Thursday, March 18, 2010

My First Blog Hop EVER !!!



You will notice I am not too computer clever at this stuff,so my photos are not nicely spaced between the text. But if you read along, You will learn to make a card with a digi image drop shadow. Hope you enjoy my first tutorial and first blog hop.

The theme of the blog hop is optical illusions... and I think you will find that this card can trick the eye quite handily.

The official start time of this Hop is Friday, at 8:00 AM (EST). If you arrived early, please be patient as all the links may not be live yet.

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you are at the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)

The winner will be chosen from a mystery blog hostess; we don’t even know who it will be until the hop is over…so that’s why you’ll want to leave a comment on EVERY blog, so you don’t miss out! The winner will receive a variety of images from several artists - they can be seen at Pam's blog when you get there.

**To find out if you’ve won… you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Mon, at 8:00 PM (EST).**

You can move on from here, or read through the tutorial; a link will be provided at the end so you can hop along the blogging trail from there if you prefer. To leave a comment, click on the word "comment" below.

Now, to continue the circle, you will need to hop on over to Pam's place ...
and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started! Thanks so much for playing along with us and we hope you have a great time!

Here goes the tutorial ... click on any photo to enlarge it.



Step One: Color your image and cut it out.




Then position it at an angle from an imaginary horizon across the center of your paper.


You'll need white pigment ink, and a sponge. Rub ink from the sponge off the edges of the upside down image to create your shadow.



Use a nestie to cut out your moon or backdrop. I sponged the edges of the orange cardstock with red. Position it behind the colored image face up.



As you rub white pigment ink off the back of the image, you will create a negative dark space that will create the shadow. Lightly "dance" a white pigment pen across the surface to create reflection on the water.



Here's the finished card again... an optical illusion of a drop shadow. Hope you enjoyed my tutorial - don't forget to leave a comment for a chance at the blog hop prize.
now hop on over to Pam's for even more ideas!

20 comments:

  1. well where do you go to learn how to do this?

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  2. ok, just HOW kool is that?? Brilliant I tell ya!! Great job Cat!

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  3. So coolio, Cat! Great job on your first hop! I love the neat shadow! Great image, too! :o)

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  4. Ohhh this is FABULOUS! Love the Crow and your shadow! Thanks for showing the step by step procedure too! TFS!

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  5. Totally Fabulous! What a wonderful effect. Love that you did the shadow by leaving that area uncolored (I always color IN the shadow so you are opening my eyes to seeing things another way and that is good my dear!)

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  6. Oh this is fabulous- I love your tutorial as well- very very cool!!! I have never seen a reflection done like this before! TFS

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  7. Ohhh what a cool card, bird AND technique! Love your card, Cat, and thanks for the tutorial, it's great and must be tested in a near future!

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  8. What a great idea!!! I have learned so much from you gals it's amazing!! I am going to be trying this one in the next couple of days for sure!!

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  9. Cat this is fabulous! I love the simplicity of doing it but the WOW factor is way up there!

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  10. Wonderful card, with great lesson. Thanks, Cat!

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  11. This is a great tutorial! I like your funny pelican in a hat, too. I'm still wrapping my head around an oval moon, though.

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  12. Holie Camolie! Your tut is so amazing and informative. I would never in a million years figured this out. When I first looked at your card I was trying to figure out how you got your angle so perfect and the shadow was exactly the image. You rock girl, thank you so much for the lesson!! Woohoo!!

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  13. Love it! Adorable! Reminds me of a crow we had in the schoolyard when I was a kid. We named him Joe da Crow. ;)

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  14. Awesome fun.......thanks for the tutorial.....

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  15. Great card and such a welldone tutorial!
    thanks for sharing!

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  16. This is another one that looks so amazing and I want to learn it. I think I am allowing anything that even hints of digital give me brain block. I don't understand so it scares me. I love this shadow and am wanting to learn so I'll just keep coming back here to review it. Thank you for sharing this with us. I always like to see your drawings.

    Gayle Taylor
    gaylememories@sbcglobal.net

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  17. Wow...a cool card, a new technique and a new blog to add to my favorites - what more can a paercrafter ask for???

    Love it.....

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  18. Kudos, my friend! Well done on the card, technique and blog hop!

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  19. Great card - and great technique - thanks for the lesson!!!!

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