Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 8

Another Positive/Negative card . . . this one using the negative image of a stencil.

I love that Inspirational's word prompt was perfect for my messy desk. I had quite the creative weekend, and one thing that I have an abundance of after is leftovers.

I don't know about anyone else, but I have a hard time giving up the ink that's on my stencils. I'll usually try to create a watercolor background that will be hit or miss and could end up int he garbage. A couple days ago I created the background for this card, then created a watercolor piece using the stencil. So this is the negative image of the stencil in watercolor.  

I love the subtle background; my one wish is that I had stamped off the dots in the stamp set. I did try to keep colors grouped together on this piece. 

And a bold sentiment . . . 

Cheers to creating with leftovers.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hello Friend

Stamps and Dies:  Hello Daisy Stamp Set and Dies and Paper Confetti Layered Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Samba, It's a Girl, Tiki Torch, Limoncello, Grass Skirt and Something Borrowed (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Black Cardstock (Concord & 9th);

Distress Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger);

Other: Mount Pearl Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 7

Positive and negative image designs are some of my favorites to play around with. I'm often asked if I ever create multiples of cards. This is about as close as it gets. I just love to create a background and have the output be two completely different cards. 

I created the background piece using a piece of watercolor paper and my rediscovered stash of Ken Oliver Colorbursts. Once happy with the background, I was inspired to use a die by the Crafty Calendar Challenge and pulled one out that I knew could get me a second background with the negative images. 

And so my positive image card for Crafty Calendar Challenge. . . 

I love that the powders provide more intense colors in some spaces. The die does a great job breaking it all up. 

And now the fun began, because creating the second card is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together! Once my images were down, but sentiment was inspired by the Alphabet Challenge prompt which was T is for Thank You.

 It's been quite some time since I posted a positive/negative card. I hope you enjoyed and find some time to create some of your own.

Debbie

Supplies Used - You Always Make Me Smile

Stamps and Dies:  Retro Star Cover Die  and Magnetic Messages Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Samba (Catherine Pooler Inks); Samba, Limoncello, Suede Shoes Colorbursts (Catherine Pooler and Ken Oliver);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson)

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler)

Supplies Used - Thank You

Stamps and Dies:  Retro Star Cover Die and Jolly Thanks Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Carnivale Color Burst by Ken Oliver (Catherine Pooler); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Celebration Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 6

 I had a goal to post more this year, and I've been failing miserably.  My goal was 100 posts in 2022, so I have a lot of time to make up.  

And so why not create a card casing myself, and of course, I can't resist the opportunity to use my positive and negative die pieces.  So two cards today, inspired by Just Add Ink's Challenge 604 - Case of Yourself.  

I'm casing a card I made using Lawn Fawn stamps and dies.  I posted the card here, but here is pic of it:  

Instead of hearts, I went with squares.  My images were a bit larger, so I had more real estate to cover.  

And instead of Valentine's Day, I went with Halloween. 

I colored my images with a blender pen, and my candy corn have a coating of Liquid class.  They look more like embellishments than dies. 

My scallop border had those inner squares, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to create another card with my negative images.  

And for this one, I flipped things a bit and went landscape with my design.  

 

Cutest little monsters!  

These were fun to create, and Halloween is months away.  

Go create!

Debbie

Supplies Used - I Only Have Eyes for You -Slimline Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Squad Ghouls Stamp Set and Dies, Essentials Slimline Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Nesting Circle Dies (Hero Arts);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Pixie Dust, Tutti Frutti, Lime Rickey, Grape Crush, Orange Peel, Tiara (Catherine Pooler Inks; Versamark; Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (Wow);

Paper:  White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Little Black Dress Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs); Pitch Black Cardstock (Hero Arts);

Other: Mockingbird Heights Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Ripened Pumpkin Gloss Crystal Drops and Plum Slate Stone Drops (Nuvo); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart);  

 

Supplies Used - Have a Boo-tiful Day Slimline

Stamps and Dies:  Squad Ghouls Stamp Set and Dies, Essentials Slimline Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Pixie Dust, Tutti Frutti, Lime Rickey, Grape Crush, Tiara (Catherine Pooler Inks;

Paper:  White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Little Black Dress Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Pinwheel Stencil, Cookies and Cream Twine and Mockingbird Heights Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Crushed Grape Crystal Drops (Nuvo); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

Taking the Postive with the Negative - Take 5

It's time for another positive/negative die creation.  I just can't throw out the parts. 

The prompt at Inspirational Challenges is "Triangles".  I decided to play with a die in my stash that is a circle, but has triangles in the design of the die.  Hard to know what was truly positive and negative on this one.  But here is where I ended up.  

First, I created a background  using watercolor paper and a large background stamp.  I used distress oxide inks and created some "generational" backgrounds.  This is one of the three.  I trimmed it down and then my used my die to create that focal point. 

Love the colors of the ink on this one.  I married it with other embellishments in my stash and some sentiments and dies. 

And of course, I can't throw away "the pieces"!  And so a second card . . . 

Love them both, but the second one!  LOVE!  

Want to see more examples of positive/negative creations, check out these posts.  

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie
 

Supplies Used - Hello - Happy Day

Stamps and Dies:  Simple Greetings Dies, Party Print Circle Die, Cottage Garden Background Stamp and Pick Your Pot Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (Ranger); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Paper: Pixie Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger); Solar White (Neenah);

Other:  Romance Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Grape Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart); 

 

Supplies Used - Thank You

Stamps and Dies:  Simple Greetings Die, Layered Greetings Stamp Set, Party Print Circle Die, Cottage Garden Background Stamp (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (Ranger); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger);

Other:  Romance Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

 

 

 

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 4

The challenge at AAA Birthday is pattern paper.  Holy moly, do I have pattern paper; I had to play along.  

So I created this shaker card using some festive pattern papers. My plan was to use the negative of the die to create the shaker with the shaker bits behind the window. 

And I managed to find some sequins to match!   And fit all those little pieces onto the acetate for the "open letters". 

And because I can't help but use my negative pieces, including the scraps of paper from the previous card, I had to create using the positive image of that Happy Birthday sentiment. 

This one is a little simpler . . . but all about the pattern paper. 

I hope you find some time to use your positive and negative dies!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Die and Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Window Plastic (Judikins);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Die and Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 3

You know I love an opportunity to showcase positive and negative dies.  It's becoming a thing with me, and so here is my third post using it all!  This one is birthday themed.  

So let me first say that there is an element of stenciling on this one, best seen in the negative space, and it was the element that I was truly trying to capture in my original piece.  So let's cover the negative first.  This one was inspired by the prompt at AAA Birthday to use a stencil. 

I have the Spotlight Stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs that has this really cool circle bursts.  And then I have the Circle Window Die from Close To My Heart.  While I knew they weren't a match, I thought they would make an interesting pair.  So I created a water color piece using Ken Oliver Color Burst in Catherine Pooler ink colors.  I then stenciled with some white pigment ink to lighten within the stencil images, embossed using some Wow embossing glitter and then after heat setting, I used my die to get my circles. I love the result. 

A little sparkle and a little shine.  I love the boldness of the watercolor pieces here.  I used the matching Catherine Pooler Inks to color the candle . . . and of course, added some sequins. 

And so that positive piece, which in this case was the leftover piece for me.  Had to use it. You can still see the rich color and the stencil pieces which almost seem to highlight each circle.  I'm in love with this stencil and die together! 

For my sentiment spot, I connected two of the circles, and love the result there.

These colors just make me happy.  

I hope I've inspired you to look for options for all your negative and positive pieces.  Go create!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Make a Wish

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello and Mardi Gras Ink (Catherine Pooler); White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Supplies Used - Let's Celebrate

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello, Mardi Gras and Suede Shoes Ink (Catherine Pooler); Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers; White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Taking the Positive with the Negativie - Take 2

 I'm big on negative and positive dies, and using both to create cards.  Several weeks back I had my first post showing an example of how I use pieces from both. I'm back today to show another example.  

 

I won't lie about this one.  Whether it's my water technique piece or just me being me, I like my negative die card better.  But here are both . . . 

 

I started with a watercolor panel and used a die to cut.  On my positive die piece, I put sentiments on the base of my card and then popped the die on top and created a shaker card.

Yep - it's o.k.  But the negative pieces.  Never throw them away!  I love my negative piece card even more! Entering this one below in Use Your Stuff.  The inspiration there was stripes!  STRIPES!

I encourage you all to show your negative/positive die pieces! Now go create.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday Watercolor

Stamps and Dies:  Horizontal Stripe Cover Plate Die, Layered Greeting Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs); Big Scripty Words Stamp Set and Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Party Dress, Samba, Suede Shoes, Mardi Gras and Midnight (Catherine Pooler)

Paper:  White Cardstock (Park Lane Paperie); White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Watercolor (Bee)

Other:  Motor City and Clear Sequins (Catherine Pooler Designs)

 

Supplies Used - Howdy

Stamps and Dies:  Horizontal Stripe Cover Plate Die, Ways to say Hey Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink: Party Dress, Samba, Suede Shoes, Mardi Gras (Catherine Pooler)

Paper:  White Cardstock (Park Lane Paperie); White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Watercolor (Bee); Black Cardstock (Hero Arts);

 

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 1

I'm such a hoarder of scraps that I've made a conscious decision to use my positive and negative die pieces immediately so I don't have small bags of scraps hanging around in my crafty space.  Not to mention, they are easier to piece together if you use them at the same time, as you can place your negative pieces easier when you have the positive framework as a guide. 

I was inspired by the World Card Making Day Event at StampNation to create a card using all pieces from the die.  I wanted to post them together so you can see the value in using it all, and I've started a few other cards, hence the "Take 1", as you'll see some other creations down the road.  

So here is the first of my two cards.  Let's start with the positive die creation.  I used a stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs and watercolor with emboss resist for my background, and then cut a frame to create a shaker card.  

I was not a fan of how the embossing in some areas was heavier than others, but then I die cut the piece and it really adds some interest.  I turned this piece into a Halloween card using some stamps from Close To My Heart. 

 So then a I had to get to work with the negative pieces.  Most would toss them, but can't get rid of my scraps.  For this one, I flipped in the other direction and went with a fall themed card using my newest Club Sursee set.  

I brought in some complimentary colors of ink and couldn't not have been happier with how this one turned out.  I think the design on that thermos went well with the design of the stencil.  

While these aren't traditional fall colors (the purple), used muted tones for this one.  Entering it in Try it on Tuesday where the prompt was all about fall colors.  

I can't wait to play with some other pieces on my table, and I encourage you to "take the positive with the negative" both in crafting and in life.  

Cheers - and go get inky.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Ghostly Greetings Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Booticul Characters and Multi Square Windows Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Pad and Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (Wow); Royal Treatment, Sugared Lavender, Pink Champagne (Catherine Pooler Inks); White Pigment Ink (Color Box);  Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers;

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson); Window Plastic (Judikens);

Other:  All Linked Up Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Seed Beads (Simon Says Stamp); Spooky Days Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); 

 

Supplies Used - It's Pumpkin Season

Stamps and Dies:  It's Pumpkin Season Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs); Multi Square Windows Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Pad and Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (Wow); Royal Treatment, Sugared Lavender, Pink Champagne, Midnight, Icing on the Cake, Orange Peel, Twilight, Green Tea Grape Crush (Catherine Pooler Inks); White Pigment Ink (Color Box); 

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson); Window Plastic (Judikens); Wink of Stella Clear (Zig);

Other:  All Linked Up Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);