For today's Way to Use it challenge Collette inspired us to create a collage. WHAT??? Okay, gotta do a little research here. Many times I have combined a stamp set or two but we had to use at least FOUR!! I'm feeling stressed, I mean challenged! And this is suppose to be fun, right?
I must admit, I did struggle. I wasn't sure if to stamp my images dark or light or even use the stamp off technique. I played around for awhile, probably too long, and this is what I came up with.
I started with a piece of Vanilla textured cs and stamped it with the Linen bg stamp inked in River Rock. Then I used the French Script bg stamp inked in River Rock and stamped over the Linen. I only pressed here and there on the stamp as I didn't want it to completely cover the cs. Then I used Mellow Moss to ink up a stamp from Very Vintage and made a little corner thingy; see in the lower left. Then I inked the open stem image from Wonderful Watercolors in Mellow Moss and stamped the two-step daisy's in Calypso Coral. I added water with the Aqua Painter to soften, then used a white gel pen on top of that to hopefully create reflection and depth. Next I stamped the butterfly from TPC Studio's collection in Black Stazon and watercolored it. Then I turned to stamps from Rustic Rooster and Elements of Style and randomly stamped here and there. I added the sentiment from Butterfly Collage. I mounted my collage on Basic Black and a Vanilla texured base. PHEW...I used enough stamps RIGHT?
I really enjoyed this technique but am not sure I like my creation. I think I was just being a big ole fraidy cat!!! LOL
TFL and I would really like your comments on this one. Hey, I never ASK for comments, I just appreciate the views of more experienced stampers!
Thanks ladies!! Have a wonderful day.
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011 GMT Views: 944
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Registered: January 11, 2010 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 7581
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 @ 8:10 AM
Your card is REALLY beautiful!! It's REALLY hard to believe that's paper and not fabric!! You created a really beautiful card!! LOVE IT!!~
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 44215
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 @ 8:19 AM
How beautiful is that - I love the colour of that flower and the butterfly against the textured look the Linen gives.
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Registered: September 15, 2007 Location: Chicago 'burb Posts: 13013
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 @ 8:56 AM
For all your talk of struggling, this came out absolutely FANtastic. I love love love collage cards and you combined several differet elements/images to make this OUTstanding! Thanks for sharing.
Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 21565
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 @ 10:12 AM
It's so pretty. It looks like designer paper. Love the colors you chose, and adding just the right amount on the flowers to make it pop. Great job. tfs
