Thursday 8 August 2013

Aliums

 Make My Monday challenge this week is silhouettes. I love silhouette stamps and I have quite a few of them, so it was difficult to make up my mind which ones to use.  In the end I chose  a Clarity stamp Aliums. I haven't used this stamp much so thought this would be a good opportunity.  I also thought of Clarity's dragonfly, so made a card using that stamp too.  Technique Time Tuesday  have a technique challenge making backgrounds (Smackin' Acetate) and this was right up my street so I thought I would combine the two challenges.
I have only got one set of Stampin' Up write markers, the New In Colour set.  These colours are very soft so I used those just as the video showed.  I made quite a few trial backgrounds and chose the one I liked the best.  However they where all quite nice so I ended up stamping silhouettes on all of them so now have 6 extra cards to add to my stash.  When it came to stamping the image I decided that as the colours where so soft, black would be too harsh, so I used a Distress ink in Tumbling Glass to stamp the faded image in the background and Stampin' Up's Pacific Point for the main images.  I really like that colour, it is a lovely blue.
Assembling the card gave me some problems as I looked at the DT cards and cards that had been already been submitted and they were stunning, all beautifully mounted using ribbons and embellishments and shapes and imaginative layouts.  I don't seem to be able to do this.  My cards on the whole are just very simply mounted with nothing too fancy on them and I did feel that this stamp needed a simple setting.  So here it is.



  I did put a little bit of bling on it, by adding a gem in the centre of the blooms.  I hope you like it.

Just for interest I am showing the dragonfly one I made, but wont be submitting this one in either of the challenges


Actually this doesn't look too bad in the photo, but I don't think it is as good a the Aliums. I am looking forward to your comments...thank you.  Viji x


13 comments:

  1. Oh, these are absolutely gorgeous, Viji! LOVE the beautiful colors you've used and the silhouettes are amazing! Thanks so much for joining us at TTT and please come play again soon! :)

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  2. these are beautiful but I am especially fond of the one with the dragonflY!

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  3. Beautiful card! Love the images stamped in a matching colors. Thanks for playing with us this month at TTT.

    Robbie

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  4. Beautiful card! Love the images stamped in a matching colors. Thanks for playing with us this month at TTT.

    Robbie

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  5. Wow these two cards are beautiful! I agree with Mynn, I LOVE the soft colors and love that you simply matted these lovely images! Thanks for joining us at TTT!

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  6. What a gorgeous card, thanks for sharing with us at Make My Monday this week
    Rosie x

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  7. Lovely cards Viji - thanks for joining in the MMM challenge this week - Jacqueline xx

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  8. Both cards are stunning Viji! I love your very CAS style & layout! You've shown that you can add layers & dimension to a card without actual real layers of cardstock & embellishments! Thanks you for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday! :)

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  9. Both are absolutely gorgeous, Viji but the aliums are my favourite. Brilliant use of the technique -it is perfect for silhouettes I think. Thanks for playing along with TTT

    Louise xx

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  10. These are both so lovely Viji. Love those inky backgrounds.
    Thanks for joining in with our MMM silhouettes challenge.
    Fliss x

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  11. Absolutely love both cards. Great job with the technique, fun isn't. Opens up many possibilities for backgrounds. I really like the soft colors and the lighter stamping on the background of the dandelion image. So glad you joined us this month at TTT for our challenge. - Karen, DT

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  12. These are both beautiful cards! I love the stamps you used for both of them. Thank you so much for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday! :) Is it ok to put you card on our Facebook page?

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    1. Yes Katy, I would be happy for you to put this card on facebook. I'm flattered you want to. I'm glad you like it. Thanks for your comment.

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