Tuesday 2 September 2014

I Love You --- A study in Black and White ATSM 110

Photo challenges are interesting.  They leave a lot to interpretation.  This one, from the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge, for example:
What do you see?  Do you see a black and white flower or do you see a ballerina putting on her dance shoes?  It really doesn't matter when you're making the card.  It's the impression that one has that one attempts to translate into a card.  

I chose to use my modelling paste and a stencil of hexagonals to put a pattern onto a piece of Whisper White.  Then I stamped a little bee in black Memento ink.  On another piece of Whisper White I stamped the little flower from the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and used the coordinating framelit to cut it out.  I glued that near the bottom left of the paste pattern.  Finally I stamped "I Love You" near the top right of the card.  Love those simple greetings from the hostess Good Greetings stamp set!

I used a base cardstock of Naturals White and then used the Woodgrain embossing folder on a piece of Basic Black before adhering that to the base.  Then I attached the Whisper White piece and the card was done.  Clean and simple and my impression of the photo.


For more impressions of this photo challenge, check out Addicted to Stamps and More.

10 comments:

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    1. Thank you, Marilyn. The inspiration photo was so simple---I felt my card should follow suit.

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  2. Absolutely stunning interpretation of the photo, Heidi. I love that you used paste for texture. Thanks so much for playing along at ATSM xx

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    1. Thank you very much, Kylie. This is only the second time I've used paste and am enjoying the look it gives a project.

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  3. I really like your take on the inspiration photo! Great texture in the hexagons and wood grain background. I like the simple flower, bee and sentiment too. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!

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    1. Thanks so much, Deborah. Because of the photo, I tried to keep everything very elegant and simple.

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  4. Gorgeous interpretation of the photo, Heidi. The textured hexagons and the little trio of the bee, flower and sentiment work brilliantly. Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM this week, Anita x

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    1. Thank you so very much, Neets (love that nickname!) I really loved the inspirational photo and wanted to do it justice.

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  5. Such a beautiful take on the inspiration photo, Heidi! I love the texture paste on the hexies and your woodgrain background is fabulous! Thank you so much for playing along this week at ATSM! I hope you'll be back again soon!

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    1. Thank you very much, Barb. I love the various challenges your group offers as well as the inspiration from the Design Team so, of course, I'll be back to do more. Thanks again.

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