Today's Technique Lover's Challenge is to take an outline stamp and use it as a silhouette. I had looked through the inspiration site Saturday and found this cool skyline silhouette that I thought would make a good card to send my Chicago dwelling Dad a thank you note for hosting Christmas and helping my sister and I host a baby shower for our daughters the next weekend. I was going to make a bg with Distress Oxide ink, but decided instead to use a gelatin print that I already had made. I had been using my son's desk so I gave my daughter my desk and now I had an opportunity to get his out to him in Philadelphia so I am deskless! Anyway....I grabbed supplies and used the dining room table! Instead of using a Sharpie, I decided to use an Elegant Writer pen so I could bleed a reflection into the water as the Chicago skyline is along Lake Michigan. Because I sometimes lose edge details with the bleeding, I first outlined with an archival pen. I then used a wet brush to activate the ink and pull down a reflection. I didn't get the coolest bleeding because my print was on sketch paper, but it did give a little shadowing. I was going to stamp a sentiment but decided to just frame in black and slap it into a card base instead. I would love to go back later and try again on watercolor paper because I think the effect would be cool.
Date: Monday, January 15, 2018 GMT Views: 634
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132039
Mon, Jan 15, 2018 @ 10:04 AM
The gel print ripples go so well with your concept even if the bleed didn't turn out as well as you'd hoped. I hope you get a new desk soon...or don't need to use your dining room table every day!!
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105300
Mon, Jan 15, 2018 @ 1:07 PM
This card is fab for your father, Gail! Love the bg colors!
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