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Sunday, 29 January 2012

Less is More - Week 52 - Sketch

This week's challenge over at Less Is More is
For our challenge this week we have a SKETCH and we have a few basic ground rules.
We would like the card to be
  • rectangular
  • in landscape orientation
  • with the band remaining in a vertical position 
As it's a very simple sketch,  we would like it to remain as is without any rotation of either the card or the vertical band.
 
For my card I have used my Tall Trees stamp set by Elusive Images (now Chocolate Baroque).  I started off stamping half the tree onto black card with Versamark and heat embossed it with white detail e/p.  I then stamped the whole image onto my white DL card in black Versafine ink and heat embossed it using clear e/p.  I then placed the image on the black card over the one on the white DL card and made sure it matched up before sticking down.  The sentiment is from my Sincere Salutations which is a Stampin Up set - this was also heat embossed with clear e/p.

Thanks for dropping by.

25 comments:

  1. Stunning card Karen...love the on off stamping...
    hopefully will do my LIM tomorrow

    Anne

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  2. love your card - I like the monochrome look so much

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  3. A very strict sketch guideline this week - love what you've done for it

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  4. Love this Karen it's stunning. Carol x

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  5. This semi-split negative image looks stunning Karen. Simply fantastic!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  6. Wonderful, dramatic effect~ ;)

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  7. I absolutely love your black and white split stamping! Wonderful!

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  8. Brilliant card Karen, so strikingly elegant x

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  9. Fantastic card, love the black and white
    Fabulous
    Thanks so much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  10. Sweet. Someone who gets your card for sure smiles

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  11. A fab card. I love the split stamping, it looks very effective.
    Sally x

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  12. This is a spectacular card, Karen! Love the black and white sharing the image! Really beautiful! Must try this sometime!

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  13. This is simply glorious

    Kathyk

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  14. Love the negative split image. Stunning card. x

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  15. This is a wonderful idea... and a very striking card.

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  16. Stunning card Karen, love the positive/negative image technique:)
    Val x

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  17. Brilliant technique! I love the way you've joined the positive and negative images of the tree in the middle. It's stunning. :) Ann Y.

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  18. What an effective technique Karen! I must file that one away in the old brain! Vicky x

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  19. "WOW"! great card, brilliant idea

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  20. Thank you for your visit, Karen, and for your lovely comments. I have to admit being quite pleased with the final result. I do like the striking effect of your card - black and white is very elegant and classic. xx Maggie

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  21. FAB - U - LUSS Dahling! Wonderful card!

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  22. Congratulations on being showcased

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  23. Beautifully done Karen. Congratulations on your place in the LIM showcase!

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All your comments and thoughts are really appreciated, as is the time you've taken to leave them :o)