I have been putting off making thank you notes for my DH's 50th birthday. I knew I wanted to keep them simple & use an Eiffel image, so today's CAS187 color blocking was a great challenge to put my butt in gear! I made 12 in total.
Date: Monday, September 10, 2012 GMT Views: 1096
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Stamps: SU Artistic Etchings(lagre Eiffel Tower); Hero Arts Row of Five Backgrounds, Dot Border & Screened Solids(shadow stamps); Cloud 9 Travel (Arc de Triomphe); Rubber Stamps of America (small Eiffel Tower); All Night Media Vive la France (sentiment)
Paper: SU Night if Navy, CTMH Crystal Blue
Ink: PTI White
Accessories: SU markers-Pool Party, Island Indigo, Night if Navy & Midnight Muse; CTMH Twilight marker
Techniques: color on stamps with markers, color blocking
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 7772
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 4:49 PM
12....you have been busy...way to go, I think they are all so cool. Well they are in my fav. color too ...:0)....good choice. Love that you used the tower it is such a neat looking building....which I want to see for real some day....on that bucket list, but this is a great start...;0)...TFS
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 7772
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 4:50 PM
Oh and meant to say too, tell your hubby to have a super happy birthday...:0), or if its already over hope he had a good one...:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 10670
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 4:56 PM
C'est magnifique! OK I really don't speak French but I know a few phrases. Lovely set of thank you's..the color blocking technique is great for a set of cards like these..they add a pop of color to a few stamped images..and are quick to make (I'm assuming as you made 12 of them!)
Registered: May 9, 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5854
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 5:12 PM
I love all the different ways you color blocked. The Eiffel Tower looks completely different in each card. And I never would have thought to use circles, for some reason I always think of squares or rectangles!
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 41235
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 5:25 PM
Terrific thank you notes, using blue blocks(or circles) and the Paris theme with the Eiffel Tower and other Parisian landmarks. They are perfect for a man to send.
Registered: May 26, 2005 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 13057
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 @ 6:50 PM
Love these! The one on the right is my favorite!
------------------------------ Beverly- My Inklings
The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing; but in our culture, we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture." ~~Doug Phillips
