Stamp and scrape: life's treasures

Sunday 16 November 2008

life's treasures

The Gothic Arches theme this week is silhouettes. The image came from Karen's Whimsy, where there are several silhouette images. I was tempted to add more to the arch, but decided that less was more.

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Stamps: ISC All About Me

Inks: Archival Black; Alcohol Inks Lettuce, Bottle, Stonewashed and Pearl Mixative

Extras: Image from Internet; Prima Flowers; Black Brad; Glossy Card

25 comments:

Anonymous said...: Beautiful!; 16 November 2008 at 18:36
Anonymous said...: Gorgeous arch! I really love the background colors!; 16 November 2008 at 18:45
Sandy said...: So delightful arch.
Gorgeous silhouette.; 16 November 2008 at 18:45
Femmy said...: great arch!! beautiful silhouette image!; 16 November 2008 at 18:46
vintage wil said...: what a beautiful arch !!!; 16 November 2008 at 18:48
Willy said...: What a beauty, Ros!; 16 November 2008 at 18:53
Kreativgeschwafel said...: looks really wonderful your arch!; 16 November 2008 at 19:48
Faye said...: Super beautiful background, Ros. Your silhouette is gorgeous too.; 16 November 2008 at 20:28
Sarah said...: I like this. Sweet and simple!; 16 November 2008 at 20:29
Ginger said...: That is so awesome very beautiful!; 16 November 2008 at 20:38
sam21ski said...: Great arch Ros, the green goes really well with the black, fab images too xxx; 16 November 2008 at 20:57
Anneke said...: such a lovely arch; 16 November 2008 at 22:24
Astrid Maclean said...: This is brilliant I adore that stamp and the background is stunning!!; 16 November 2008 at 22:47
Shelly Hickox said...: This is just so lovely! I'm glad you kept it simply - sometimes it's so easy to go overboard and lose sight of your central element.; 16 November 2008 at 22:55
Gayle Page-Robak said...: Terrific Arch, gorgeous silhouette!; 17 November 2008 at 00:17
indybev said...: What a lovely silhouette, and what a lovely thought!; 17 November 2008 at 01:31
Rika said...: Lolevy arch!; 17 November 2008 at 04:29
Suze said...: Terrific Arch, gorgeous silhouette!; 17 November 2008 at 11:27
Chriss Rollins said...: Hello Ros,

In this case less is more you are quite right.

The background is so soft and calming and works well with the image.

thank ou for joining in with this weeks challenge.

chriss x; 17 November 2008 at 20:13
Jaqi said...: beautiful arch, Jaqi; 17 November 2008 at 20:47
crafty creations said...: beautiful - love the colour and the image; 18 November 2008 at 10:12
Louise (KardKrazy) said...: Simply beautiful!; 18 November 2008 at 12:40
Chris said...: Oh what a beautiful silhouette, love your background. I have just ordered some alcohol inks and I am soooo looking forward to creating lush backgrounds like yours!! Thanks for the inspiration :D
hugs
Chris xx; 19 November 2008 at 10:48
Craftyideas said...: Gorgeous arch -love the background and image.; 19 November 2008 at 20:14
Mary-Beth said...: This is lovely Ros and I do agree, with this one, less is more.; 22 November 2008 at 22:07

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