FS113 Flower Silhouettes

Wow, getting stamping time this weekend was TOUGH! I worked on this in 5 minute increments all day today because that's all I could steal at a time! Ha!

I was so excited about Today's Featured Stamper Challenge because I knew Julie and I had similar tastes so I was going to have lots of cards to choose from! I was CASE-ing this card from JustWriteDesigns. What intrigued me was that the silhouette flowers were two different types of flowers with two different color inks. I thought it looked pretty cool so I wanted to give it a whirl. The three things I changed were 1) the sketch 2) I used swirls instead of flowers for the white inked portion 3) I used DP instead of dots for my background.

If I had this to do over, I would have used a large image for one color of ink and a small image for the other so it didn't look so "tangled".

Now, I had some questions about this last week so I'll elaborate a bit. I cut a piece of the DP that is 4 x 5.25". Then I sketched the placement of the two rectangles on the back. First I cut out the small rectangle with my paper cutter (this leaves a whole in the middle of the DP). Next I cut out the large the rectangle...well it isn't really a rectangle anymore as it has a "bite" out of it from the small square. It's really more of a "C" shape now. In a perfect world, I'd own all the Nesties and my cutting chores would be simpler (I must stop finding stamps to buy!). I promise a more elaborate tutorial on my Cut then Ink Technique soon!

After I'm all done cutting, I put the pieces back together like a puzzle and ink up! First I stamped the white swirls, then the navy flowers. Finally I highlight the navy flowers with White on the right edge and black on the left. Then I assemble inserting the navy layers and I'm done!

Stamps: Autumn Leaves Swirls V I, Essence of Love, See D’s A Word or Two
Paper: Night of Navy, Basic Grey Two Scoops
Ink: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: fine black marker, white gel pen, Nesties

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”