Tuesday, September 21, 2010

That splash of RED!

I love working with color challenges but let me tell you, this one by The Play Date Cafe is over-the-top.  Not sure what I like most about this, the photo or that splash of red. 
In fact, the photo is one I would have taken if I had seen this adorable little house.

 Now, add to this wonderful color combo that the sponsor for TPDC this week is PaperBag Studios.  I have a couple of their stamps, so of course, I pulled them out.  Somehow that embossed, Core'dinations cardstock reminded me of the roof of the house and the white punched border reminded me of that cute little fence. 
I like this stamp because of the collage way the elements are put together on it,  but also because when you stamp it with black ink, there are a number of ways that you can add color.  Here I masked off part of the design so that I could spray the one side with red ink.  I colored the flower with Copic markers and added a coat of Aleene's Paper Glaze, so the flower stands out a little bit. 

A long time ago, I used this stamp in another way  and I thought I would show you that one as well.  The background for this one was colored by running a brayer across a multi-colored stamp pad.  This works best with glossy cardstock but matte will work too. This is a fun way to create a background. 
Here is a little glimpse of what I mean by that.  The brayer is ran across the paper until a solid coat of color is applied then the image was stamped over that with black ink. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

ABC - SISTERS card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions/Core’dinations
ABC – Sisters stamp - Paper Bag Studios
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder - Stampendous
Copic markers
ChalkBoard spray – Tattered Angels
Red Spray color – Memories Mist/Stewart Superior
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Self adhesive pearls- Queen & Co.
Border punch – EK Success
Sandpaper

15 comments:

  1. Wonderful choice of PBS images to use for this weeks challenge. The embossing and punched edge really add to the beauty of your card. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  2. I can see why you like the photo. It's fantastic! Your card is just gorgeous!

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  3. What a wonderful card--just love all your details! I love that flower and that focal image--so FAB! Great job!!! So glad you joined in the fun this week--THANKS so much for playing along with us at the PDCC:}

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  4. Fab use of the PBS images. Lovely cards! Glad you decided to play along with us at the PDCC.

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  5. Love the stamps set and the vintage look is always a favorite of mine.

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  6. Fab, fab, fab, fab, fab! Love this card, especially the way you took elements of the photo as inspiration as well as the colours. The blue flower looks great with the splash of red behind :)

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  7. GREAT cards and I havent done the brayer thing in so long- gotta get it out!

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  8. LOVE the color combination! That pop of red is fantabulous!! That image is AWESOME!

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  9. This was among the first stamps we released and I still love it! Beautiful card!! Thanks!

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  10. I love this!! Your attention to detail is so wonderful - the textures and patterns are definitely evocative of the inspiration photo, and I love that you've combined the vintage image with this bright palette!

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  11. Lovely card! And I liked how you did the coloring in the second photo. I need to get myself a brayer.

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  12. Cool color combo and great card Linda!

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  13. Luv that splash of red! Perfection!

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