Monday 21 May 2012

Stampotique Designers Challenge - Family

So, this week's challenge on the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog has set by Kate Crane and is on the subject family. It got me thinking about the last family gathering we had recently when my husband's cousin was back from New Zealand and twenty one of the immediate family gathered for a noisy get-together. As is 'de rigueur' at these events, we had to have one of those awful family photos, where everyone stands a bit stiffly and posed, and as the photographer had had a few glasses of wine by this point, the latest picture featured quite a lot of wall, and not much family! I decided that the Daniel Torrente characters from Stampotique made an even motlier crew than we are, and I thought a police style line-up photo might be appropriate! I coloured the figures with pitt pens and a paintbrush, and used some dylusions spray inks on a gessoed vintage book page, wiping a little off through a stencil for a slightly grungier background. I created a frame from white card edged with black distress ink for an 'instagram' kind of look. The line up height markers are in black paint applied with a ruler.

7 comments:

  1. Woo hoo a fantastic card, brilliant sentiment too x

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  2. this card is such a crack up! I love the background and the overall design of it is just too cool! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge this week.

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  3. terrific card, great background

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  4. Really beautiful colors! Don't you wonder what happens to ALL those old family photos? I do. Love your card.

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  5. BRILLIANT! Absolutely incredible card. You did a fab job! Thanks for joining the Stampotique Designers Challenge this week. Gez.

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  6. I do love your "family photo" idea :D

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  7. This is stunning! So beautifully created and coloured and so funny too! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique.

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