Welcome to Winterfest 2016! This year’s event will open on Saturday, January 23 and continue through Sunday, January 31.
I looked through my Pinterest Board for inspiration to help me decide upon a challenge for this event. I found some cards I really like that are pretty simple to make. I went looking through my gallery to see if I had made any myself. Uh-uh. That cinched it. The best way to get myself to do something new is to use it as the basis for a challenge. I’m calling this challenge Negativity at its Best.
For this challenge you will be using the negative image from a die cut. You can use the positive image for something else or on the inside of the card if you want to, but the front of the card will be what is left over after you die cut an image. So just set that image aside. You can use any technique and/or media to decorate the piece that goes behind your opening.
If you don’t have any dies, you can use a kraft knife or scissors to cut a shape out of your cardstock and use the piece you have left after removing the shape.
Here’s a card I made at a workshop that is the closest I came to actually doing this myself. They provided us with a piece of cardstock with the circle already cut out.
Ornament CardHere are some other samples made by a few different people:
By WelmoedBy Loll ThompsonBy Lisa AddesaBy DarlenestampsAren’t they cool?!
Requirements:
1. You must make a new project. It can be a card or something else.
2. Please post your project in the Artsy Inker Gallery set aside for Winterfest 2016. Begin the Subject line with WF16. Use the keyword, WF16-Neg.
3. Please link your gallery post to this thread and share your experiences here.
4. You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
The names of participants who adhere to the requirements will be drawn from my old straw hat to determine who gets a small prize.
One more thing. We're celebrating my nephew's birthday on Opening Day. It seems that something is always happening during our events. I'll still be checking in, but I won't be glued to the computer. Sorry.
Don’t forget to have fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make.
Daria
ETA: I added this sentence to the original instructions: You can use any technique and/or media to decorate the piece that goes behind your opening.