From the Crypt Thursday

Hello everyone!  How are you all this fine Thursday morning?  

As you all know, we do either a Toot Toot Thursday, or From the Crypt Thursday... Toot Toot is of course a tutorial, and last week Suzi mesmerized us with her awesome watercolor skills!  From the Crypt Thursday is when we bring back an old stamp(s) that may have been buried down deep under all the new stuff... and let's face it here at SBS there is a lot of new stuff!

Today I am bringing back Freddy Kruger Boy... or is it Freddy's back!  HA!  

Either way he is too cute isn't he?  Never thought I'd say that about Freddy!  LOL 

My toddler, found comfort in the arms of Michael Meyers, what does that say about his parents sheesh!  Of course at the time he was 1 1/2, and saw Alex (Michael Meyers) my son's friend putting on the costume!  He knew it was Aex (he called him that for the first year, couldn't pronounce the L). Anyhow, I am supposed to be talking about the stamp right?  

Freddy Kruger Boy is available in deep etched red rubber, and is cushion mounted.  I am having him on sale this week until next Wednesday for $5.00!  The price after that will be $8.25.  Please remember that many of our older stamps will also be going up in cost October 1st.  As I have re-ordered many, many lines prices went up everywhere and so I unfortunately had to follow the trend.  Clear will be $6.25, rubber will vary from $8-$9.50, depending on sizes.  

I hope you enjoy my From the Crypt layout using Freddy, see you all next week with a Toot or a From the Crypt stamp!

Close up of Freddy Kruger Boy stamp.

Spotlight on You Wednesday

Hello all you happy people out there!  It's our Spotlight on You Wednesday again!  Whoohoo!

Today we have Regan!

Here's what Regan! had to say about Simply Betty Stamps...

I am relatively new to Simply Betty Stamps, but it was love at first sight!  A challenge blog I design for was being sponsored by SBS and so I was doing research, browsing the gallery on splitcoaststampers.  What I found were these fun, funky, freaky images that sent me scurrying off to the shop web site to buy a few digis!  And just like that, I was hooked!  I now have a growing collection and an ever expanding wish list with each fabulous release Betty debuts!  There is such a variety to the art - from emo to steampunk to zombies, Simply Betty has everything a crafty girl could want and more!  Besides, I feel that Betty must be a kindred spirit - she loves Halloween as much as I do!  As soon as she said there were going to be not one, not two, not three, but four Halloween releases, I hope she knew she was stuck with me!

Let's see what Regan has prepared with our images!

Well were those great projects or what?!  Please leave Regan! some lovin' for us, she rocked the images as all our spotlight guests have!  See ya next Wednesday for Spotlight on You, where YOU could be the star!

Burton Chibis on the loose!

It's here!  Release day...again!  LOL Whoohoo!!  Before you get onto the deals and prizes check out what the DT has done with the last three images...


Who was asking for Edward Scissorhands? Here he is! Is he not the Ca-YUT-est!! I love Johnny Depp, how could I not have and Edward right?


Release Guest Melissa

Linda

Suzi

Cyndi

Rebecca

Jennifer

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The amazing Chocolatier...Willy Wonka!  Whootwhoot!  Ya know I could leave him out either right?

Release Guest Melissa

  

Alison

Suzi

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Finally Miss Betty Burton! It's a little me if I were in a Burton film, but just look at how cute she is and she can certainly be Kim from Edward Scissorhands, or just about any character!

Release Guest Melissa

Juanita

Alison

Cyndi

Rebecca

Jess (featuring all 3)

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Well that's this weeks release!  What'd ya think?

Let's get some discounts going on our Clear stamps, and don't forget these are the new prices, they will not go up October 1st!

All seven new Clear Stamp Chibis for $36.00 use code 7Chibis36

Four new Clear Stamp Chibis for $20.00 use code 4Chibis20

Two new Clear Stamp Chibis for $10.00 use code 2Chibis10

Don't forget these are also available in digi for for a limited time... one week to be exact!  

Of course I have a new little surprise for you... purchase any four or more of the Chibis Clear stamps, or all seven digi stamps, and get this cutie for free!  She is available in digi form, but why not get her for free since you know you want the chibis too right?  **WINK, WINK**

Now onto the prizes... as you all know I just ask you give my DT some loving and leave some loving here on this blog too!  Three winners will be chosen for one of these digis!  I hope you are all enjoying my releases and look forward to many more!  There's so much in my brain that I want to put out there, hope you all stick with me for just a few more months... I have great stuff in store!

Does Burton have Chibis?

Simply Betty Stamps does... Burton Chibis! Here we are again with yet another release!   I sure hope you can all hang with us through the next two more months of releases!  Whoohoo!  We will slow it down next year I promise!  Maybe, pretty sure, okay like 95% sure we will slow it down (giggling)!

Okay okay, so let's get on with this new release!  I love everything Burton, quirky, fun, and cute... these are just that perfect mix!  First we have Emily from one of my favorite movies (well they are all my favorites) 

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The Corpse Bride

Release Guest Melissa

Featuring Emily and Victor

Cyndi

Juanita

Alison

Suzi

Linda

Rebecca

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 Next up we have Victor, also from the Corpse Bride of course, and he's another favorite, and not just because you hear Johnny's dreamy voice!

Victor & Emily by Suzi

Rebecca

Jess (Emily and Victor)

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 I love, love, love Jack Skellington, and so he's our next fun chibi!

Release Guest Melissa

Cyndi

Rebecca

Jess (featuring Jack and Sally)

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 Of course there is no Jack without his Sally! Our final image for today!  

Release Guest Melissa

Suzi (Jack & Sally)

Rebecca

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Well how'd ya like our Burton Chibis?  Ready for more tomorrow? Can you all guess what may be next?  These four along with three more will all be released tomorrow... in Clear, and DIGI for one week only!  DIGIs of these fun Burton Chibis will only be available from Tuesday Sept. 27th through Monday October 3rd, after that it will be available only in Clear stamp form!

As usual leave a comment on any of our DTs blogs, and this one for a chance to win one of these four fun images!  Winners will be announced on our Winners page Wednesday night!

Newbie and Freebie....

Just in case you all missed this at the Bottom of Suzi's awesomest Toot here's some info on two awesome new images... one a freebie, one a digi!

Join our PCP group, spread the word and this fun Busty Beauty Zombie gal is yours FREE!!!

Skellintgon Betty along with this new Witchy Boo Betty are now available online at Simplybettystamps.com.... Skellington Betty as a clear stamp (here), but Witchy Boo Betty is available as a DIGI (here)... testing the digi demmand!  Whoohoo!

Toot toot Thursday from the Crypt!!

Good Morning Simply Betty Stamps fans, today it's my turn to share a project with you, so i thought i would combine a little Toot with the from the Crypt feature.

Today i'm showcasing the Emo Betty Witch stamp...

Isn't she the most perfect image for your Halloween projects.  Today Betty Witch is having her portrait painted with watercolours; yes i've a little watercolour toot to show you how to make a stamped image look like a watercolour painting.

First of all you need some watercolour paper and a permanent ink, I used Stazon in stable brown to stamp Betty.  I then added a very rough wash of blue for the sky, and some green for the ground.

As you can see my background is very rough, just there to give an impression of colour and some movement.

Next i blocked in the main colours on Betty...

I used a slightly smaller brush for this stage, for Betty's skin I added a wash of pinky red, which was way to red, so using a tissue I removed most of the wet paint, with left a nice rosy colour behind.

Next I added in some mid tones to Betty and her outfit and hair...

I also added some darker green to the ground to give the impression of shadows, and to help plant the image.

I then changed to a smaller brush, and working with slightly thicker paint, started to add some shadows.  I left it to dry before adding my final shadows, and some colour to Betty's lips..

I also added a thin wash of red/purple to Betty's outfit and hat, just to blend it a little more, and warm it up.  I also added some dark red/purple/brown to the cat.

So that's the finished painting, but it still looks a bit rough, that's partly down to my painting style (which isn't the best) and to the fact that it needs a frame.

I used a Spellbinders frame die, and some Co-ordinations cardstock to create a frame.

That's it, a fun little watercolour portrait.  I hope you like it and have time to have some fun with your watercolours.

Bye for now

Suzi

xxx

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