Welcome to Michael's Creative Tuesdays! For the 'Easter Egg' theme, I made a greeting card collage (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). I used a black patterned washi tape as a background. Then I cut the eggs from pink patterned duct tape. I happened to have these tape supplies on hand.
If you look closely, you might see 'shadows' beneath the eggs. In my initial version, I had drawn my egg design onto the plain cardstock and coloured it with watercolour pencils, including the shadows of the eggs. It didn't seem to work, so I decided to cover the page with the washi tape background and start anew. Then I noticed the original design still showed through, including the egg 'shadows'. It seems washi tape is somewhat transparent. So I traced parchment paper stencils from the original egg design and used them to make my pink patterned eggs which I then stuck on top of the original egg sketches. And now it all works, I think.
So I ended up stepping out of my comfort zone with this piece, who knew that would happen? I don't normally do collages but I hate giving up on a piece. And stepping out of one's comfort zone can be a part of what Creative Tuesdays is all about, right Michael?
Oh I'm glad you stepped out of your comfort zone, because your egg collage is awesome!!! I love the colors, the contrast and the shadows. How creative..Love it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, absolutely fantastic. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteYes, I am with Wanda on this and am glad you persevered. The chevron design certainly shows those scotties of well and both tapes go well together. I have heard of people using duck tape but have only ever see the DIY plain coloured stuff.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! Well done! I did something a little different! We can't really bake for family, my younger granddaughter can't have sugar for dietary issues and hubby cannot eat eggs, yeast or dairy. Good for you for plugging away at this!
ReplyDeletebeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like it! It's a great color composition.
ReplyDeletethis piece almost looks abstract and the dog pattern is so cute! it's good to do something that you've not done before so I'm glad for you.
ReplyDeletehave a lovely day.
i think the shadows add a lovely element to this. it is a charming card and uniquely made.
ReplyDeleteLovely Christine :) ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, Christine, so very creative! I love how you experimented with Washi tape. It sure sounds like a lot of work. Your patience paid off though because you did a fabulous job? Hope you had a wonderful Easter. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to be creative with your art and blogging. Keep it up, Christine.
ReplyDeleteOh this is sweet! I love the pups, so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh, you;ve got it,Christine! Out of your comfort zone, stretching yourself? Totally a big part of CT and you did just that. I'm so glad you did too. I LOVE seeing new materials used and someone trying something a little different. how inspiring. I'd not even heard of this tape before but Alex jsut showed me some other examples and what a great idea to use it for the eggs. Your colour combo reminds me of the 1950's with its pink and black. Great job, Christine! So glad you didn't give up. Funny thing is the shadow add an interesting unexpected elements which is great! thank you for doing this and showing the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely, Christine!
ReplyDeleteChristine,
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing about washi tape and some day I will try some. Lovely piece.
Blessings.
Janis
I LOVE your design so much! Currently I like it too to create art from washi tape and you inspired me to do more.
ReplyDeleteGreat fun.
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