Kraftin' Kimmie, how I've missed you

Today I have a card I made with

with the awesome image, "Perfect Poison",

from the insanely talented artist, Annie Rodrigue.

I have had this image for far too long and am just

thrilled to finally ink her up and make something

this pretty and spring-like.

I really LOVE this image. I had alot of fun coloring her

with Copics and what I consider to be spring colors for the

challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie.

The colors in her dress remind me of gorgeous spring blooms

like crocuses and irises. I cannot wait for the sun to finally 

bring out those colors in my own yard. The wisteria is huge with buds

just begging to bloom out in their full violet regalia!!  

One of my trademark Glow Skullz adornes the center

of my cute Sizzix layered fleur. I wanted to bring out

the yellow in "Poison's" dress and used it for the

Happy Birthday banner.

One of my favorite people in blogland,

Nancy at "Another MD Crabbie"

has this awesome ability with paper and dimension. I tried my

best to mimic her arched bits (nothin' naughty I promise) and gave

the banner some dimension Nancy-style!

I am entering this card in the

Kraftin' Kimmie challenge - Spring Colors

and a new challenge blog called,

 Birthday Sundaes - Spring Birthday.  

Genevieve, World Traveler

I have finally started to follow the 'thinking masses', and choose my papers, PRIOR to coloring my images.  

This takes hours off of my composition time! 

Gee, ya think?!

Only took me a year or so to figure this out, but I am amazed at how easily my projects are coming together these days.

This is 'Genevieve', another of the brilliant images drawn by Annie Rodrigue.

 

I adore these Steampunk images and really want to make them the focal point of the card, so I have been keeping the overall card very simple.

I added the word, 'wings' and a key brad that I have had for a while.

Inside, I added the tresure map accessory that came with Genevieve. 

Pretty simple,  but such a nice impact from the image alone.

Oh yeah, there is a new image release over at Kraftin' Kimmie's this weekend where she is unveiling new Annie Rodrigue images (and others).

The new Annie images are, PIRATES!!!

I think she is trying to provide my husband with a justified means of homicide. If he finds out how much money I have sent to KK in the past couple of months, he may just strangle me!  

I love to live life on the edge!  

Steampunk - my newest intrigue

Main Entry: steampunk
Part of Speech: n
Definition: Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers (such as Charles Babbage's Analytical engine); these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.

Last year, I went to an event called, "Witchapalooza". I had a faint idea of what to expect, like a bunch of fat ladies dressed as witches selling their crafts and such. I am a fat lady who likes witches and likes to buy crafts and such, so I figured this was my kinda crowd.

I wasn't too far off on what was to be seen and purchased, but I was pleasantly surprised to happen upon a man who first used the term, "steampunk", and led me into a world of HG Wells Time Machine wonder.

So, when I was perusing the Kraftin Kimmie site, and came upon the most adorable, Steampunky images drawn by the uber talented, Annie Rodrigue, I about fell over trying to order them with lightning speed!  

First up is "Chester".

Chester comes with a pocket watch accessory, which I added to the inside of the card.

Next up is "Lavinia".

This little doll comes with her own 'gears', as an accessory (which I put inside), but I am currently on the lookout for actual watch/clock gears and cogs to use as embellishments.

This homemade jobber, was the best I could come up with so far. I had the cool brad which looked kinda antique and compass-like, adding to the old world flavor. I finally put some of those flower punches to use by making my own "Primas". Much cheaper and color coordinated to my project.

I have one more Steampunk image and card to share, but I think I'll save it for tomorrow.