Simply Betty Steampunk Blog Hop

Steampunk Week Blog Hop 

With Simply Betty Stamps

Join us for this fun little blog hop!  All week long from today Friday February 20th through Friday Frebuary 27th we are going to have us a Steampunkin' good time over at Simply Betty Stamps

As mentioned, today we are kicking it off with a small Steampunk Blog HOP!
Leave a comment at each participating blog, with your favourite steampunk from any of these categories: Steampunks, and you may just win your favourite!  A random winner will be chosen and announced on February 28th.  BUT you must leave a comment and your favourite Steampunk digi at all the participating blogs as a winner will be chosen from each blog!  So that means you have 6 chances to win!!!

Here is the list of blogs participating...
Corinne

Holly

Kay

Louise

--------> YOU'RE HERE!<-------- 

Lucy 

Maureen 

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Now Steampunk scare me - they really honestly do! I'm a clean and simple and cute girl so Steampunk is the complete opposite of what I do, but hey we have to challenge ourselves sometimes don't we!

Here's what I created.

As soon as I saw 'Meeting with Death' the quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows popped into me head. Yes I know the digi is a girl not a boy, but I still think it works so allow me a little bit of artistic license. 

I typed the sentiment myself and added it on top of a freebie paper that was given by Create with TLC recently which I trimmed to size.

I coloured 'Meeting with Death' with my Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Death:

Hair - N3, N5, N7, N9

Cloak - C3, C5, C7, C9, 100

Scythe - E55, E57, E59, C2, C3, C5

Lady:

Hair - Y11, Y17, YR24, E35

Shirt - E50, E53

Jacket - G46, G85, G29

Skirt - R35, R37, R39, R59

Skulls - E50, E53, N5

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is with Maureen 

Don't forget to leave a comment with your favourite SBS Steampunk

There's plenty of opportunity to party this weekend. Pop over to the Facebook group

Passionate Paper Creations!

There are going to be prizes, colouring contests, challenges and fun.
So head on over to Passionate Paper Creations Facebook page and SBS Fan Group to join in on the fun!!

There's a Steampunk and Digi Sale on this weekend so you can stock up on any digi stamps that take your fancy. For details see HERE

Simply Betty Stamps - Facebook Fan page challenge

Woo Hoo! It's time for a new Facebook Fan Page Challenge at Simply Betty Stamps & this year I've been invited to be on the DT. Am I excited??? Just a little bit! Who wouldn't be! I get to pay with lovely images all year. 

For any of you who've not played along before it's nice and simple. You buy one (or all) of the featured Fan Page images from the Simply Betty Shop, join in the challenge as stated on the Simply Betty Blog (each image has a different formula to use) then enter your creation into the album on the SBS Fan Page on Facebook

Betty's created four beautiful images to play with this month. I was lucky enough to play with three of them.


First is Tea Time Kim. She's a classy lady who enjoys a cup of tea.
The Challenge is to use Pink, Lavender & Some Bling

I used Dotty and Flowery paper from Pink Petticoat, some adhesive pearls and part of a giant bling swirl I picked up in Poundland about a year ago.

I coloured Tea Time Kim using my Copics 

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24, E35, E37, E39

Eyes - YG61, YG63, YG67

Dress - RV52, RV55, RV19, RV69

Flower - V17, BV17, BV08

Leaves - G82, YG23, G95

Wink of Stella, Sakura Stardust

Next up is the lovely Elegant Jackie.

The Challenge with her is to use Pink and Grey and one other colour 

(I went for a touch of green on her eyes)

I used paper and elements from the Echo Park Paper Company Be Mine Collection.

I coloured her with my Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, with R20 Cheeks

Hair - C5, C7, C9, 100

Eyes - YG61, YG63, YG65

Dress - C3, C5, C7, C9

Ribbon - R81, R83, R85, R46

Wink of Stella, Sakura Stardust

Finally we have the gorgeous Victorian Rio.

The Challenge with her is to use Polka dot papers and a border die or punch.

I used Dotty papers from Pink Petticoat, a piece of organza ribbon 

and the Big Splash Border Die from Memory Box. 

I cut it out twice and used it to edge the dark dotted paper.

I coloured her using my Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 cheeks

Hair - N5, N7, N9, 100

Dress - V22, V17, V09, BV09

Jacket, Bow & Eyes - G46, G28, B99

Feathers - E81, E42

I hope you like my creations. I'd love to see your entries in the Simply Betty Stamps Fan Page Challenge.

Happy Birthday Betty!!!!!

SURPRISE!!!!!!!

Well it won't be a surprise by now I know as I'm the 3rd hop on the list, but I hope the whole Birthday Hop was a lovely big surprise for you Betty!

I'm sure you're adding up wrong cos there's no way you can be 40? You certainly don't act it - but then again who wants to act their age? You act as you want and have fun with it.

I hope you're having a really great birthday celebration & hope our little contribution adds into it. 

Here's what I made with the lovely image made especially for you by the wonderful Rachel.

The web frame is a cut file from the Silhouette Store. I backed it with some silvery web paper. I love how the silhouette shows through on the shadow.

From the back you can see more clearly how shiny it is. 

You'll see it yourself once it's made it's way across the pond in the post, 

but for the moment the photo will have to do

Here's how I coloured Rachel's gorgeous image. I've always had a soft spot for her drawings. Her Teens were what introduced me to Simply Betty Stamps. I loved colouring her.

It's difficult to catch on camera but I added a touch of Sakura Tiara Gel Pen to the Sentiment.

 

I really hope you have a wonderful 40th Birthday Betty xxx

Your next stop on the hop is with the wonderful Irene

Here's who else is involved.

Happy Hopping xxx

*** The Hop Starts Here ****Corinne (featuring cards by Leanne, Cynthia Cole, April, Cat & Dena)  Then  Rachel, Then Tanya 

>>>>>>>>>Lucy (YOU ARE HERE<<<<<<<<<< 

>>>>>>>>>Irene (NEXT STOP)<<<<<<<<<

Anne Emily Lisa H. Patricia Anita Rita Dorinda Marie Louise Jackie Rakoski Stephanie Katya Vicky Darcy Melissa DSian H Robin Ashley Jackie Randolph Michelle Ruza Andrea Chris S Lisa N. Kitty Nia Sharette Sam Julie R. Lizzy Rebecca Bridgette Sharman ReganJackie Maunder Fernanda Helen Jo Walker Tanja Kay Celina Bettina Wendy Rhonda Miller Elisabete Erin Jill Jo McKelvey Kerrie Sharon B Holly Hughes Floss Olivia Rochelle Leadonna Lady B

SBS 13 Days of Halloween - Day 13 - Altered Item

Argh!!!! Here we are!!!! The final challenge!!! I can't believe it's come to an end!!! It's been a huge challenge but such a privilege to be part of the 13 Days of Halloween as an Honorary Contestant. Thank you so much Betty for choosing me to take part. It's really stretched me and made me think outside the box on many occasions, but I've absolutely loved it.

Well here we go - the final challenge:

 Day 13 - BIG BAD HALLOWEEN BLOW OUT!  Altered project anything but a journal or a card. Must be an actual altered item.  

The thought of a countdown to Halloween popped into my head so I decided to alter a clock. 

I started with this basic cheap clock from Asda.

..... and created this!

A bit of a change eh????

Here's how I did it.

Firstly I sprayed the white surround with Black Acrylic Spray. For once it was me raiding my hubby's garage for resources rather than him 'borrowing' things from my craft room for projects! As luck would have it he had exactly the right thing and it gave a good finish after a quick coat.

Now for the base. I started with the Halloween Frame from the Silhouette Store, made it the right size and welded a circle into the centre to make it easier to attach to the clock base. I added the clock numbers at the 12, 3, 6 & 9 positions and welded them onto the frame. I had to split the frame into two pieces to cut as I didn't have a piece of card big enough. Once cut I fixed the two halves together and used strong double sided tape to attach it to the back of the clock.

Here it is from behind.

I added a touch of Wink of Stella clear pen to the edges of the numbers to gently highlight them.

As you can see the cut frame fits nicely behind the clock base.

I created the centre piece using Devilish Betty along with the Eerie Scene from Make it Crafty. 

I compiled it in Craft Artist 2 and added the words 'The Countdown is Over' in that software. 

I then used Print and Cut to cut it out accurately (including the small circle in the middle for the clock mechanism to poke through).

I used my Blitzer (1990's version of the Tim Holtz sprtizer) to hand airbrush the night sky and moon. I really love the effect it gives.

I cut out an extra printed Bat and stuck it to the minute hand. The clock hands looked a little plain so I coloured them with a Sakura Stardust pen.

I coloured the image with my Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, E49

Dress, Shoes, Horns - R24, R27, R29, W5, W7

Pumpkins - YR12, YR15, YR18, E08, E19

Fence - E33, E35, E37, E39. E29

Grass - erm .... can't quite remember those (well I am human after all :P )

Wine - Sakura Stardust Pen

I really hope you like my clock. It's now in pride of place on my craft room wall.

I've had a really wonderful time taking part in the 13 Days of Halloween. I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I've created xxx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Kitty Bee Designs - Aloha Friday Challenges #35 - Halloween (ends 7/11)

Sassy Studio Designs - Happy Halloween (ends 5/11)

Inky Impressions - Halloween (ends 4/11)

Nutcrafters - Halloween (ends 11/11)

Scrapper's Delights - Halloween (ends 5/11)

Simon Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes - (ends 5/11)

SBS 13 Days of Halloween - Day 12 - Howling at the Moon!

Day 12 - Howling at the moon!  Make it hairy, use fuzz, feathers, anything fuzzy on your projects!  

Crumbs! How have we got to there only being one challenge left! This month seems to have gone so quickly!

Here's my creation for today.

I used Wolfie Ariel as she was just perfect for this project. 

The card base is a self standing pop up box (I think it's sometimes called a pillow box). I did a tutorial on how to make it for one of my 13 Days of Halloween entries in 2012 (yes I've been addicted for a while!)

The base squashes flat for postage...

... and as you push the top down it opens.....

.....until it's free standing and the image stands upright in the middle.

I love this design as it's so unexpected.

I used Pheasant feathers to add some 'fuzz' to the project. 

As you can see I had one that flat refused to behave and sit where it should, but I figured that fits rather well with Wolfie Ariel who I guess would be a bit mischievous. 

I added big feathers to the back and small ones to the front.

The sentiment came with Wolfie Ariel. I added the wolf charm.

Here's Wolfie Ariel 

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - N5, N7, N9, 100

Wolf Hat - E71, E74, E77, E79

Dress - YR14, YR18, E08, E19

Gloves - BG05, BG09, B99

Shoes - E23, E27, E29, E51, E53

Cardstock - Graphic 45

I hope you like her & hope you join in this penultimate challenge.

I'd like to enter this into this Challenge:

Simon Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes - (ends 5/11)

SBS 13 Days of Halloween - Day 11 - Witching Hour

Day 11 - It's the Witching hour, what's Halloween without a Witch?  Let's make those witches POP off your projects!  Use wobble action or pop up dots, just make it "FLY" off the page.

Waa haa haa!! Too right you can't have Halloween without Witches!

To make my witch POP I decided to use two techniques - making a spring mechanism, and making the card base on Acetate.

I had planned to use Witchy Mrs Boo, but got distracted while printing and used Broomstick Betty instead. Daft to get distracted but the end result worked nicely.

Mounting her on an acetate backing makes her 'POP' off the page as it is, but I also made little springs out of spare acetate to make sure she REALLY pops off the page. Those little paper folds are something I've made since a child. They're the ones where you fold two equal width strips of paper in on themselves. I wasn't sure if they'd work in acetate but luckily they do.

The scene at the base of the card is the Graveyard Scene from Make It Crafty. I cut it out then coloured it with copics (BG96 & W7 for the ground)

Here's a close up of Broomstick Betty. 

I coloured her with Copics but unfortunately have misplaced the list of which colours I used. 

You can see that her wands and the stars at the back of her wand has Stickles added to enhance the magical effect.

I hope you think she 'POP's enough. Come on over and join in the 13 Days of Halloween Challenges - not many more to go now!

SBS 13 Days of Halloween - Day 10!!! It's Zombie Time!!!

Day 10 - STOP Zombie time!  

Create your BEST Zombie project!

Now I don't do Zombies! I really really don't so had to think hard about this one. 

I used Zombie Rio (now retired from the Simply Betty store) and teamed her with the Zombie Killa digi paper from Smeared Ink which I coloured red.

 The Zombie Killa title was part of the paper so I added the extra sentiment myself.

I really love how the screw heads pop. I added some glossy accents to highlight them even more, but they pop a lot as they print.

I coloured Zombie Rio with my Copics:

Skin - BG93, BG96, BG99

Hair - N5, N7, N9, 100, R24

Dress - C1, C3, C5, C7

Come over and join in the fun at Simply Betty Stamps

SBS 13 Days of Halloween - Day 9!!!

Day 9 - Sexy and Scary make 

a sexy Halloween card for a male.

Sexy and Scary? Nice and easy with the lovely images from Simply Betty. It was a hard choice but I settled on Dark Diva Carmen and used the Heart Accordian Card base from the Silhouette Store.

I cut the card base twice once from black and once from gold. I then cut the hearts out of the gold one and added them as accents on the black one. 

The card folds nicely so  Dark Diva Carmen is revealed in her full glory as the card is opened.

The sentiment is done with a Gold gel pen and I added a thin gold paper boundary round the front and inside of the card.

I coloured  Dark Diva Carmen with my Copics:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E21, E23, E25 (sticky marker attack!), E27, E29, E49

Dress - R24, R27, R29, R59, W7

I love the impact this card design has. 

It's actually quite simple, but looks really intricate and has such impact. I hope you'll come and join the fun at Simply Betty Stamps x