This is my card for the IC477 challenge "from the tool shed". Our site this week is the the blog of our own Angela Maine. Angela is amazingly talented, and I've been a fan of hers for a long time. I'm adding this to the F4A253 challenge "A CASE of Admiration", because Angela was on my list for that challenge, too.
I chose this card of Angela's to CASE after spending a looong time drooling over her gorgeous works of art:
This was so fun to do, and so easy if you use the dryer sheet trick to remove cuts from the dies. If you aren't familiar with this awesome technique, check out this YouTube - you'll be glad you did!
This die leaves what you would normally think of as negative space in your project. The cut out pieces were all attached to the dryer sheet; I colored them and then inlaid them back into the proper spaces (I had turned the piece over and covered the open area with tape). After stamping the sentiment with the help of my MISTI tool, I popped the layer on a cut-to-size piece of lime green craft foam. So fun when you look at the card from the side!
As always, thanks for looking!
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 GMT Views: 2238
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Sat, Jan 24, 2015 @ 11:40 PM
A totally awesome tribute to the AMAZING Angela. Love the colorful stack of presents. I too have been experimenting with the different ways to use the dryer sheets. I found if I was going to use the used ones that they need to be on an inner layer as you need the sticky from the new ones to get the die cuts to work correctly. This card ROCKS!
Registered: October 25, 2010 Location: New England Posts: 12699
Sun, Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:36 AM
JodyLynn, you are so sweet and I so appreciate you visiting my blog to find something inspiring. I really LOVE the package die and the clean white space and the bold, bright and beautiful packages. I must watch that video because there is nothing more tedious than trying to place little pieces into tiny spaces. Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your beautiful creation!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Mon, Jan 26, 2015 @ 4:03 PM
You aced the clean and simple technique...this is so striking. The bold, bright colors against all that white looks fantastic. I love the negative space idea. Right into my favs.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92404
Tue, Jan 27, 2015 @ 12:47 PM
This is fabulous, Jody....and BIG thanks for the dryer sheet hint! Love the bright colors that you used for your pkgs...which look all the brighter on the white ground.