Wednesday 20 April 2011

Gothic pin-up girl

There is just something about the whole gothic style of dress that inspires me.  This probably stems from having grown up in an era where the likes of The Mission, Sisters of Mercy and The Cure reigned the charts and the dress-code for that type of music was out of this world.  Long flowing coats, long flowing locks, make-up, long boots, bodices, waistcoats....  It's all just so dark and brooding and fab! I like to think I was a goth at some point in my life (my sister will tell you different tho lol) but the most goth I got was dying my hair black and dressing in black all the time and a bit of dark make-up.  Well apart from the last bit, what has changed as I am sitting here with dyed black hair and dressed top to toe in black? Oh that and the girls were always skinny and tall, neither of which I have ever achieved Hehe!

The image I have used is a fantastic artist I have found called Teri who sells her digi stamps under the name Delicious Doodles.  I found her art when I was looking for some steampunk digis and I fell in love with this one.  A true gothic fairy!  I have coloured her with a combination of promarkers and prismacolour pencils to make the wings 'pop' out.  The background behind the image I created by running some coredination red/black paper through my sizzix in an embossing folder, then sanding it gently to bring the colour through and then distressed the edges a bit more with another session with the sandpaper.  The swirls are Tim Holtz diecuts which I had cut out in red then attacked with some shimmer mists.  The main background is a black shiny crocodile skin paper I found in a Anna Griffin papers set and I thought it was just perfect to go with this theme.  The flower I made myself with a spare scrap of the background paper and a smaller flower made out of the coredination paper, run thru a snakeskin embossing folder then sanded off again.  The centre is a brad.

I think I might have got a bit carried away with my set-up for the photo of this card with the candlesticks, rose and wand, but I felt they just matched the gothic theme so well!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Haunted Design House - Gothic Pin-up
OSAAT - Make It Sassy
Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It

19 comments:

  1. Very gorgeous creation! We love Teri's images as well, and you have really brought this one to life!
    Thanks for playing along with us at HDH!

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  2. Wow this is so bold, love the stamp. Thank you for joining us at OSAAT this week and good luck xx

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  3. Absolutely gorgeous, love the colour combo and your colouring and the little touches that make it go that extra mile. Thanks for playing along with Macabre Monday this week x

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  4. Oh wow - this is gorgeous! Love the colours :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

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  5. This is stunning, seriously gorgeous work! Thanks so much for playing along with our Gothic Pin-Ups challenge, hope to see you again soon :D

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  6. Sarah, this is absolutely STUNNING!! You've captured the theme brilliantly! Gorgeous, gorgeous card! And your staging is out of this world! Thanks so much for joining us for MM at HDH! xxD

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  7. Gorgeous creation!

    Thanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week.

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  8. Wow!! love it...Thanx for joining us this week at OSAAT. Hope to see you back again, soon.
    Renee DT

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  9. Great sassy card! Thank you for joining us at OSAAT this week, hope to see you again soon! Elaine OSAAT DT xxx
    p.s I have Candy!

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  10. In one word? .... W-O-W !!!!!!

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  11. Wow, this is fantastic ! Just love the image you have used.

    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Challenge this week.

    Hugs,

    Jo x

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  12. Wow this is absolutely stunning! Love those colours with that image! The whole thing is beautiful xx

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  13. Awesome! Your kind of fairy although you do cute sometimes I think this is more 'you' Great job on the colouring x

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  14. WOW! this is fabulous! gorgeous colouring! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps challenge! hugs, Jane x

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  15. I'm another fan of Teri's images, and this one is just amazing.

    I personally love the backdrop to your card and think it suits the layout beautifully.

    A completely stunning project!

    Lin xx

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  16. This is terrific! I was never tall or skinny enough to look good in Goth gear, but I still love it! This card is amazing, I like it very much!

    luv, Mags x

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  17. This is fabulous, your colouring is just amazing.
    Jack xx

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