I would be totally lying if I didn't say that everything I'll be doing this week is inspired by what I learned at Convention and the many wonderful free stamps that they gave us....but I will also honestly say that the colors and textures of the inspiration site were also inspiring, especially this image with blended colors and soft circular undertones like the stamp set:
You can't tell but I capitalized on the bleed through on the back and used it as my guide to push the lantern images forward from the back with a stylus. This makes them appear rounded on the front of the card - giving a single layer card some dimension! It's a really neat effect (like toile) which is hard to capture in a photo. (If you don't like bleed through try using GinaK heavy weight pure luxury card stock as it doesn't bleed through - expect the colors to change slightly as well though.)
Please join us and create something uniquely inspired of your own this week!
Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Posts: 615
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 @ 9:44 PM
Another glorious card!!! I love how you've capitalized on the bleeding and have made your card more dimensional. Good philosophy!!! Sometimes I find my best learning moments are after something unexpected happens on a card, and to sort it out, I learn... And for me, learning and growing is what it's all about, that and giving some joy to the card recipient.
You have to have great technique I think to create a simple card that looks this amazing, I am impressed!!!
I cannot wait to check out your blog and to watch your tutorials and learn from clearly one very talented artist. How grateful am I to have the opportunity to learn from you!!!