Good card making day!

Hello ladies

Ooh, I have had a good day today making cards.

I started by returning to the technique called Spotlight which we have done at our club evenings.  But it is new to my workshops down at Purple Butterfly Crafts.  I say new I did have one workshop a few weeks back, only I didn't have any new samples, so I thought I would buckle down & create some.

I made three cards all with the same image but created a different spotlight on each.  Then I created a fourth one treating the spotlight in a totally new way - well new to me.  Here are the photos;

This one is what I would call the traditional spotlight technique.

The image has been stamped in black archival ink, then part stamped again - just the large flower head.

The flower head is then coloured, cut out in a circle & placed in the correct place over the top of the black & white image.

In this second card I reversed the spotlight technique by colouring the whole image & then leaving the spotlight cutout in black & white.

In the third card I have taken a totally different approach & coloured in the whole of the left hand stem flower leaving the larger flower in black & white.

This final card has been made in the style of one I saw on the Internet & I am unable to give credit for it as I forgot to note where I saw it.  I shall have another look later & can always pop back here & insert the credit.

This bold style border stamp has been stamped three times using a green Stazon Ink.  I have only added colour to the central  panel thereby creating the spotlight effect.  I rather like this card & think I can honestly say I would not have thought of using it like that without seeing the item on the Internet.  Isn't it good that we share our ideas in this way?