Gorgeous Sugar Skulls

I love it when two challenges come together as if they were planned that way!  To begin with I joined a Sugar Skull pocket letter swap and then I realised that this weeks challenge at Southern Girls Challenge Blog - Anything Goes, was in-fact using a beautiful image from SLS Lines - Day of the Dead Calavera Girl.

*Squeal!*

I love sugar skulls and Dia De Los Muertos, so I love every part of creating this PL and tag.


Here is the whole pocket letter - I created the banner across the top using pictures of sugar skull cookies.  I added black gems to their eyes, glued them to some black and white string and then popped on some pretty resin flowers.

The tag was created by colouring SLS Lines gorgeous image with my copics.  I'm still getting the hang of colouring hair, and black has challenges of it's own! The girl had a flower in her hair, so I decided to add 2 pretty paper flowers for dimension.  I added another one at the bottom of the tag and added a tiny skull.  I inked the edge of the image and added it to some black card, then topped it with some ribbons.

I added some black gems to her face and then I glossed her eyes and parts of her hair.
You can see the gloss in her hair in this pic.

On the back of the PL (I forgot to take a pic) I added more pictures and goodies for my pal.
I've entered the following challenges:

Ribbon Girls - Any Image
Robin's Fetish Challenge Blog - Anything but a card
Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Hot bright colours
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything goes + optional twist of flowers

12 comments

Michelle said...

I'm loving your pocket letter! Such a great way to add sugar skulls and create your very own zombie women - love!! The cookie skulls are lovely at the top too. The tag is my favourite love the image and you did a great job with colouring. Thanks for joining us at left of Center challenge #139 Skulls. Michelle DT

Lynda said...

wow stunning work,I love the tag, the embellishments are perfect. Thankyou for joining us over at Di's digi for our 'Hot/Bright colours' challenge. Hope you join us again. Lynda DT xx

Sharon said...

Stunning!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for joining our challenge at SLS Lines!

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Sarah!! So uh, you smacked it so far out the park it's ridiculous!! This pocket letter is utterly AMAZEBALLS! Every little detail beyond perfect hun. That tag is fantastic and I love the little details like the resin flowers between the sugar skulls. Insanely cool hun, INSANELY COOL!! Hugs, Wends xoxo

raven said...

Just love everything about this creation. Thankyou so much for sharing with us at LOC. Good Luck..Genny DTxxx

Wendy said...

Wow...super skull creations. Thank you for entering the "skull" challenge at Left of Center this week. I wish I had your collection. Wendy (DT)

Sherry said...

Gorgeous .. Thanxx For Sharing With Us This Week At Lil Patch
Sherry @LPOCF DT

maureenjscott said...

Stunning!!! Wow! Thank you for entering at LOC! So glad I saw this, it's amazing. mo xxx

Jackie C said...

Fabulous!Love this entry, thank you for sharing with Creatalicious, Jackie CT member

Melanie said...

A wonderful tag!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our " anything goes with optional add flowers” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

(DT Crafty Friends)

(DT The Sketchy Challenges)

Karen said...

Do you print your images on photo paper or regular paper?

Sarah said...

I use white cardstock to print my pictures and digistamps :)