Sunday 20 May 2012

Mini Masterpiece?

The challenge for one layer wednesday this week hosted by Heather was to create a 2" masterpiece on your card.   http://cardz.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/olw-88-mini-masterpiece/

I was TOTALLY blown away and inspired by Heather's tutorial she did on how she created her mini masterpiece, so even though I'm really not great at inking techniques, I decided to have a go.  Once I'd done it and started to write this post I've realised that my version uses the identical colours to Heather's OLW piece so I may have CASEd it a bit too closely (although with no-where near as good a final outcome!!!)


I followed the tutorial and used a penny black grid line stamp, an inkylicious floral stamp (which is larger than the 2" square) and a sentiment from Elzybels (now available as a Penny Black stamp)   I had to draw a border around my square as I got a bit of a bleed under my masking - hope that a 2.1" square still counts ;-)

It's soooo not a masterpiece, but I am proud of it for a first attempt and I really love the effect so will definately give the technique another go.



9 comments:

  1. Tara, this is fabulous. Love your mix of colours.
    Lynne xxx

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  2. Well done for dabbling with inks :0) love how it turned out, you chose some lovely stamps and colours for this technique. I just cannot master this style of card at all !!
    Jenny x

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  3. This is gorgeous, and it most definitely is a masterpiece. I love it. I'm going to give this double sponging technique a try, too. :) Ann Y.

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  4. This is a superb card. I am glad you had fun with the technique. Your colours are vivid and your image perfect for this technique.

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  5. This looks great! I love the challenge but haven't gotten round to making an entry as yet! Great to see some more inspiration :)

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  6. Gorgeous! You're wrong.... It really is a masterpiece! Thanks for participating in the One-Layer Challenge this week.

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  7. This is fab, and I think that I need to go read this tutorial now, because its so good!

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  8. Tara...what can I say!...just WOW! You've got this technique down pat!

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  9. This is so stunning Tara - I adore this technique and no two masterpieces will be the same. How resourceful you are to think of covering the bleed with a frame! Vicky x

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