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Title: A Ghostly Journey
Hostess: ckbythesea (Carole)
Keyword: JUN12VSNMINI4
Day/Date: Friday, May 25th
Time: 6:00pm EDT
Have you ever wanted to visit a ghost town? My sis-in-law and her family made a journey through some western states with some of their destinations being nowhere . . . or more specifically a place that used to be "somewhere" but is no more. Ghost towns! Abandoned sites that degrade and nearly disappear as the years pass. Who lived there? Why did they leave? Did the Brady Bunch ever visit? Sorry, couldn't resist that one!
Are there any sites considered ghost towns near you? Have a look HERE . I would love to make a similar journey, but with the price of gasoline, we might have to be a little more practical.
So now, on to my challenge. My challenge is to create a card using the Ghosting Technique, also known as Versamark Resist. It is pretty simple, but very satisfying! You can go with subtle colors or bold. You can use a brayer, sponge, or blending tool to apply your colored ink. Allowing the Versamark some time to dry gives a less subtle effect when you apply your color ink over the Versamark ink.
1. All VSN creations for this challenge must be uploaded by 6:00 PM EDT on Friday June 1st.
2. You have 45 minutes to complete the challenge.
3. Please remember to put in the correct keyword, JUN12VSNMINI4 , when uploading your image. Copying and pasting the challenge keyword is recommended to avoid typos.
4. It is also highly recommended that you post a link to your creation in this chat thread to be sure your project is seen.
5. HAVE FUN!
I would do the challenge, but I am at my daughters, several states away from my craft room! My granddaughter and I thought we might try anyway, but we have no versamark ink here. They have limited supplies here. So, guess I will do it when I get home aftter the 30th. We still have till next Friday, right?
Shaorn
I would do the challenge, but I am at my daughters, several states away from my craft room! My granddaughter and I thought we might try anyway, but we have no versamark ink here. They have limited supplies here. So, guess I will do it when I get home aftter the 30th. We still have till next Friday, right?
Shaorn
Yep, you have all week. Have a great time visiting!
Both use negative masks. The WT challenge leaves card was the most fun, with three negative masks by the time I was done with the images. No ghosting, though.
and the CAS dt card didn't make the semi-finals.
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I feel so bad...I've been "off-site" for quite a while (life does tend to get in the way of stamping sometimes...) & didn't realize that the Mini VSN was going on!! But I hope to play catch-up this weekend, as I really don't have any big plans to do anything or go anywhere...
And I have marked my calendar for June 15-16 so I don't miss the BIG VSN!! Can't wait!!
Guess I'd better get in some practice!! :-)
__________________ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
I feel so bad...I've been "off-site" for quite a while (life does tend to get in the way of stamping sometimes...) & didn't realize that the Mini VSN was going on!! But I hope to play catch-up this weekend, as I really don't have any big plans to do anything or go anywhere...
And I have marked my calendar for June 15-16 so I don't miss the BIG VSN!! Can't wait!!
Guess I'd better get in some practice!! :-)
We did things a little differently this time. Instead of one Mini VSN with several challenges, we have had one challenge each Friday in May. You have a week to post your card to the gallery, so I hope you get to try out this challenge.
Both use negative masks. The WT challenge leaves card was the most fun, with three negative masks by the time I was done with the images. No ghosting, though.
I really DO need to work on taking better pictures of my cards! Believe it or not, they look MUCH better in person! :mrgreen:
__________________ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
Your card is lovely Gwen! Are you going to upload to your SCS gallery with the keyword so it is in the challenge gallery? Love the colors you used. Thanks for joining the challenge.
I really DO need to work on taking better pictures of my cards! Believe it or not, they look MUCH better in person! :mrgreen:
It is a lovely card, thanks for playing along this weekend!
I try not to do much to my card photos as far as editing, but there is one button in Windows Live Photo Gallery software that straightens the photo with a single touch; it works really well for pictures of cards. Then I crop if needed.
It is a lovely card, thanks for playing along this weekend!
I try not to do much to my card photos as far as editing, but there is one button in Windows Live Photo Gallery software that straightens the photo with a single touch; it works really well for pictures of cards. Then I crop if needed.
Thanks for the tip, Carole! I'll give it a try. Right now I'm using software from HP--Image Zone--that came with my printer. It's a VERY simple program, easy to crop & resize for the website upload, but doesn't have much else for "bells & whistles". I might have to graduate to a better program...
I really need to find the right light to take the photos to start with! Seems like natural light works the best, but when I'm making cards at night, that doesn't work! :-) Oh well...
__________________ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
Your card is lovely Gwen! Are you going to upload to your SCS gallery with the keyword so it is in the challenge gallery? Love the colors you used. Thanks for joining the challenge.
Thank you! Enjoyed this challenge! I did put my card in the gallery just now. I didn't know if I could upload it on Sunday and have been super busy all day!! Sing a New Song in the gallery
I am home and in my craft room after a week! Here is my card for your neat challenge. Loved this technique! Here is Thank U.
Thank you for the challenge!
Sharon
Here's another effort: I tried ghosting with yellow. What was I thinking??! You can just see it in real life, and barely on the photo. It kind of gets mixed in with the over-stamping and bg stamps.
Here's another effort: I tried ghosting with yellow. What was I thinking??! You can just see it in real life, and barely on the photo. It kind of gets mixed in with the over-stamping and bg stamps.
I made this card for the challenge, but unfortunately I did not have time to post it before the deadline. Thanks for introducing me to the ghosting technique - it is lovelier than I thought!
I made this card for the challenge, but unfortunately I did not have time to post it before the deadline. Thanks for introducing me to the ghosting technique - it is lovelier than I thought!
JUN12VSNMINI4 ~ Fri May 25th ~ A Ghostly Journey
