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Stamping/Crafting Fests! => Older Fests => Winterfest 2016 Challenges and Chats => Topic started by: djc on January 22, 2016, 05:14:47 PM
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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 Card (http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=13464&m=view&id=5232685&type=-1&size=0)
Here are some other samples made by a few different people:
By Welmoed (http://welmoedcards.blogspot.nl/2013/09/beterschap_15.html)
By Loll Thompson (http://www.stampingwithloll.com/2012/07/darsies-sketch.html)
By Lisa Addesa (http://iminhaven.blogspot.com/2012/01/color-my-world.html)
By Darlenestamps (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1847290?cpage=1#poststart)
Aren’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.
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I love your title, how fun! I do really like the look of this type of card. Thanks for hosting!
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I love your sample card. What a great way to use ribbon.
I've got a question, is stamping a requirement for your challenge?
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Your card is very pretty. What an interesting challenge. Thank you for hosting.
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This will be a fun challenge! Now thinking of what die to use!
April ;D
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I love this look! Wonderful samples!
Good question Craft Nerd.
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Love your sample card!
And I'm :laughhard: :laughhard: because I'm pretty sure I have a couple of these same ones pinned or have at least eyed them a few times and thought oh, I just HAVE to make these. Have I done it yet? Nope ::)
So thanks for hosting and giving me a push, Daria!
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I have been eyeing these too and meant to try it but hadn't yet
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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who loves these cards. I long ago fell in love with the last sample, the brown/red snowflake card; it's the one that drew me to this style of card.
Sarah, stamping is not required. I looked back at the samples, and the only stamping I see are the sentiments. You can use any technique and/or media to decorate the piece that goes behind your opening. On the ornament card, we used Washi Tape, and I drew lines along the edges of each piece with a Sakura Stardust pen. Your mentioning ribbon gave me an idea.
I started to make a list of different ideas, but I'm afraid that might actually limit your own ideas. We can share more ideas as the week progresses.
You can make this a Clean and Simple card or as elaborate as you like. Most of all, just have fun.
Daria
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I did this one with the warm up paper
I die cut a hot air balloon, backed it with glitter paper. I used marker to put pattern on it.
Stamped words and more balloons, added rickrack, and small foam balloon.
I put in gallery, but still can't figure how to make the link with an iPad, that is what I use.
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Yankee, congratulations on being the first to post to this challenge. That warm-up background piece makes a wonderful sky, and your hot air balloon looks great. I'm imagining it with the sparkly glitter that we can't see in the photo.
Here's a link to Yankee's Card (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2330#top_display_media)
Daria
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I looked at the directions and I hope the card I made qualifies. I used the negative space of the die cut to make a shaker card.
Thanks for Looking. (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2334#top_display_media)
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Sadie, it absolute does qualify. You used a negative die beautifully. This makes a great Valentine. Thank you for playing.
Daria
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I'm on a roll! I combined my negative (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2341) with Nerd's 3 & 1 challenge.
My negative is the leftover outline of the gears die I used for the warm-up-layers card. And I ran it thru an EF & swiped with ink to tweak it.
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Very cool, Daniel! I like what you did with the negative gears die-cut. The embossing and inking and the swirl stamping in the background all add energy and movement to your card.
Did you get a new scanner? O0
Daria
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Did you get a new scanner? O0
Daria
No, but my friends did & I've learned (sorta/kinda) how to use it. ;)
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Next best thing!
Daria
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I an going to love doing this challenge. I have several saved negatives. This will be my next card to make.
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As I was looking thru my die cut, suddenly realized that I can use my Cricut - that increases my possibilities of negatives exponentially. Wow this will be fun.
Again thank you.
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Great, Ann. I know what you mean about using up those pieces we save. I think the only negative die-cuts that I saved were rectangles, squares, ovals, and circles; I saved them thinking I could use them as frames. Now I wish I'd saved the more intricate shapes.
Daria
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I liked doing this challenge probably because I have been seeing all the ones out there and always wanted to try it.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2347#top_display_media
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I liked doing this challenge probably because I have been seeing all the ones out there and always wanted to try it.
Connie, that's exactly how I feel and the reason I chose this for my challenge. Your card is darling!
I'm glad you played.
Daria
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Here is my entry. Thanks for the fun challenge!
April
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2348#top_display_media
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April question for you did you emboss the cardstock before or after die cutting, I really like that look
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Connie, I combined this with your challenge. And on my first try, I die cut after embossing and it flattened out the embossing. So on my next try, I die cut first.
Here's my card.
Ribbon Valentine's (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2352&message_id=03a861b08ae849e839f9af60133c69f3&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock)
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April and Sarah, I'm glad I checked in one more time tonight. I love the way your cards turned out.
All these wonderful examples might even make me brave enough to wade through the piles in my craft room and clear enough space to make a card too.
Thank you.
Daria
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I am having more trouble with this, than I expected - I keep using dies that have no negative . Another one that I cut turned out to be a positive and as I was making the card finally realized I was doing it wrong. So today will start again. I am getting older.
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I am having more trouble with this, than I expected - I keep using dies that have no negative . Another one that I cut turned out to be a positive and as I was making the card finally realized I was doing it wrong. So today will start again. I am getting older.
Well, welcome to the club....at least you didn't make the entirely wrong kind of card and didn't realize until you were totally done....just use a circle and die cut in the middle of the page......decorate behind it!
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Ann, do what Sadie suggested. That's all my ornament card was--an empty circle in the middle of a piece of cardstock.
Anything you die cut will have a negative part. It's the cardstock that's left over with the empty space after you remove the die and the die-cut. Well, on second thought, if you use a large die, you might only have the border left. I save those for frames sometimes. But if you use a smaller die like a heart or circle or leaves, etc. in the center of the card stock that will leave an empty space that you can use.
I know which die I'd like to try out, but I just need to move myself from the computer to the craft room.
Good luck. Don't give up.
Daria
ETA: Sadie, thank you for responding so quickly!
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Didn't sure a very intricate die cut, but love the looks of my card and hope you will as will.
Here is my card
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2411&message_id=df50b27bd7632928f84d662dbb833fdc&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock
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Ann, that's beautiful! The papers you used are lovely.
I'm working on one, but I think maybe I cheated. (Good things I'm not eligible for my RAK. lol. I used a Memory Box die that has a cluster of butterflies. But there's really no positive/negative image. What you die cut is what you get. The only thing that comes out of it are the tiny little pieces that fit between the lines in the wings. I wonder if I could capture all of those, color them, and put them back in for an inlaid effect. I don't think that's going to happen. I've seen it done though by using a low-tack adhesive back paper to keep the pieces together. Hmmm. Maybe.
I'm not quite finished with my card--having trouble deciding how to finish it off. Cut it down so I'll have a wider border or settle for a narrow border? Mount it on white for a white-on-white effect or on dark so it will have some contrast? I already ruled out using it for the entire card front; it was too boring. I'll finish it today one way or the other.
Daria
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Well I made one card already but forgot to take a pic of it before I put it in the mail! I have several negatives that I've saved for this technique but being the procrastinator that I am, I haven't gotten around to them yet! I was looking for something in my stash box when I came across this diecut piece I got in a RAK I think from Stampwilly. I needed a baby girl card for a shower I'm going to in a month and the sunshine is the theme for the nursery so I thought this would be perfect. So it pays to hoard things sometimes ;D
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2412
Im hoping I can get around to putting my negatives to good use, it's really fun!
And Daria, I know the Memory box die you are talking about, it's so pretty and I've eyed it several times! I was so excited when I found one on my Cricut that was pretty similar. I don't think it would be cheating to use!
Daria,Thanks for hosting such a fun challenge :)
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What a fun card, LeighAnn! That negative die cut makes a great shaker card.
Don't you hate it when you send off a card before photographing or scanning it?
Daria
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Here is my entry! There were so many directions a stamper could go with this challenge. I have made clean and simple versions of this before, so I tried something different!
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2416#top_display_media
I still need to go through and comment on entries so that is what I am going to do now.
Thanks so much for hosting!
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Daria, I am on a roll today so I have another entry. I think it qualifies, but if it does not, that is okay too. I had a fun time using a negative die cut opening to create a shaker card using some Impression Obsession Shake It products that Jan sent me a while back. I like them a lot because they are really easy to use, I can use my own Spellbinders dies with them and they are a lot thinner than the Jillibean soup ones (although they both have their pros and cons).
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2417#top_display_media
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Heidi, they both count. You went a step beyond what you needed to do. That's a wonderful tree image you used on the first card, and I like that you made good use of a smaller image with your second layout.
My card is finished, but I'm waiting for the glue to dry. Anyone know how long it takes for Ranger's Matte Gel Medium to dry on a cold day in a cold house?
Daria
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I posted my card in the gallery. Yeah! I thought it was done, but last night I took one last look and ended up adding a pierced border; I like it better that way.
Daria
Almost forgot the link! (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2420&message_id=44652502dfa1f6675617219cbdb8a471&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock)
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So pretty, Daria!
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Thanks, Heidi.
Daria
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Today's the last day of Winterfest 2016. We still have all day long to make and post to the challenges. I am trying to make myself MOVE and accomplish something. I wish all us procrastinators luck.
Daria
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I wish all us procrastinators luck.
Thank you Daria! I need it! I feel like the slowest stamper ever!
I started today thinking about a couple different challenges I might work on, and then somehow I happened upon a Pinterest card that led me down the Negativity at its Best road.
I hope it is okay that I used my Silhouette to cut the negative space as I don't have an egg die. After Jan's recent challenge to modify our die cuts, I'm saving the positive egg!
Thanks for hosting this challenge Daria. I love the look of these Negative space cards.
I made an Easter card. (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2443#top_display_media)
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Cindi, I love your card! You did better than I. Do you know what I've done all day? I came across a website, The Little Blue House, that has been posting photo tutorials, 12 Days of Ornaments, since 2010. I've been going through them and saving one from each year to my Pinterest board. I have the first three years in Word documents with links and a picture of each ornament. I picked one ornament out of each year, 2010-2015, to post to Pinterest. Unforunately, a few of the photo tutorials have lost their photos, but almost all are intact.
I can't seem to get myself to go into my craft room. It is so disorganized that I don't want to be in there. Bummer. Maybe that should have been my challenge--do one thing every single day to make my room usable again.
Daria
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Daria-It was so fun to see all the different techniques to use the negative space of a die cut. I added one more way to fill the negative space from a die cut.
Hope you like it!...But more I hope it lifts the spirits of my 95-year old uncle who has recently broken his back. I need to close this before the bewitching hour strikes.
Here is my challenge post. (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2455&message_id=54814c92cb80b0ccf9762ee0dffd6bfb&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock)
Thanks for looking!
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Jan, your card is wonderful! So sorry to hear about your uncle. I know this card will cheer him up!
April
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Jan, that is a fabulous card! I'm so sorry to hear about your uncle. I'm sure he'll be pleased to receive this beautiful card.
Daria
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I'll be back as soon as I've put the names in the hat!
Daria
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Thank you to one and all who participated in this challenge. I just took another stroll through the gallery and checked out all the links posted on this thread; I didn't want to miss anyone. You guys gave me so many ideas for using negative die cuts. I'll be doing more of this in the future. I already have an idea for a Christmas card.
I know. You want me to stop talking and get to the next step. Right?
I put all your names into my old straw hat, each piece folded over and over. I like shaking the hat and watching those little pieces bounce around. (The hat resides by the computer now.) My daughter, Heidi, was already awake this time. She just closed her eyes, turned her head, and swished the pieces of paper around again.
Then came the draw!
This time it was someone . . .
who hasn't won one of my challenges lately . . .
I think. My memory isn't all that great.
I would like to congratulate . . .
our latest winner . . .
none other than . . .
Utah Ann!
Congratulations, Ann. Let me know if your address has changed since the last time I sent you something. It's been a while.
Once more, thank you to everyone for playing.
Daria
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Congratulations Ann!
Daria, thanks again for hosting! And for giving your daughter such a pretty name :) ;)
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Congrats, Ann!
April
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Congrats Ann
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Congrats, Ann.
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Congratulations Ann!
Thanks for hostessing Daria! I loved seeing all the different takes on your challenge.
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Congrats, Ann!
I agree with Iring, I really enjoyed seeing the variations of this one, Thanks for hosting Daria!
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Thank you for giving me a new way of looking at die cutting.