Hello Everyone!
Boy I have been so bad. I just looked at the last post date and it is well over a month ago since I last posted! There’s been a lot going on and it has led to a lot more going on in fact but finally I am feeling good about things. 
Now something to feel FANTASTIC about is the SUPER FUN release with my friend Christy from Tiddly Inks! We have been chatting for months about coming together again for a combined release and it has finally all fallen into place. We wanted to do something fun and unique and one thing led to another and the idea of creating an Ancient Egyptian set of images made us both really excited and so here we are!!
There’s a bunch of fun happening over at the main blog where you can have fun trying to figure out the SECRET code!! ooooo hehee You just have to hunt for the symbols and then work out which letter they represent using the special key chart. Just a bit of extra fun and you get a chance to win our entire Ancient Egyptian collection!
JUMP OVER to the MAIN BLOG where all the ACTION IS HERE!!
You have actually fallen on DAY 2 of all the fun!! We had the big release yesterday and the Tiddly Inks crew shared all their amazing creations and today my gorgeous team are sharing a bunch of inspiration!! Hopefully you have managed to find the symbols for today but if you haven’t started collecting yet – pop over to day one and visit the Tiddly Inks team and start collecting the symbols!
I just had to have some fun and make a project for this release. I actually made up a few different scenes but this one was my favourite! 
I adore the darling Young Cleopatra (available here) and so I built a scene for her using the Ancient Egyptian City and then behind it I added the Egyptian Pyramids and then I simply cropped it all. I needed something extra and Christy’s lil Cat was the perfect addition (available here).
Here’s a close up
The card is quite simple, but that’s what I love about scenes. You can concentrate on the image and have fun with your skills of building a scene and then add it to a simple card base and you don’t have to add all the bling. Makes it so much easier for people like me who struggle!
OK so the main colours of interest are:
Skin: E000, R01, E21, E13
Hair: C9, C7, C4
Red Dress: R14, R17, R46, E37
Gold: Y06, Y18, YR24, E35
Sand/Buildings: E30, E31, E33
Now don’t forget to pop over for all the fun!
Thanks so much for popping over to see what I have been up to.
I hope you are well and you’re looking forward to a fabulous weekend!
Big Aussie Squeezes!
Zoe xox
Awesome scene, Zoe! Your coloring is amazing, as always! This was so much fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
Nice coloring. Especially the shading. Great card.
Just love how you have put these images together – and great job on coloring.
Hugs,
Jodi
Gorgeous scenery, and as usual your coloring is just perfect. Thanks so much for a great hop and lots of inspiration around the tour here, and hopefully I´ve found all the letters now LOL, but we+ll see about that.
This is Beautiful. I love everything about it. Wonderful job. Thanks for the hop….It has been very fun and inspiring.
Dang….LOVE this and I am so glad we did this…your creations always make me happy.
Thanks for all you did on the hop. I am very grateful and I hope it works well for MIC.
XOXO
Christy
What a gorgeous image and scene! Your colouring is awesome, Zoe!
xx
WOW, Zoe… I totally love what you have done, your colouring is jaw dropping and I love the way you have built your scene! And I totally love the CAS layout too:)! All perfection! BIG hugs Delphine xx
ooooh Zoe you did 2 backgrounds in one card?!! oh my gosh it looks so yummy, and as for your colouring…well you know you make me wanna go hide under my table!!! he he he he!!
such a gorgeous card hun
huge hugs Lou xxxxx
It’s… fantastic! I love it! I don’t know if I like more the sand/building or Cleopatra! Maybe the cat?
Gorgeous card, the simple CAS style works so well with these scenes! They really don’t need any dressing up to look fantastic
I love your sentiment too!
Tanya xx
Love your card, scene and coloring is fabulous as always! Thanks for sharing!
Oh wow, I love it! What a fabulous card with a simply perfect sentiment!
Wow! Your coloring amazes me …. it always looks fab and so, so real!! Love all of the shadows on the image, one day I will figure that part out
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Great job Zoe, big hugs!!
Your card is amazing! Love the scene you created and your coloring is beautiful! TFS God bless!!
Fantastic card… you an awesome job with two backgrounds and the details on Cleo are amazing… all the shadows. Wow!!
Absolutely fantastic build-a-scene card. Gorgeous colouring. Thank you for the amazing hop. It was so much fun. Best of luck! Hugs, shMe
xxx
Lovely card Zoe. Thank you for a wonderful blog hop. I have left a comment on all the blogs for the both days. I loved all the projects. I think I have all the letters.
Have been into the shop and bought the new images.
This is a fabulous card. Love how you layer the images and your colouring is fab. Have really enjoyed the last two days hopping and seeing all the wonderful creations.
This is so fantastic!! I love the images.. Love the background. Your coloring is magnificent! Just a stunning card!
Awesome colouring Zoe, and such a perfect scene. I am loving that little fishtail banner too!
Love the little scene behind the queen. Is that also MIC? It truly is a beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Hugs,
Carmen L
Glad to hear things are looking up Zoe! Your project is just adorable of course but best of all, you are getting crafty again! I’ve missed you! Hugs
Your coloring is gorgeous! I love the depth that it gives the images! Beautiful!
Beautiful scenery! Love the coloring!
You are absolutely right…fantastic scene creation!! I have actually never tried this before! Need to get working on that..thanks for the inspiration!!
Fabulous job. I just love these.