Technique Blog Hop - Spotlighting

Wow!!  Go take a look at Savvy Projects Blog!!  Mischelle and other angels have done a great job showing you different ways to use the technique Spotlighting.  This tech is to highlight one part of the image by coloring it.  I decided to do it with the reverse .... the colored part of the image is on the underside of the main image.  I used the Level C Hostess set called 'Love this Day' for the image and the words are from 'Vintage Rides'. 

I punched out part of the balloon with a flower punch and then layered a colored image with that part colored below.  I raised the main image with mounting cushion. I used the Scor-pal and Scor-bug for my background and layered the image on matching papers.  Now you go try it and add your link so we can see your creation too!  Check out some that are already posted.  WOW!!!

Blog Hop - Retiform tech

Welcome to another TAC Blog Hop ... this month it is a technique form the past called Retiform ... never was my favorite .... but I thought I would give it try with a twist from the present!  Yes, I used my Scor-pal with it.  For the top card I did the technique and then added the Scor-bug lines .... which was harder to do.  I scored them lightly first from the front and then from the back used the Scor-bug over the scored lines.  I love the finished results but next time would start with the Scor-bugged lines and then do the technique with the lines as my guides.  I used TAC stamp set called 'Girls day out' for both of my cards.

Here is a little closer look at the detail.  I colored with my Copic markers the inks etc are in a picture toward the end.  I added two holes on one line and added a ribbon with a cut out and colored flower on the knot for an embellishment.  There is shading under the tea pot but it does not show up in the photo and in person it looks better blended.

For this card I did the lines first with my Scor-buddy, yes I did a double line, and then masked and did the technique.   The image is colored with Copics and I used the blender pen to take away the color for the dots on the boots. By coloring with Copic makers you can see from the back where your image is and it easy to place the scored lines around it.   I punched out and mounted three little flowers and added them for embellishments with Stickles in the center.

I was originally going to ink around the white corner but decided I liked the clean finish look better.  I probably added too much ink to the card for the tech but I was using a make-up sponge and I usually do not use this kind it was hard for me to control the ink.  

Here are the inks and maker colors I used.  And yes .... your eyes are seeing something in that picture that I'll bet many of you have NEVER seen before!!!  It is a wood mounted stamp from yes .... wait for it .... THE ANGEL COMPANY!!!!  It was probably one of my first stamps I got from the company 12 years ago.  It still stamps great too!

Now I have added the link for you to view others creations in the blog hop so get hopping .... and give it a try yourself before Sunday night!

One Layer Wonders Challenge

 Here is a card I made today for the One Layer Wonders Challenge on the TACPC, TAC's  Paper Crafting Community. Check out the link to see what everyone is making!  I had punched out a lot of snow flacks from glitter paper this fall for my Snowman Popcorn Gift card holders and saved the negatives to use as a border for cards.  So today I took the negatives and turned them upside down onto this card front and sponged over it to make these snow flacks .... I can still use them as borders also since the ink is on the back of the negatives.  Then I sponged along the edge of the card for accent with the same color ink.

 I used the snowman from Winter Flurries and colored it with colored pencils, gray Towbow maker,  and glitter pen.  I also added glitter pen to the spokes of each of the snowflakes.

Then I stamped the words from Merry Wishes at the bottom in black ink and then again in the same color of blue ink stamping off first to get the second generation of the ink and off set it.  I like the way this turned out ..... no layers, no ribbons, not embellishments!  It is only one half sheet of paper ... how inexpensive can cards get!!

I worked most of the day today on a few stamping projects I wanted to get started and wow .... I totally finished one of them!!!  YEA ME!!!  It is cold,  slippery and snowy today so it was a good day to stamp and be creative.   You will see my projects sometime this month.  I need a sunnier day to take pictures.