Powered by Blogger.

Silhouette Thoughts

Silhouette Banner
Welcome to the weekend! This week's Our Creative Corner challenge is one of my favorites so far. Our November hostess, Denise Marzec, challenged us to use silhouette stamps on our projects, and as an added bonus to add a little sparkle in honor of this week's Guest Designer, Silke Ledlow aka Sparklegirl! For all the challenge details and to see the gorgeous creations by Silke and the OCC regulars, head on over to Our Creative Corner.

As soon as I saw the challenge, I knew I wanted to use Abundant Blessings. And since I've been dying to try the SCS Sketch challenge layout all week, I pulled out my supplies and got to work. I started with white cardstock cut to size, then started stamping across the panel with various silhouettes in Chocolate Chip Craft ink. Next I embossed in clear embossing powder and then sponged the edges with creamy caramel, close to cocoa and chocolate chip ink. Next I pieced two Nestabilities Long Scallop Rectangles together in both Sage Shadow and Chocolate Chip to make coordinating mats. I used a paper piercer to poke a hole in each scallop, then wrapped some chocolate taffeta ribbon around the stamped panel and secured with some We R Memory Keepers hardware.

The sentiment is from the Artful Elegance set and is stamped with Chocolate Chip craft and embossed with clear EP. It's a tag shape from Nestabilities and I hand cut a thin mat for it with chocolate chip, then glued it under the hardware. The squares at the bottom are 1" squares of sage shadow, stamped with the SU! Linen background in sage, then inked softly with chocolate chip ink. They're matted on SU! scallop square punches. The base of the card is Kraft, stamped randomly with the silhouette leaves in chocolate chip. I finished off by lightly sponging the edges of the card base and then adding some Stardust Stickles accents to the silhouettes and bottom scallops.

35 comments

Betty J Schaub said...

Julee this card is so heavenly tranquil. Love the colors and the stamps.

Amy said...

wow, beautiful!

Theresa Momber said...

Wow! This card is stunning!

Denise Marzec said...

GORGEOUS!

Silke Ledlow said...

WOW - Julee - this is absolutely fantastic!!! I love everything you have done with this card - a real stunner!!!

BLJ Graves Studio said...

This is so beautiful! Just amazing.

CreativeMish said...

This card is amazing.. I love the colors and the bling! Beautiful!

Dawn Easton said...

Absolutely gorgeous Julee!

Anonymous said...

WOW, that is about all I can say! You go girl!

Christi Flores said...

Wow!! This is absolutely stunning!!!

Mary said...

Wow again, this is beautiful! I always look forward to your new posts. You give me great ideas.
Thanks,
Mary

Å olanje na domu-Waldorf said...

Wonderful card! I´m speechless.

x Natasha x

Jody Morrow said...

Beautiful card!

Jennifer Meyer said...

Julee your card is stunning and SO beautiful!! I almost grabbed this set but then reached for the Always set.

LOVE the stunning design, gorgeous colors and beautiful detail!

Have a wonderful weekend, Jennifer :)

Kathy Jones said...

WOW!!! This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!

can't stop stampin' with vicki said...

Beautiful! All of your cards are so elegant! tfs!

Anonymous said...

Wow this card is like no other I have ever seen! So unique! I love your color choice and that ribbon is so yummy!
A work of art!

Lynda Benden said...

WOW Julee, this is absolutely gorgeous! I LOVE the colors, shading, everything!!!

Nicole said...

This is so beautiful. I just love the color combo, and especially the layers of browns that make it so warm and yet soothing.

Joan Ervin said...

WOW, this is sooo beautiful...the colors are just gorgeous and the stamps make the perfect silhouette images!!!

Denise said...

WOW Julee, this is spectacular!! I love the colors and awesome sponging! Great challenge combo!!

Jackie Pedro said...

This is stunning, Julee!

Mari said...

This is gorgeous! I *love* how serene it feels!!

Amy Sheffer said...

Be still my heart! Julee, this is amazing!

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh Julee this is fabulous, love all the layers, and love the colors.

KAT said...

This is stunningly beautiful! The colors, the sponging, your ribbon placement... Love it!!!

Shannan Teubner said...

SHUT UP, Julee this is STUNNING!!!

Anonymous said...

Julee this is gorgeous!!! I love everything about it.

Jennifer said...

Absolutely stunning!!!

Beate said...

Oh my goodness. Julee....this is soooo beautiful!
Hugs and smiles

Rach said...

This is a totally stunnig card Julee, beautifully made. hugs rachxx

dpkennedy said...

This is just gorgeous!

Libby Hickson said...

This is so gorgeous! Love the colors you used, and the bit of sparkle!

Ayelet {Jenny} said...

This card is so beautifull that it completly takes my breath away!
Hello, I folowd the link from the OCC blog. I realy lke your work, your creations are so, so prety!

BA said...

this is fantastic!!
xoxo BA