Chapter 42: The Flowers are Talking!

CHAPTER 42: The Flowers are Talking!

`O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, `I wish you could talk!'

`We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: `when there's anybody worth talking to."

Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid voice -- almost in a whisper. `And can all the flowers talk?'

`As well as all can,' said the Tiger-lily. `And a great deal louder.'

Today at Oh Alice! we are thrilled to be sponsored by the awesome

digital  artistic stylings of Some Odd Girl Digis.
Kristy has been so generous as to gift each of the DT an image to 

create with and is also offering three free images to this week's winner.

This is "Cold Kitty Tia".

She is such a cutie!

The actual challenge at OA! is to make your own fleurs.

I fashioned mine from an old dictionary and some fleur punches.

I inked them a bit to match Tia and voila!

C'mon and get odd!!  

Simply Betty has new images!!

That's right folks, Simply Betty has a new line of images called,

Kat Mandu and Friends.

It's a great new line just in time for those of us who are still madly

working on Christmas cards.

I used "Adam" for my card today.

 How cool is he? Or better yet, how cool does he think he is?

I went with some weird color choices, but I had a plan in the beginning.

Then I just went with it and am pretty happy with the final result.

Adam was lots of fun to color and has lots of versatility as a masculine image.

I colored him with Copics and mounted the panel

on some killer Echo Park dp that Betty also carries in her store.

I ran the base of the card through a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then I sanded it

to show more of the texture.

Yup! One down, 40 more to go!

Last year I sent out store bought cards (I just didn't have the time to make them!) and some people thought they were on my s*#t list since they didn't get a homemade card.

I guess I had better get busy.

Make sure to stop by the Simply Betty challenge blog to check out what the other fabulously talented ladies have created and stop by the SBS store to pick up some of these awesome new images!!

HDH067 Paper Pandemonium

This week's Macabre Monday challenge is:

Paper Pandemonium

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using at least two different patterned papers. This has GOT to be an easy one, kids!

This week is sponsored by one of our very own resident Macabre Minions, Digital Demoness Susan from Crafty Chaos Designs!!!

Susan has a great assortment of original digital papers and images... AND she'll be handing out some of those bad boys for the winner(s) this week!

I chose to work with Susan's "Simply Steam punk" line of papers.

They are designed to be 6"X6" papers which makes them very easy

to print out and work with. There are also 6 beautifully unique designs in each set

and they are priced very inexpensively.

I wanted to use my latest favorite color, purple, so I used

some distress inks and some SU craft inks to add some purple to

my digital papers. Now they match a bit better and it was quick and

simple to get them that way. 

I got these cool frames on clearance at Mike's after Hallowe'en

and framed some of that cool digi paper.

I added some Wild Orchid fleurs to add some interest and

give the frame some dimension.   

What can I say about these Steam punk images from

Simply Betty Stamps

that I haven't already said?

LOVE them!!! 

Had to add a compass brad to give some type of metal element

to the card. Oh, and some border sticker from Recollections.

Done!!  

 



Let's play catch up!

I got a bit behind this week and now I am playing catch up.

First, I have my Macabre Monday challenge, which was to

use any Freddy Krueger "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie as inspiration. 

Then, over at Oh Alice!, we were to chop off the head of one image and

add it to the body of another. The whole, "Off with their heads!" thing.

So, I combined both challenges and here we go.

I have been giving my "Bat Boy" stamp from Stampotique alot

of inky lovin' lately, and decided to give him a festive holiday look this time.

I chopped his head off and removed his birthday party hat.

I added the santa hat from a SU "Crab and Co. set.

Perfect! 

I then used Stampotique's "Santa Baby" image, but chopped his

heinous head off and added Bat Boy's head instead!

At the same time, there is no denying the similarities between

Santa Baby's hands and Freddy's hands, so the logical line has been

drawn and there you have the Freddy Krueger tie in.

I used some yummy papers from the "Everybody Loves Christmas"

Echo Park line currently for sale at Simply Betty Stamps.

Oh! I just had to come up with some type of silly sentiment.

Mission complete.

I'll be back tomorrow with my new Macabre Monday challenge card.

    

Blue Christmas

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we can move on to

the "thrill and fun" which is Christmas. Or so I've been told.

Bah Humbugg!!

I am not a Christmas-y kinda gal (in case someone is new), and the holidaze after

Hallowe'en aren't on my most favorite list, but I do enjoy making

Christmas cards.

This card is for the Wild Orchid challenge for a Blue Christmas project.

I originally made this card with my BIL in mind, but when it was

finished I decided it was too pretty for a guy card and sent him

something else.  

Kenny K has a way with the ladies.

Just gorgeous to create with.

It was my son's idea to give her grey eyes.  I think it works with all the blue.

Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. 

  

SBS 12 Days of Christmas - Day Uno

Welcome everyone to the 12 Days of Christmas... with the Simply Betty Twist! These 12 days are going to be a bit different! For starters, one winner will be chosen on the next challenge, the prize will be given out right away! Woop woop!

Enter all challenges for a chance to win a Guest DT Spot for January 2011! That one person will be chosen by popular votes and as mentioned as long as all challenges have been entered by this person!

Well, what do you say we get this Christmas party started?! Using any Simply Betty Stamps Halloween image, create a Christmas card... anything goes, but it must be a SBS Halloween image! Not too hard eh? For today's prize one lucky winner will receive a choice of any 2 digi stamps!

You will have until Saturday November 27th at 11:00 PM PST to upload your card for voting consideration.

Here is what I came up with.

I LOVE "Tootsie" from Betty's Punky Teen Halloween line.

I didn't get a chance to use her for a Halloween project,

but had a blast creating this Xmas card with her!

I had envisioned her holding something between her outstretched hands

the very first time I saw her, but never came up with a suitable idea as to what she

would be holding. When I saw this challenge I knew immediately that she

should be holding a string of lights. Luckily, I had a bulb stamp that I don't think I have

ever used before, that I stamped, colored and cut out. Then I drew a line for the

cord and voila! Instant Christmas image!

LOVE the Tootsie!

Join in on the fun over at Simply Betty Challenges, and get creative

with the 12 Days of Christmas challenges.

There is tons of inspiration and great prizes to be won!!!  

Sweet Gothic Kids World release!!

Today is the day we have been waiting for!!

Simply Betty Stamps is releasing a new line of images called,

"The  Sweet Gothic Kids World".

Such fun, birthday oriented images!!

I chose to use Judy for today's card.

Isn't she just the cutest?!

All of these new images are cute in a creepy kinda way

with their skulls and bats and such.

Totally doable for this creepy chick! 

Tons of versatility for this line, not just limited to birthdays.

I almost made this a "Way to Go!" card, but I have a grip of

birthdays to make cards for this month.

Drop by Simply Betty Stamps and pick up some of

these killer new images, plus Betty is having an

awesome Black Friday sale going on right now with tons

of great deals on all of her products!