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SISC69: Goin’ Goth! Plus, Sweet Gothic Kids Christmas Preview Day 5: Tilly

It’s a big day! A fang-tastic new StampInsanity challenge is up, and I have another Simply Betty Stamps preview to share with you!

This week’s StampInsanity challenge is Goin’ Goth! What could be better?!?! For this challenge, I used one of my favorite SI images, Lilith.

I kept it looking kind of unfinished on purpose. Goth is creepy, gets you thinking… I wanted it to look like the story may or may not be finished here.

I colored Lilith with my watercolor markers. I think she came out pretty rad. If you click on any of my pics, you can get a bigger, better view.

I obviously didn’t want to go with all black for this card. Too obvious for me. I wanted those pops of color to be unexpected and surprising. I love this paper I have on the left side. It’s so soft and fibrous. It tears beautifully. I “stitched” on top of it with black Stickles. I am really happy with the end result.

On to something…cuter. ;) It’s time to meet Reindeer Tilly. Who I think may be my favorite image from this Simply Betty release (though it’s really tough to choose!).

Isn’t she adorable? I know…I don’t use “adorable” on my blog much…but how could you resist her? And look…she’s got a teeny spider on her ear!

Tilly, unlike Lilith, was colored entirely with my pencils. There’s a lot of layering goin’ on here, and I couldn’t be happier with how she turned out.

My sentiment is from Tattered Angels. I kept this card (like some of the others I’ve shown this week) non-Christmas-y. I wanted you to see the versatility of these fab images.

Please be sure to visit the rest of the Ward 2 gals of StampInsanity.

Ward 2: 
Sammi forSpecTextBoxBig Erica forSpecTextBoxBigTanya
Kelli forSpecTextBoxBig Alison (me!) forSpecTextBoxBigKapree

 

And of course, the rest of the Simply Betty gals! You can check out their creations on the SBS Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Comments

Tina said…
both are just awesome ..i love the colors and papers and th eimages are colored perfectly...great cards

Tina
July 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Scrappychick said…
ok, so of course I love Tilly, she's fabulous and I love the way her hair color turned out! But the hair on Lilith is wow!! And I LOVE that paper!
July 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Susan Says (Stupid Stuff) said…
Both cards are great, but Lilith seriously rocks my world, your colouring of her is so amazing!
July 21, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Erica said…
Ali, you amaze me every week! These are lovely! Hugs! Eri
July 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM
I Don't Do Straight said…
Both of these cards are FAB Alison,
but I think Lilith is my favourite, she is gorgeous!

Fiona. x

p.s. can you teach me to colour like that :)
July 22, 2011 at 8:21 AM
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