Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Impression Obsession Design Team challenge. My project today was made using the Solid Tree Set and Small Bird Set.
What does “out of the box” mean to you? This was a fun discussion the team had in our Yahoo group this past weekend. I finally decided that for me it was to create a project that is out of my wheelhouse. I have strayed very far from my paper crafting beginnings. Back then it was all about stamped images, water coloring and scenes. The only constant over the years is my love for creating scenes. The introduction of dies caught my interest and took over my stamping style. So for my project today I turned back to my beginnings using stamped images to create a scene but stepped way out of my norm and used silhouette images in black on a cream background instead of lots of color. Please note…..I couldn’t resist adding a few die cut birds. LOL!
I stamped the images and sentiment with black versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder. I applied black ink on a small piece of black cardstock, embossed with clear powder and used it cut out the birds.
I attached the scene to a black layer of cardstock and popped it up on the card base with mounting tape. I attached the birds to the scene and sentiment with glossy accents for the finishing touch.
Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!). A random challenge card will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing! I hope you will go check out what the other IO teams members created for the challenge. Thanks for coming by today.
Kittie Caracciolo (you are here)
A very beautiful black and white card ! I love it !
Very striking, I love black and white. Love how you did the little birdies too. You cant create a bad card Kittie ever.
This is certainly “out of the box” for you Kittie! It must have been a struggle to design without color, but you did it girl! You’ve created a stunning silhouette card.
Love it…I am a big fan of silhouettes…like how you off centered the sentiment. I have almost forgotten how to use my stamps…not a good thing…but do love the dies.
Definitely not what I would expect to see here, but I love it! So striking, and the sentiment is wonderful!
This is definitely out of the box for you Kittie, And it is still just stunning! 🙂
Oh my, this is definitely out of your box! I love your normal cards with all their color and sweet femininity. Glad this is a one time thing for you.
Love the embossing on all the images and love that sentiment!
It may be out of your wheelhouse, but I like it….it’s fun to do something like that once in a while – just to prove you can…LOL!
Jan
This is very thought provoking to me. I just finished reading a blog about the old movie, by Hitchcock, “Rebecca”. The photos were all black and white. I LOVE black and white normally but, this card gave me a feeling of a dark place filled with heaviness…maybe, I am having a bad day, lol. TFS.
Kittie, this is so pretty….. I absolutely love it…. I love the black & white look…. thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity
Even your stamped cards are regal, Kittie! Beautiful. 🙂
Such a lovely, simple but elegant card, Kittie! It IS difficult to leave our comfort zone but you have proved your talent once again. Thank you for sharing with us. Love your “usual” style, too, of course.
Yes, I can definitely see you go back to your beginnings. I remember how I fell in love with your work years ago, and it’s only gotten better. This is one nice card. Yes, I see you couldn’t resist dies.
Love all the silhouettes on this striking card!
Good Afternoon, Kittie, It is striking what black and white can achieve. this s lovely image. Well done, for many things needed, not so frilly.