Thursday, February 5, 2009

split negative tutorial

SBS 24 Challenge this week was to do masculine card. My old standby- to use Lovely as a tree. I had this idea in my head, but not time to execute it earlier in the week. I tried to use some sage shadow as I always seem to use earth tones for masculine cards, I thought it would jazz it up a bit. Then I got my new texured plates for my big shot this week and decided I needed to break them in.



Here is a close up of the cardstock I ran through my big shot using one of my textured plates. I then sponged some chocolate chip over the raised image to bring out the embossing more.





Quick Split negative tutorial:



1) stamp images

a) one on neutral cardstock in dark pigment ink. here I used very vanilla and chocolate chip craft ink. I then used clear embossing powder and heat set.

b) the other one on darker cardstock and use white or clear embossing powder. my sample is on sage shadow with white embossing powder.

tip- make sure you find center point of your stamp so

you are able to stamp both images equally. I used my grid paper for help.








2) cut both pieces of cardstock in half. my cs was 3 x 3, so I cut it at 1.5 ".









3) matt your cs pieces on darker cardstock with 1/8" border.
I like to put some scotch tape behind my images to help keep them together so I can mount evenly. You will now have two images available to make two cards!



































































13 comments:

Marilyn said...

Wow - this is beautiful Kathy!! Thanks for the tutorial too - I want to try to get around to making this - this card is just awesome!

Unknown said...

This is great thet texture went well with the card. Thanks for the tuotrial I will have to give this a shot.

Debbi said...

Don't you just love those plates? I only got one set to begin with but the other is on my next order!!! Great card!

JB-Crafting Supplies said...

Wow this is beautiful Kathy I love it! I must try this myself:-)

Julie

Anonymous said...

I love this technique and your card turned out wonderful.

Emily said...

This is beautiful Kathy! I forgot about that technique! Thanks for the tutorial! Your card looks great! Perfect for a man!

Amber said...

this is very pretty Kathy and I too love this stamp its still a all time SU fav or mine ! Hope ya have a great weekend

Anonymous said...

I love the split negative cards...I need to do another.

Kelly said...

Great card, Kathy. I love the tutorial - I'll have to try it!

Jana O'Brien said...

Just gorgeous, Kathy! I may need to CASE this for my next workshop!

Gwen said...

Oh gosh Kathy!!!! do I love this!!! that paper is beautiful with it too!!!!

Kerry D-C said...

Wow! this is lovely!
I know that I couldn't line them up and I'd be frustrated. LOL

kc_froglady said...

this is a fun tech isn't it! Works great with all kinds of images