…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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...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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Happy 30th Birthday Louise

Today is the 30th birthday of one of my lovely teamies from Simply B Stamps, Louise, and Betty drew up this gorgeous image of Louise for us to make her a special card.

I’ve made mine into a pop-up box card, my first one of these and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  I followed a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers to make up my card and, as it is a different folded card I’m entering it in the current challenge at ScrapbookerPhD.

Being for a 30th birthday I had to make this special and how better than some sparkly golden elements, which I have in my chippie lettering and embellies and even on the 30 Louise is sitting on, although that doesn’t show so well in the photo.  With all my sparkle I am entering my card over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Stars are the current theme at Cute Card Thursday and I have plenty of those so I am also entering their challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B91, B97, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E08, E09, E57, YR14

Outfit B32, B34, B37, B39, B91, B93, B95

30 Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Embellishments

Bella! ~ Glittered Chipboard Alphas

Freckled Fawn ~ Acrylic Stars, Bundle of Stars, Heart Rhinestones, Wood Chip Camera, Wood Chip Mushroom & Wood Chip Pins

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ So Happy Flags

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Liquid Pearls ~ Copper

Spica ~ Blossom, Clear & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans & Scattered Straw

Viva Inka-Gold ~ Lava Red & Old Gold

Wink of Stella ~ Clear

Papers

BoBunny Double Dot ~ Vintage Maize

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Great White

Glitz Vintage Blue ~ Polka

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ 30th Birthday Louise

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #221 ~ Make It Sparkle!

Cute Card Thursday #348 ~ Stars

ScrapbookerPhD #17 ~ Shaped or Folded Cards

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...y su amor más permanente

This card rounds out my trio of Dia De Los Muertos cards and features Sugar Skull Trish from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I followed the Week 4 sketch over at Viva La Verve, I just swapped out shapes for the elements in the sketch mostly for a bit of added interest.  For my colour inspiration I used the photo at Inkspirational, I kept coming back to it I think because of the owls and the bright colours.  Owls because Trish (who this digi was drawn for) loves owls and the bright colours because of Dia De Los Muertos.  I also picked up the crochet in my flower embellie and mirrored the swirly circles in my background paper.

I’ve really enjoyed making my Dia De Los Muertos cards, it is a lovely tradition and sure beats the morbid view of death we often have.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C00, N0, N1

Eye B00, B04, 0

Lips R39, R43, R46

Hair B00, B02, B04, N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Pearl ~ Copper

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Decorative Labels Twenty-Seven

Embellishments

Off the Hook Embellishments ~ Crochet Flower

Jolee’s Stickers ~ Black & White Skulls & Skeletons

Sugar Skull Button from stash

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Word Band

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Orange

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Rusty Hinge & Salty Ocean

Wink of Stella ~ Blue, Orange & Yellow

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Sea Breeze

Echo Park Everyday Eclectic ~ Doily Multi

Graphic 45 Patterns & Solids ~ An Eerie Tale & Mother Goose

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Sugar Skull Trish

Challenges

Inkspirational #68 ~ Photo inkspiration

Viva La Verve ~ October Week 4 Sketch

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