Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Black and White with a Hint of Colour



Stampotique Originals latest challenge theme over on the Stampotique Challenge Blog is Black and White with a Hint of Colour (or Color, depending on where you live :0) )

I used a couple of the recently released stamps, Dragonfly and Dragonfly Verse along with a really useful favourite of mine Daisy, Daisy.

To create my 'hint of colour' I swiped an ink pad over white card and swooshed over a couple of shades of embossing powder to give a soft shimmery textured effect.

Please check out the challenge if you haven't done so already. A really simple one this time with another opportunity to be in with a chance of being drawn as a winner of a $30 gift certificate kindly offered by Carol at Stampotique Originals. This is an 'any stamps week' where all stamps are welcome, but if you do own any Stampotique images it would be great to see what you can come up with using those too.

If you are in the UK there are are number of stores that sell Stampotiques, the largest selection found at Happy Daze.
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27 comments:

  1. kjjc21 September 2011 at 10:19

    elegant and stunning Jo. Love the shimmer from the EP. Hope you are well.

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  2. Willy21 September 2011 at 10:22

    Wonderful card, Jo!

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  3. Suze Bain21 September 2011 at 10:33

    Love that swooshy blue/turquoisey bit. Gorgeous. xx

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  4. Gez Butterworth21 September 2011 at 10:53

    Wow! Gorgeous card Jo..xx

    I've had a lovely morning playing with your gorgeous stamps.. I'm just about to upload!

    Have a great day.. hope the sun is shining for you.xx

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  5. Marja's Stamp Addiction en Marja's Creativity21 September 2011 at 11:04

    Splendid and elegant. Very stylish Jo. love this beautiful card. You have made a more than beautiful background with the embossingpowders. Fantastic coulour and a very nice dragonfly.
    lovely greet marja

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  6. Anonymous21 September 2011 at 11:11

    Beautiful!! Love the glimmery effect of the blue, it fits the dragonfly so well

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  7. Helen21 September 2011 at 12:16

    I love this card, Jo. The swipe of shimmery colour is just fab. Your dragonfly is pretty amazing too.... I must get some more Stampotiques (I know I keep saying this!)

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  8. Karen21 September 2011 at 12:40

    How do you do it?! This is stunning. I really like the shimmery textured background, and I especially like that you would expect it on the wings or the dragonfly or something. But by not doing it on the dragonfly, it makes the dragonfly more emphatic. I don't think I'm conveying what I mean very well, so I'll just say that I find this card extremely appealing, and full of creative genius that I want to click on, add to cart, and check out!

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  9. Inkypinkycraft21 September 2011 at 14:22

    Beautiful, I love the shimmer.really lovely trace x

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  10. Silvia(Barnie)21 September 2011 at 16:35

    Fantastic card, love the use of the embossing powders, great effect.

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  11. Ellie Knol21 September 2011 at 17:59

    O, Jo, how beautiful! I love your new line of stamps!

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  12. Fuchsia21 September 2011 at 18:00

    Lovely Work !

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  13. Sid21 September 2011 at 18:03

    Fab card Jo !!

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  14. Carol Q21 September 2011 at 19:07

    gorgeous Jo!

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  15. Paula J Atkinson21 September 2011 at 19:23

    I love the touch of colour it looks so fluid.

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  16. Siobhan Brignull21 September 2011 at 21:37

    I love that effect Jo, simply superb : )

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  17. Basement Stamper22 September 2011 at 01:28

    I adore your swoosh, it looks so cool!

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  18. thekathrynwheel22 September 2011 at 11:16

    Ooh, really lovely. I love your hint of colour. Daisy Daisy is one of my useful faves too:-)

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  19. Kaz22 September 2011 at 14:51

    This is just gorgeous Jo - I love how versatile Daisy Daisy is too xx

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  20. jeanie g22 September 2011 at 14:55

    What a lovely card! Like the shimmery effect and the love the sentiment.

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  21. Jane Wetzel22 September 2011 at 19:24

    Jo this is just beautiful!

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  22. Eloise22 September 2011 at 20:15

    Love your dragonfly card and georgeous hint of color. But then i'm partial to dragonflies. :)

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  23. Chris Arlington22 September 2011 at 23:40

    The simplicity of this card is stunning! I love it!!!
    Chris xo

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  24. Sue23 September 2011 at 11:01

    This is so elegant Jo, I love the way you have swooshed and embossed x

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  25. joanne wardle23 September 2011 at 12:17

    love the swooshy embossing powder "technique". beautiful card

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  26. Anonymous24 September 2011 at 09:29

    Gorgeous card Jo...love the twinkle of the embossing powders. Love S xxx

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  27. :)) ...Вика12 October 2011 at 20:53

    Очень понравилась эта открытка!

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