It's not going to be one of those bright and sunny days here in Arizona. A good morning to wake-up and grab a cup of coffee and head to my studio.
I have several projects on my table in various stages. The new challenge at CASual Fridays; CFC36: Create a Clean And Simple Project that is only black and white, certainly seemed like a easy place for me to start. This is an honor to “penguins everywhere”…loved “Chilly Willy” as a kid, so I am going for this.
The graphic quality of the sharp contrast of black and white has always appealed to me. That’s how I see when I design my stamp images, it is always more of a challenge to use my stamps the way they are meant to be used.
In this submission I am using my Stampotique images Bella and I Love You Flowers. That’s it. Black on white, cropped, layered with b/w papers ribbon scrap. Easy? Yes. One more thing, had to add a dash of Diamond Sticklers, just had to!
As I am moving things about I come across a box of scraps (actually, I have lots of boxes of scraps, but I am attempting to appear more organized). I have projects that didn’t work out, color practice, etc. So I decided to repurpose items and put them together to make a card. This is a similar way I have my students work in their collages. I supply them with boxes at each team table and let them go to town.
One approach I take is grabbing colors in a limited color palette and trying to make them work. I try to balance the textures and give the article a little “pop.”
The image is Fleur Gril #3 from my Fleur de Girl collection for Stampotique. She is cropped from the entire image and placed in a scrap frame. The “hello” is from my own hand. The corner needed a touch of black to balance it and I thought “hello” would fit the bill.
Now I’m off to a busy day ahead.
You don’t mind if I leave my studio a little, well, let’s say, messy?
I have several projects on my table in various stages. The new challenge at CASual Fridays; CFC36: Create a Clean And Simple Project that is only black and white, certainly seemed like a easy place for me to start. This is an honor to “penguins everywhere”…loved “Chilly Willy” as a kid, so I am going for this.
The graphic quality of the sharp contrast of black and white has always appealed to me. That’s how I see when I design my stamp images, it is always more of a challenge to use my stamps the way they are meant to be used.
As I am moving things about I come across a box of scraps (actually, I have lots of boxes of scraps, but I am attempting to appear more organized). I have projects that didn’t work out, color practice, etc. So I decided to repurpose items and put them together to make a card. This is a similar way I have my students work in their collages. I supply them with boxes at each team table and let them go to town.
One approach I take is grabbing colors in a limited color palette and trying to make them work. I try to balance the textures and give the article a little “pop.”
The image is Fleur Gril #3 from my Fleur de Girl collection for Stampotique. She is cropped from the entire image and placed in a scrap frame. The “hello” is from my own hand. The corner needed a touch of black to balance it and I thought “hello” would fit the bill.
Now I’m off to a busy day ahead.
You don’t mind if I leave my studio a little, well, let’s say, messy?
Both cards are fabulous and so different, love the both equally, you are obviously a very talented lady.
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So stylish and lovely with the black and white card! Thanks so much for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays! Hope to see your beautiful work again!
ReplyDeleteBoth so different and both so fabulous.
ReplyDeleteBoth are fabulous. Love the black & white one and then all the color in the 2nd.
ReplyDeleteADORABLE card! The garden of hearts are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteTwo remarkable cards! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays this week!
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