It's Wednesday, and you know what that means. Time to make a one layer card! Susan's challenge was to make a black and white card with just a spot of color. Having little color, with lots of black and white tends to make whatever is colored pop. That can make for a striking card.
At first, I was only going to color the spider's treat bag, but the rest of him (her?) got lost. So I have two spots of color instead of one. I think it was necessary, though, to complete the image.
Tho photo doesn't show it, but the spider is embossed to give it a little texture.
And now for my stamping first. See those brackets around the sentiment? That is something I have never used before. I have never really understood the need for all the brackets I see, especially in scrapbooking, because I am more of a literal person. Grammatically, you don't need brackets, so therefore it doesn't make sense to me to use them. Unless of course, it is for a design element. I finally figured that out today! The sentiment was just floating out in the middle of nowhere until I added the brackets. Now it seems grounded and is very much a part of the whole picture.
I like that.
And I need to loosen up!
Supplies used:
Stamps - web wishes, Hero Arts bracket
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Versamark, Memento black
Accessories - SAMJ, post it note for masking, clear EP, Copics
Technique - masking
Toodles!
K
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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12 comments:
Awww, how cute is this?
Cute and so much fun, the two colours are so perfect for this challenege.
wonderful
and I know what you mean about brackets, you made a good point though, I guess it's just like drawing a box around the words
This is sooooooooooo sweet K. I love that image. Nicely done gf.
I love the web stamped off the paper and that spider is adorable!
LOL! This is just too cute! Love the little spider..and stamping the web off the page was a fab decision!
your card and the details behind it brought a big smile to my face. Normally I don't get excited about Halloween cards, but I do like yours very much!
Too, too cute!!! Love the spiders web stamp!
How clever, giving the spider a treat bag. SUCH a cute card. I don't get the bracket thing either, but I never could grasp the notion of buttons used as an embellishment. I bought them, WANTED to use them, always ended up removing them with a happy sigh.
I like how you got those brackets to work for you!
Hi there, love your card, it's lots of fun too:) xx
Karen, your little spider is adorable! Love this card!
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