Connie-Alice & Cheshire Cat

My card today is one of "Alice In Wonderland series 

by Sweet Pea Artist Elaine Cox.

This particular image is titled

"Alice and Cheshire Cat"

The cat is perfectly drawn and exactly as I remember him in the storybooks I grew up with.

I stamped the image with Memento "Tuxedo Black" dye ink

onto Cryogen White cardstock and colored with Copic markers.

I embossed a panel with an embossing folder "Leafy Branch"

and added some designer paper by DCWV and topped that

with a vine cut with a Martha Stewart border punch.

Some hot pink jewels for earrings and Alice never looked so good!

I am trying to break out of the "pastel" mode I seem to be stuck in.....

Thanks for looking!

Connie

Vintage Mad Tea Party

Stamp: Elaine Cox "Mad Tea Party", Plate #35

For my card today, I focused on coloring just the center of the image. I then used B0000 & B00 to color from the edges toward the middle. This is a great for creating 'softer' colored images and also an easy technique to cut down on coloring time. This would also work good with monochromatic and sepia tones to create a more vintage feel.
I also used some of the new Tim Holtz tissue tapes (LOVE these!!) from the Hobgoblin & Tidings sets. It is hard to see in the photo, but I made some faux vintage seam binding, by sprinkling some bleach on black seam binding. You have to have a very light hand with the bleach, rinse immediately and let air dry.

Alice in Red...and Pink.

Stamp: Elaine Cox "Croquet Game", Plate #35

My favorite costume in the new Alice movie is Alice's red dress! I also stamped a little heart on her dress, but I got carried away with my flowers and didn't realize I covered it up. The background is one of the new Tim Holtz embossing folders. Love them! And I embossed and sprayed pink card stock with some Apricot and Strawberry Shortcake Chalkboard Glimmer Mist.

Can you believe it's Summer already?!? Here's a Summer inspired ATC. This Elaine Cox mermaid cutie is one of my favs. I just love that little frog!

Stamp: Elaine Cox "Little River Mermaid", Plate #34

The chunky glitter on her tail is one of my all time favs: Ice Stickles in Coffee

Thanks for stopping by!

Anyone for a game?

I am really enjoying the revival of Alice In Wonderland. I read the book and also Through the Looking Glass as a child and thoroughly enjoyed them. I will admit to probably being the only person in the world that has not seen the Walt Disney version, but am looking forward to seeing the newest one.
This image is from the Elaine Cox's Art Collection and not only has she provided some fabulous images inspired by Alice In Wonderland, but she has several owls, mermaids and fairies to offer as well. Elaine has a wonderful and whimsical style I adore!

Tea Party!

Hello! As soon as I saw the Alice Sentiments I knew I wanted to play around with them to make background papers! For this card I first colored my main image Alice Mad Tea Party from Elaine Cox's Alice Series (sheet 2, plate 35). I then rubbed inks that matched the main colors in my image on a sheet of white cardstock. I randomly stamped the sentiments in Versamark ink, embossed in clear, then rubbed black ink all over. I really like the way the random colors appear, although I do wish I had spread the words out a bit more....

The Details:
Stamps: Alice Sentiments (Plate 37), Elaine Cox Alice Mad Tea Party (sheet 2, Plate 35) both from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Orchid Opulence (SU) Whisper White (SU), White for image (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black (SU), Misc Dew Drops Versamagic colors (sorry I forgot to write them down as I was working)
Copics:
Skin:R00,E00,E11,R20
Alice Hair: E50,E53,E55
Clothes:B91,B93,B95
Hatter Hair: YR00,YR04,YR07,YR09
Clothes: V15,V06,V09
Hare:W0,W1,W3,R00,YG03,YG25,YG17
Background:YG03,YG25,YG17,E44,E47,E49,RV23,RV25
Misc: Clear embossing powder (SU), Stardust Stickles

Have a magical day!
:-)Traci

Connie-Alice "Drink Me"

The new Alice In Wonderland series by Elaine Cox is so utterly adorable!  I have combined an image from Plate #35 and a sentiment from Plate #37, both by Elaine Cox and both carried exclusively by Sweet Pea Stamps.
I cut a Spellbinders die (Labels One) and stamped the image with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers and added some baubles and pearls (by Queen & Co.).  I layered this over some DP by DCWV (Mariposa).  I ran some ribbon down the center but think I have it mostly covered up now.  I cut more dies by Spellbinders (Doodles and Fancy Tags) sprinkled and edged with black ink and embossed with detail black EP by Judi-Kins.  Added more baubles and pearls and some flowers by Prima with some glittery brads by Oriental Trading for the centers.
If I keep putting this much on a poor A2 size card I will soon need to do cards the size of Mag's....
Connie

Alice in a Field of Mushrooms

Hello! I am so excited about the new images coming out at Sweet Pea Stamps! While I wait for the rest of mine to arrive, I thought I would play with Alice again and use her a little differently. This time I cut her out of her background (I also wiped away the ink form her hand and the bottom of her dress where the table legs cross it before I stamped her so I could draw a teacup in her hand.) I drew some mushroom cap shapes on the DP I wanted to use, cut those out, then drew some stems on white paper and colored them with my Copics. The "Drink Me" is from the Alice Sentiments set.

The Details:
Stamps: Elaine Cox Alice Drink Me (sheet 2, Plate 35 ), Alice Sentiments (Plate 37)
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs, Razzelberry Dark (Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E50,Y21,Y26
Dress:B91,B93,B95
Mushroom Stems: E50,E53,E55,E57
Misc: Stardust Stickles

Have a magical day!
:-)Traci