke she is blowing in the photo and the Diamond Glaze I used to seal it made her lips run :-(

My second project is also an off-the-page and features the lovely Pipper, from the Burtonweenies collection at Simply B Stamps.

This choker turned out almost exactly as I imagined, there are supposed to be some red sugar skulls in the open zip part but I have turned my craft room upside down and can’t find them!  Most of the pieces I got from my local fabric and craft stores.  I’ve gone with a red and black theme again and Pipper as she is Corinne’s favourite Simply B Stamps’ image, I’ve just cropped her to fit the vintage frame.

There’s a Halloween challenge over at Craft Mojo, where I am linking up my choker.  And, as this is definitely not a card and features ribbon, I ‘m also entering it in the current challenge at Crafty Ribbons.

Oh, and Corinne, no need to call dibs on these, they are headed your way just as soon as I can make it to the post office, just my way of saying…

To someone who is truly a wonderful person, despite all the pins!

Ingredients:

Copics

Corinne

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks R02)

Eyes E29, E37, 0

Lips R24, R46, R59

Hair E08, E18, E93, E95

Pipper

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks R02)

Eyes E35

Lips R46, R59

Top R24, R29, R46, R59

Embellishments

Beaded Insert from local fabric store

Maya Road Vintage Findings Antique Ornate Frame

Rhinestones from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Enamel Accents – White

Smooch – Siren

StazOn – Black

Vintaj Patinas – Verdigris

Ribbons & Trims

Lace from LSS

Rhinestone Zipper from local fabric store

Velvet Ribbon from local fabric store

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Burtonweenies Pipper

Simply B Stamps Headshot Corinne

Challenges

Craft Mojo – Halloween

Crafty Ribbons Challenge # 67 – Anything BUT a card

Simply B Stamps13 Days of Halloween Day 9 – Splatter your projects with either black, red or green anything goes

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Through the Looking-Glass

There’s a whole foursome of Steampunk Wonderland images over at Simply B Stamps and, as I just love Alice in Wonderland, I am naturally loving these stamps.  My last post featured Wicked Little Alice and this one features her good twin, Curious Little Alice.

I tried to create a looking-glass effect with a piece of acetate, not sure it really worked.  I ran it through my Grand Calibur machine which embossed rather than cut the shape but that was fine as it meant I could create a bit of a gilded edge to my looking-glass.  Unfortunately I didn’t have the right colour Staz-On so I used both red and black and then topped it with some gold ink, I’m thinking I should have done this border out of a solid piece of cardstock and then layered that over my round piece of acetate looking-glass.  Ah, well, you live and learn!  To create the glass effect I tipped some B00 ink from my Various Refill bottle on the back of the acetate and spread it with some paper towel, it’s a bit hard to see in the picture but in life it gives the image a slightly bluish tinge.

Although the BG paper has a black base I think the gold tones along with the bright colours I’ve used on Alice give this a much lighter feel than my Wicked Little Alice and this could easily be used for a birthday card, even for a child.  Just goes to show the versatility of the images, even the Steampunk ones, over at Simply B Stamps.

In making up my card I had in mind the looking-glass effect but am not so great with the layouts so I followed a sketch at Sketch Saturday where the current challenge let you pick a sketch from a range of past sketches, I found Sketch #250 suited the look I wanted perfectly.  I also followed the recipe at Our Creative Corner to help with my embellies, I used lace and ribbon, metal and inked my looking-glass.  I’m also entering this into the Squirrel and the Fox’s Use Something Metal challenge (my metal key charm covers that) and Crafty Friend’s Use a Charm challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips R46, R59, R89

Eyes V12, V15, V17, 0

Hair Y11, Y23, Y26

Dress & Headband B000, B00, B02, B05

Blouse N0, N1, N2, 0

Gloves N0, N1, V91, V93, 0

Cog & Skull E13, Y23, Y26, Y28, Spica Clear

Pearls T1, T3, T5, 0, Spica Clear

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Circles

Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Decorative Circles One

Embellishments

Key charm

Inks & Chalks etc

Encore! Gold

Pebbles Chalk

Staz-On Black

Staz-On Blazing Red

Papers

Bazzill black cardstock

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Butterfly Specifics

Kaisercraft Twig& Berry Eve

Ribbons & Trims

Lace from LSS

Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Curious Little Alice

Challenges

Crafty Friends Challenge #4 – Use a Charm

Our Creative Corner – Recipe challenge (lace & ribbon, metal, ink)

Sketch Saturday Week #264 – Pick a Sketch, used #250

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #46 – Use Something Metal

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All Round Nice Guy

I’ve got another awesome Robert’s Family Portrait from Simply B Stamps to share today, this is Mr Roberts.

This card is destined for a male friend’s birthday so I have gone for lots of metal in my embellies and kept the colours fairly subdued.  It’s interesting to note how many of us DT girls coloured these images using green!

As this card is masculine themed I’m entering it in the
Polkadoodle’s male theme challenge and Simply Create Too’s Father’s Day or for a Male.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips E53, E11

Eyes E23, E25, E27, 0

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Shirt N0, N1, N2, 0

Vest G28, G94, G99, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG0000, YG01, YG03, YG63

Dies

Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles One

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

Papermania Chronology Clock Faces

Papermania Chronology Clock Hands

Papermania Chronology Gears

Prima Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals – Vintage Clock Face Large

Tim Holtz Game Spinners

Tim Holtz Gears

Inks & Powders etc

Diamond Glaze

Encore gold ink

Pebbles Chalk

Staz-On black ink

Paper
Bazzill Dotted Swiss Clover Leaf 
Bazzill Kraft cardstock

Ribbons & Trims

Green Tara Raffia
Woven raffia trim from stash

Stamps
Simply B Stamps Mr Roberts

Challenges

Polkadoodles & Studio 12 – Week 24 Challenge Male Theme

Simply Create Too – Challenge #39 Father’s Day or for a Male

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