TLC383 ~ Make Your Own Silhouettes ~ (6/25/12)

[joan ervin]

Hello everyone!!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend!! Are you ready for a little stamp therapy??? I have a super fun challenge for you this week!!!! How many times have you wanted to use a silhouette on your card or project but just didn't have the right solid stamp?? Well, I have a solution to that problem....make your own silhouettes!!!

1. First, pick out your stamps...you can use any stamp you want...solid or lined
2. Stamp it on the back of a piece of patterned paper...the darker the paper the better! That way it looks more like a silhouette but use what you have.
3. Cut out the image and adhere patterned paper side up onto your cardstock...you can use several images or just one...what ever trips your creative trigger!!!
4. If you don't have the perfect stamp, you can use a die
5. If you don't have a die to use, cut out a picture or object from a magazine and place it on the back of the patterned paper as a template.
6. Cut out an image from a picture ( it would be fun to use your children's picture) and use it as the template.
7. Be creative and have fun!!

My Sample:

Silhouette Garden

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Happy Stamping!!!

[bensarmom]

Wow Joan, this is gonna take some thought! Thanks for posting early. Here's my card.

[fishymom]

What a fun challenge, I love silhouettes! Here is my card, Friends on the Hill.

[cathymac]

Thanks, Joan...this was quick and fun! Here's my Rhubarb Silhouette!

[Biggan]

Thanks Joan! Here�s mine;

Wishes

TFL!
Birgit

[n5stamper]

Here is my SO MANY DOLPHIN SILHOUETTES.

[hobbydujour]

Thanks, Joan, for another fun Monday challenge. I probably took the easy way out and used a die.........but I appreciate you giving us that option. : )

SUNSHINE SILHOUETTES

[TreasureOiler]

Fun challenge, Joan! Hope I can squeeze it in this evening!

[peeps321]

How do you come up with these?? Your challenges are always so creative Joan!

Party Hats!

[niki1]

Here is my card :
TLC383 Purple lady silhouettes by niki1 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
niki

[jdmommy]

Here's mine: Most Toys

[TrishG]

My card...
Bird Silhouette by TrishG - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers



Another way I have seen people make their own silhouette is to stamp the image, then color it all in with a black marker (ie. Sharpie).

[Crafty Julia]

Joan- thanks for the great challenge, makes me use new stamps! I got out my "new" Wild Things set from SU, and combined it with SU's Farm Life for my wheat field. Added a bright brad/flower combo, and a flower shape with a map. Here's Laugh Your Cares Away!

[Crafty Julia]

Joan- had to do another one- beach themed this time - look at all the blues and greens- and clue- beach umbrella!
Here's Seize The Day

[angelsparkly]

This is such a clever idea. Why can't I think of these things? Anyhoo, here's my own silhouette: TLC, CAS In The Wild by angelsparkly - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Sassy's Sal]

Here is my card....simple....but not completely true to the challenge. I am sorry....thanks for looking though. Silhouette friends by Sassy's Sal - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[lisaScraps]

Fabulous challenge! Here is my card: to You from me
Mine is a light silhouette with dark background.. hope that counts? In a bit I will do another version with dark leaves on a light background. This is what happens to me when I read the challenge while watching re-runs of Gray's Anatomy =\

[lisaScraps]

This challenge was so much fun, that I had to play again!
My 2nd card Impressed, amazed, inspired {by you}
Thank you for this fabulous challenge!
Lisa

[justwritedesigns]

Thanks for the fun challenge, Joan! Here's my Bicycle Silhouette. Thanks so much for looking!

[n5stamper]

Here is my MERMAID & DOLPHINS.

[sue28]

Fun challenge, Joan, my card -


TLC383 Artichoke Leaf Silhouette by sue28 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[susie nelson]

Thank you for a great challenge.

TLC383 - Button Snails by susie nelson - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Thanks for looking.