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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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!

OK so I don’t have a bat to show you today but instead this truly awesome Wicked Little Alice image from Simply B Stamps’ Steampunk Wonderland series.

I have a real soft spot for Alice, my little avatar is inspired by the Disney animated version of her and I love the whole notion of a curious little world through the looking glass.  So when Betty drew up her Steampunk Wonderland images they went right to the top of my favourite list.

I’ve put Wicked Little Alice on a card following a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and featured a whole range of Graphic 45 papers.  As this is also my favourite fairytale I’m entering this card in the Crafty Creations Challenges’ Your Favourite Fairytale challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (cheeks E11)

Lips R46, R59, R89

Eyes B00, B02, B05, 0

Eye Shadow BV20, BV23, BV25

Hair T7, T8, T10, 100

Shirt N0, N1, N2, 0

Dress B39, B93, B95, B97, B99

Dinah –

Fur BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Eyes & Claws Y23, Y26, Y28

Eye Shadow & Ears RV91, RV93, RV95

Background –

Mushrooms E70, E71, E74, R37, R46, R59, R89, T4, T5, T6,  T7, T8, T10, 100

Feathers RV91, RV95, T2, T5

Embellishments

Crown charm from Spring Basket Swap

Papers

Graphic 45 Christmas Past Let It Snow

Graphic 45 Curtain Call Leading Ladies

Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections All Decked Out

Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire Masterpiece

Ribbon

Velvet ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk Wonderland Wicked Little Alice

Challenges

Crafty Creations Challenges – Challenge #227 Your Favourite Fairytale

Sweet Sketch Wednesday – Challenge #211-122

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