Hello all,
So, I have been taking a drawing class through the local community college and this week’s course material talked about silhouettes. Â It made me think that we use silhouette images all the time in stamping. Â In fact, it was the perfect topic for card 3 in the Happy & Simple series.
I think the key to making a silhouette image work is having an interesting background to pair it with. Distress Oxide inks are a great medium with this goal in mind as they create lovely textured backgrounds with depth and color.
In the card below, I used three different Distress Oxide inks to create a watercolor style inked background in rich shades of orange and pink.  I then stamped a floral silhouette image over the top and added a sentiment (perfect words for the Happy and Simple cards series…I must say).  I then added a bit more interest by flicking black and pink dots over the panel.  Lastly, I stamped a cute little silhouette of a butterfly to bring your attention up the top portion of the card.  The panel was mounted onto black cardstock and adhered to a top folding white card base (5 1/2 x 4 1/4).
Hope you are enjoying this Happy & Simple card series. Â For me, it has been fun to get back to the beautiful basics of card making.
Materials:
Butterfly & sayings from Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Kit
Floral image from Inkadinkado
Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade & Fired Brick
Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress ink: Worn Lipstick
Tsukineko, Ink. Versafine Onyx Black Ink pad
Ranger Archival ink, Jet black
Ranger Watercolor paper
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Happy Day!
L
