More Elizabeth Craft Embellishments

Today I have several embellishments I've created using Elizabeth Craft dies.  

Train Carts: (above) - These were all cut from white card stock.  They were mostly colored with distress inks, though I also used my scroll and brush markers and Sharpie metallic marker for the silver.

Knight's Armor:

 

Most of these pieces were cut from a silver glimmer paper, some from black glimmer paper, and the rest from white card stock - which I colored with distress inks.  I stamped the word "HELLO" on the shield using a stamp from Gemini's Peek-a-Boo Dog stamp and die set.

Peter the Montie:

First, I made a couple up the main way this set was intended - though personally, I bought this set because I thought it would give me an option for making a more normal "boy/man" figure (since the only one I had before this was a gnome and a "prince").  Once again, I cut all pieces from white card stock - then colored them with Distress Ink, Scroll and Brush Markers, and Sharpies.  Unfortunately, as you can see, I didn't put the face down low enough on the large hair piece, so it looks like hair on the chin. (We'll just call it a beard?)

Then I made some up as other figures:

I colored these based on pictures I found on-line that showed a mail carrier's uniform and a London bobby's uniform.  I also trimmed along the hips to give a more normal line, and trimmed the "boots" so they would fit under the pants and look like shoes. 

For the mail carrier, I also trimmed the bottom of the jacket to make it flair less.  Then I took the mountie's hat, left off the trim, trimmed the top to a better shape for the mail carrier, and drew in stitching lines to match the pictures I found on-line.  I also colored the lower pocket flaps in stripes as I saw on mail carrier's jackets.

For the bobby, I trimmed the flagpole and glued to the sides of his pants.  I also trimmed the shoulder strap off the mountie's belt ensemble to create the bobby's belt.  I used two cuff pieces, offset a little, to create the look at the bottom of the sleeves.  As you can see, I added a lot of white buttons.  His hat is the large hair piece colored black and turned upside down - then trimmed a couple of police hat pieces, colored in gold, to finish the bobby's hat.

I think you can see (particularly from the mail carrier) that this set can be adapted to create other boy/man figures.  I think the main part of the coat could be used as a vest with a different color for the "shirt sleeves".  I think this will prove to be a very versatile set.

Mrs Claus:

This die set can make a wide variety of ladies or girls by using different pieces and different colors.

Bamboo:

 

This set of three dies creates several bamboo plants - great for use with my various pandas!  Some of these were cut from green card stock and then inked, but most were cut from white before using a foam applicator to color them.

Daffodil:

 

This set creates two full daffodil flowers - facing 2 different directions - as well as a bud, and a single leaf.  These were all cut from white card stock and then inked with a foam ink applicator to get the colors you see (Distress ink for the green & SU ink for the yellow).

Grasshopper:

 

These critters are cute - but are made from a LOT of parts and take time to put together.

Ladybug:

 

These critters are so cute!  Not bad to put them together either.  As you can see, the ladybugs can be put together in at least two different configurations - and also come with a lucky clover and a small heart. I inked the edges of the clover, hearts, and bodies, but didn't bother with the red and black.  Some of the bodies were actually cut from white card stock and then inked with ink applicator to get the color you see.  The under-wings that you see on the first ladybug were cut from an iridescent vellum.

Ducks:

I colored these similar to what was in the packaging, but, of course, they could be colored differently.  I used a bit of Distress and SU inks to color these and ink the edges.  I somehow lost one of the little yellow duck's beaks so just colored it in with a fine-line marker.

Spy the Chameleon:

This guy is pretty cute IRL - not sure the picture does him justice.  I used a lighter color for the body, a dark green for the head BACKGROUND (what you see through the dots) and a medium toned textured green for the head, stripes, and feet.  Brown for the tree, yellow for the large part of the eye, and white for the rest of it (colored the larger of the two remaining eye pieces with a black Sharpie).  Used distress ink to add shading & ink the edges.

Asian Accessories:

This is a fun set of accessories - from food & tea to koi and bamboo, to lanterns, fan, and umbrella.  Very cool!

Dog House:

And finally, here's the doghouse with it's accessories - which goes great with the dog I already have!