The last spotlight card I posted, maybe a year and a half ago, is by far the most popular blog post I've ever made. It's been viewed like double the next most popular post, and more than 10x the average post. I remember being super intimidated by the technique when I first came across it, but it's so easy.
For this card, I used a morning glory image. I picked out the area I wanted to color, cut it out with a circle die, and referred to an online photo of morning glories when choosing the purple, pink and green colors. Die-cut a slightly larger circle in purple, placed it over the spot the image was diecut from, then placed the colored circle on top, making sure the image lined up. Easy peasy.
This card is entered in these challenges:
Beautiful Blossoms # 43 -- florals
Double Trouble # 222-- 3 layers, 2 colors, 1 sentiment plus optional twist of "more" (4 layers and three colors)
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- birthday
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2631 -- anything goes
A Cut Above -- include diecut
Triple B -- include blossom, bird, or butterfly
Paper Funday #90 -- anything goes
What a wonderful spotlight card and that image really lends itself to this technique. Great colours and colouring. Thanks for sharing at Double Trouble. Johanna
ReplyDeleteBeautiful design using the spotlight technique. Pretty colors! Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration with A Cut Above's August Challenge.
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Oh Sandy ... I simply LOVE this!! (purple is MY color) Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
This is a beautiful stamped image, Sandy, and it lends itself perfectly to the Spotlight technique. Lovely coloring using a pretty palette. Your recipient will be very pleased to receive this beautiful birthday card. Thank you for playing along at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the Spotlight technique and on your card, it's very eye-catching! We're delighted you've shared this lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms and Paper Funday Challenges; we hope to see more soon. Also, we have a new challenge you may consider joining sometime, it's The Pick 3 Challenge and we hope to see you there as well!
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The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
The Inspiration Station Challenge
The Paper Funday Challenge
The Pick 3 Challenge
Oh so pretty, love the spotlight flower on here, great job. Thanks for playing our challenge this month at A Cut Above Challenge. Have a great day. Leanne DT/ACA
ReplyDeleteSandy, you used the spotlight technique so beautifully on your card! Adding the purple mat made that gorgeously colored morning glory flower stand out even more! Thank you so much for sharing your card and creativity with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!!! -Donna
ReplyDeleteBeautiful floral and love the simplicity of making it a spotlight card. Thank you sharing your beautiful card with us at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used the spotlight technique in forever! This is really pretty! And by the sounds of it, with the popularity of your last spotlight blog post, people love the spotlight card! Good reminder to try it again. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)
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