Emo Valentines Betty

~ sproatmeyer ~ 4 Comments

Ready for another Valentine card today? Here’s Valentine Betty with blowing a big smakaro! This is one of my favorite Valentine Emos and I adore the hair bow. Betty and London were originally both winking which I changed with a little modification. Enjoy!


Challenge: Crafty Calendar February Challenge #17 (Love)
Challenge: I Did it Creations – Challenge #41 (Love is in the air)
Challenge: The Crafty Pad – Challenge #107 (Love is in the air)
Main Stamp: Emo Valentines Betty (SBS)
Pattern Paper, Dies & Embossing: Emo Valentines Kit (SBS)
Copic Colors:
-skin/eyes: E000, E00, E11, R12, G20, G24, G28
-hair/shoes: W2, W4, W6, W8
-browns: E40, E41, E42, E34, E57, E59, E49
-reds: R32, R35, R33, R20, R21, R22, RV11, RV13, RV14

Did you know? Archibald Thomas Pechey (1876-1961) often credited simply as Valentine, was a British lyricist and novelist. The pen name Valentine was derived from his mother’s family the Vallentins, who were London distillers. Pechey as ‘Valentine’ often wrote lyrics in conjunction with composer James W. Tate. Songs written by Valentine include “Love Will Find a Way” and “A Paradise for Two”.
[Valentine (Writer), Wikipedia.org]

Emo Valentines London

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Today will be a fun day featuring all six Valentine cards I made from the Emo Valentines Kit I got in the mail, starting with London! There is a lot of work that went into the kit so putting them together was a breeze… simply divide up all the elements and start working. It was fun and I hope you enjoy them.


Challenge: Catch the Bug February Challenge (Anything Goes)
Challenge: Saturday Challenges #120 (Valentines)
Challenge: Cupcake Inspirations – Challenge #97 (photo inspired)
Main Stamp: Emo Valentines London (SBS)
Pattern Paper, Dies & Embossing: Emo Valentines Kit (SBS)
Copic Colors:
-skin/eyes: E000, E00, E11, R12, G20, G24, G28
-hair: YR20, YR21, YR24, Y32, E55
-browns: E40, E41, E42, E34, E57, E59, E49
-purples: V12, V15
-reds: R32, R35, R33, R20, R21, R22, RV11, RV13, RV14

Did you know? Valentine is a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 187 at the 2000 census. It is the only incorporated municipality in Jeff Davis County.Valentine’s name refers to the date of its founding in 1882 by a Southern Pacific Railroad construction crew: February 14. It is one of several cities named Valentine in the United States where one may send envelopes in order to obtain special holiday postmarks for Valentine’s Day from the United States Postal Service, for which the town and its post office have received national media attention.
[Valentine, Texas, Wikipedia.org]

Rio Birthday Girl

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This is a very special post today, even though it’s a wee bit late, it’s a birthday wish for Rio. Happy Birthday Rio! Read all about how this image came to be, her priceless Birthday Wish and the special gift the kids at St. Jude’s Hospital are getting! I love the Emo kids from Simply Betty Stamps and this is what I made for her 13th Birhday.


Birthday Details: Simply Betty Stamps – Birthday Rio
Challenge: Simply Betty Challenges – Valentine Birthday
Challenge: Stampin With the Dragon – Anything Goes
Challenge: Polka Doodles – Challenge #5 (with hearts)
Challenge: Alphabet Challenges – N is for Numbers
Challenge: Totally Paper Crafts – Friendship Challenge
Main Stamp: Rio Birthday Girl (SBS )
Patterned Paper: AB Lotus Tea Box (K&C)
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Ten
Copic Colors:
-skin: E000, E00, E11, R12, R89
-hair: T2, T4, T6, T8
-clothes: R20, R21, R22, R24, R29, R89, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, B12, B14, B16, E50, E51

Did you know? A fugue state is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality. The state is usually short-lived (hours to days), but can last months or longer. Dissociative fugue usually involves unplanned travel or wandering, and is sometimes accompanied by the establishment of a new identity. Fugues are usually precipitated by a stressful episode, and upon recovery there may be amnesia for the original stressor.
[Fugue State, Wikipedia.org]

Pergamano Fairies 1

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I made this card using another cute fairy from Pergamano who just turned this little tomato into a stage coach for a princess! Ha ha, get it? Instead of a pumpkin it was a tomato because it was red, although it could have equaly been an eggplant from the purple! Okay, I’ll save my dry humor for another day. LOL.


I used the Carriage of Love from Make it Crafty and this time went with deep rich colors. I “tried” to keep the embellishments minimal but ended up adding dragonfly brads and lots of gems anyway plus lots of glitter on the fairy.


Main Stamp: Pergamano Fairies 1 (P) and Carriage of Love (MiC)
Patterned Paper: Cambridge (SU)
Copic Colors:
-face/hair: E000, E00, E11, R12, V12, V15, V17
-wings: V12, BV01, BV02, B41
-the rest: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, Y32, Y35, Y38, R35, R37, R39, V12, V15, V17

Did you know? Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada and is rooted from a German superstition. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter-like weather will soon end. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.
[Groundhog Day, Wikipedia.org]

Summer Breeze

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As promised, here is a card I made with Summer Breeze! I enlarged the image and used just the top but this time coloring her with brown hair and a deeper color pallet. One of the challenges is to choose between Spring and Winter… will the Groundhog see its shadow? I chose to go with Spring! The changing of the seasons is nice but Spring and Autumn are my favorites and wish they lasted longer. ;D


Challenge: Pile It On – Challenge #6 (Bright and Breezy)
Challenge: Stamp Something – February Digi Challenge (digi)
Challenge: For Fun Challenges – Groundhog Challenge (Spring)
Challenge: Papertake Weekly Challenges (Anything Goes)
Challenge: Sarah Hurley – Challenge #27 (diecuts)
Challenge: Sew Many Challenges #42 (Anything Goes)
Main Stamp: Little Miss Muffet Designs (LMMS)
Patterned Paper: Just Dreamy (MME)
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seveteen
Copic Colors:
-skin/eyes: E000, E00, E11, R11, R21, R22, B91, B95, B97
-hair: E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49
-clothes: R32, R35, R37, R39, BG72, BG75, BG78, B91
-other: T2, T4, T6, T8, E42, C1

Did you know? A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Like all fungi, mushrooms are not plants and do not undergo photosynthesis. The terms “mushroom” and “toadstool” go back centuries and were never precisely defined, nor was there consensus on application. The term “toadstool” was often, but not exclusively, applied to poisonous mushrooms or to those that have the classic umbrella-like cap-and-stem form.
[Mushroom, Wikipedia.org]

Summer Breeze – New Release

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Check it out – I’ve released a new digi in the store today called Summer Breeze. Here’s a sneak peak and I’ll be posting a card I made later on today! So take a look-see and come back later for some inspiration.


I started drawing something entirely different by request of my Mom, but somehow this gal appeared! On a beautiful summer day, I image she just finished reading her book, maybe one by Jane Austin or perhaps Mette Ivie Harrison. Hope you like her. ;D


Don’t forget about the current challenge that I have going on and you can certainly use this image too. The theme is Anything Goes and you can CLICK HERE to get to the details.