Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

This is my second card featuring one of the new Birthday Betty Boos from Simply B Stamps; this one is Elegant Birthday Portrait.

I needed a card that was elegant but simple for a friend whose style that is and this was the perfect image for that theme.  To make it up I have followed the current sketch at Unscripted Sketches.  I flipped the sketch and one of the oval elements around to suit the shape of my image.  I’ve also stuck to a black and white colour scheme, as there is nothing more elegant than black and white, with a pop of red on for the dress as a nod towards my friend’s birthplace, China.

With a CAS style I was never going to have any designer papers on this card but I think this shows how beautiful a card can be without them.  The current theme over at My Time to Craft is no designer papers so I am entering my card there.

And if you’re looking for the next stop on the SBS birthday blog hop, head on over to the lovely blog of Rebecca or else head back to the SBS blog to start from the beginning; the DT girls have done some gorgeous work with all the images from the Birthday Betty Boo collection.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E21, E23, E27

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

Close to my Heart Bitty Pearls

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Pearl

Prima Say It In Crystals ~ Black

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Black Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon from stash

The Paper Studio Gemstones ~ Black Gem Chain

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Elegant Birthday Portrait (Oval Frame)

Challenges

My Time to Craft #250 ~ ‘No Design Papers’

Unscripted Sketches #259

Blog Hop List 

SBS

Corinne 
Celina 
Irene 
Emily (me)

Rebecca

Tanja

Kay

Louise

Lisa H

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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

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