Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thursday Dream Scheme Color Sketch--Pink and Black

When I first saw this Umbrellas Stencil, LJ 908, I remembered an image of a gathering in the rain. I couldn't tell you what it was from, of course. Everyone there had a black umbrella except for one person, who had a red one. That single pop of color really stood out because of its uniqueness. It was a little bit of brightness and enthusiasm in the staid black landscape of umbrellas.
When I decided to recreate the image on a card, I opted for the accent color of pink and, for an added bit of whimsy, a leopard print. I started by using matte black paste through the Leopard Skin Stencil LJ 817 on bright pink cardstock. As that dried, I cleaned the stencil and used it on white cardstock with pink pigment ink and a stencil brush. I then stamped this white cardstock with the sentiment. I pasted the Umbrellas Stencil LJ 908 on shimmery dove gray Wausau carstock, using the glossy black paste. As that dried, I flipped the pink leopard print over, and using the back side of the umbrella stencil, outlined the highlighted umbrella pieces with a pencil. I hand cut them, only slightly larger than the outlines. I put some glue on the back and situtated the pieces to create my focal point umbrella. A couple of scraps of the bright pink leopard skin print created the borders on the sentiment. I added ribbon, and I was done. Aside from the drying time, it may have taken me longer to write this blog post. You should give some of this paper "piecing" yourself. It is fun, dramatic and easy. When you finish, you should link to the Dreamweaver Site. We would love to see your stuff. Check out the pink and black on the other Dreamweaver team members sites. Get inspired. I will see you next week.

7 comments:

  1. Laura...this reminds me of Jennifer's (my office manager here at Dreamweaver) story of being in the London subway with all the black umbrellas surrounding her faux leopardskin one. And then trying to catch the elevator going up by shoving it in to hold the doors open. LOL! Her two sons and hubbie acted like they didn't know who she was when she finally got it unstuck from the closing doors. This would be a great illustration for a book by Jennifer of her life living with a British hubbie.

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  2. Laura I love the black with the pop of pink leopardskin. Great card as always.

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  3. Three of my favorite things. Pink, black and leopard print. Love this Laura. I have thought of paper piecing so many times, but I always get caught up thinking that I must use a paste, or glitter, or something else that has been used in the Dreamweaver tutorials. This is fabulous and the Umbrella stencil is perfect for highlighting that one bright color umbrella. Great job my friend. I hope you are well and please have a good week!!!

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  4. An image is worth a thousand words and I'm off to buy a brightly colored umbrella NOW! No more basic black or beige for me. There is more inspiration in this card than just the design. Thank you, Laura.

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  5. Wonderful card, great sentiment. Love the pop of pink and animal print!

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  6. This is so cute Laura, I just love the use of the leopard print on the pink, and the uniqueness(??) of the pink among a sea of black! Very clever.

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  7. I love it! You did a beautiful job on this card.

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