This month’s prompts for the Craft Barn’s calendar challenge
are red and hearts, all details about this challenge can be found here.
I didn’t want to make a typical Valentine’s page so I needed
to get my thinking cap on: after some brainstorming I came up with the queen of
hearts in a card deck which led me to Alice in Wonderland.
In the remake with
Johnny Depp I just love the Queen; the big head on her tiny body, the pursed
lips, just love it. So I printed out a playing card with that image and that
was my starting point/inspiration for the rest of the page. I sprayed the
background with red Dylusions spray ink and stamped a diamond background stamp
with Stazon inkjet black all over. I altered the card a bit by adding a
sparkling crown and glossy accents to her lips. Past weekend, besides the
metallic paint, the trellis die and butterfly stamps I also bought this cute doodled
cat stamp (and even some more stuff J)
which I colored black/purple with my inktense pencils, just like the cat in Alice in wonderland.
In
gold acrylic I stenciled the title Queen Of Hearts and the page was ready to be
glued on my February page.
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I too loved the queen in the film! Fabulous vibrant page for February.
ReplyDeleteThx Kaybee.
DeleteGreat idea to alter a calendar like this and make it more personal! I might try to pick up one this weekend too! Love the bright background!
ReplyDeleteActually Susan, it is not an altered calendar, I made it myself. But you could absolutely alter one, you probably get one one sale now.
DeleteThat's a great cat there Vicky!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely cute
DeleteVery awesome indeed. The cat is fabulous, what a great stamp to find! I also really like the background very much too :o))
ReplyDeleteThx, and I also bought a sun and an owl in the same series of stamp :-)
DeleteLove your take on "Valentine", very original. Like the cute cat stamp!
ReplyDeleteThx, exactly what I was after, so I succeeded.
DeleteGreat idea to use the Queen of Hearts - the background is striking too!
ReplyDeleteThx, I was going for impact.
DeleteAs crazy, insane as she is, I adore the queen of hearts. I wish she was a little less crazy. But you gotta go with what your given, huh? Your page is awesome. Love how you embellished made it so unique.
ReplyDeleteThx Dana, probably if she was less crazy, we would like her less, no?
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ReplyDeleteA lovely queen of hearts page.
ReplyDeleteThx Fiona.
DeleteFab page. Love the playing card and the cat :)
ReplyDeleteThe card is a download and the cat a stamp which I will be using more that's for sure.
DeleteGreat page - love the queen card you created Have a lovely sunday x
ReplyDeleteThx Carol.
DeleteBrilliant , love your queen of hearts theme.x
ReplyDeleteGreat page and great interpretation of the theme! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea!! Looks great. Thank you for joining in the Challenge
ReplyDeleteJane x.
A great theme for February's page. I love the cat.
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