SBS Sweet Gothic Easter previews

Today I have a couple more Easter previews from

Simply Betty Stamps.

The first one is Tilly.

Much to my dismay,  I didn't have any papers with pink

spiders on them, so I went ahead and made my own. 

I opted for black spiders on pink paper though.

She is quite a cutie with her tiny pink spiders

all over her umbrella.

Tilly was lots of fun to color and I especially like her

cotton candy pink hair. And those green eyes...

Next up is Sally.

I went with a very subtle pallet, and kept the colors fairly

light and spring-y. One of my favorite color combos for

spring is yellow and purple.

I colored a satin fleur to match and added grosgrain leaves

to finish it off. 

I really like how Sally turned out.

I want a bouquet like hers with tiny pink

bats fluttering about. Too cute!

I really like all the details in these images that 

make them such fun to create with and very

versatile outside of Easter projects.

The final preview and release is tomorrow and then all six of

these babies will be available for purchase at

Simply Betty Stamps.  

SBS Sweet Gothic Easter preview

Today is the first day of the new SBS

Sweet Gothic World Kids Easter previews.

Today we are peeking at Alex.

I wanted to make it look like he was tripping over something,

but it just didn't translate well. I decided to stick with a funkier

vibe, as the bright, cheery Easter colors just didn't compliment

the skulls as well as the teal and green did.    

I also was at a loss for a witty little sentiment,

(I should have hit Cheri up for one)

but one picture is worth a thousand words right?

Easter is a hard holiday to make creepy without

offending someone or making a bloody mess.

Consider this my Sunday gift to you. No blood.

I'll be back later this week with more previews and

something bloody.... I promise. 

Happy Birthday Handsome

My husband finally caught up with me this week

and turned 40!

He refused any kind of party or fan fare, other than

making tamales. Must be getting old. No party?! 

I made him a really cute card though.

I used "Scott" from

Simply Betty Stamps "Sweet Gothic World Kids" line.

He immediately reminded me of my husband back when he

was a teenager. Must have been the goatee. Plus, my husband has

a skeleton tattoo on his arm like the image does.

The pinata originally had a "Happy Birthday" sentiment on it,

but I totally mucked it up so bad while coloring it that I had to 

cover it with something! I had this chipboard sticker and it fit 

pretty well. I also "destashed" and used some metal embellishments

for the Happy Birthday sentiment. 

He liked the card, but he loved his plain cheesecake and 

12 pack of Blue Moon Seasonal Sampler. 

 

SBC Challenge #2 "Make it a Classic"

Today's challenge at Simply Betty Challenges is to create a Valentine's Day card

using black and white and silver (optional), with either

pink or red as an accent color.

You can't use both, but rather one or the other.

We can all thank the creative genius who is Eulanda for this little challenge.

Thank you Eulanda!

I decided to work with "Sally" from

SBS's Sweet Gothic World Kids line. 

I really like the whole black and white color scheme with a touch of pink for

a nice pop of color. It was a bit hard to limit my use of the pink accent color.

I couldn't resist using pink for her eyes, but was worried she'd look like an albino rat

when I was all done. I think it looks pretty cool.

I just had to use a Glow Skull for the fleur center since I made

this one with a heart for an eye special just for Valentine's Day.

Please join us this week for our "Classic" challenge, and if you are the lucky

winner you will win a gorgeous "Be Mine" paper pack from Echo Park.