Negative/Positive challenge

Good Monday Morning OA fans! Lexi here today to bring you a negative/positive challenge. What do I mean by that? You know how when you punch a shape you have the positive shape you have punched out, but also the negative image with the missing piece? All right then...let's use both pieces on the same layout. Wouldn't our grandmother's be so proud we weren't wasting anything? :)

On the layout below I used my  Silhouette to cut out a star background. There actually wasn't a star background shape I liked so I made my own by filling a background. Every cowboy sheriff needs lots of stars, right? After putting the star background down I took a few of the stars that were cut out and flipped them over, filling up a few spaces. Simple, and a little more fun with the burst of blue color against the wood grain. 

I used the star circle chipboard piece as a mask for some misting and then used it on the layout misted a different color. Another way to use positive/negative. 

My littlest is in cowboy wear at least once a week and on this day was waiting for bad guys in some weeds. You never know when they might appear. The "sneaky" title was also cut with the silhouette. I used some kraft cardstock so the title would blend in too. See..sneaky ;) 

The fabulous Becky joined me and I loved her take: 

She used the celebrate today banner cut from her silhouette in a few different ways on the same layout. So adorable!

Of course, you don't need a die cut machine for this particular challenge. Any punch will do. 

I used a journaling card and butterfly punch to make a little tag. I backed the negative butterfly shape with some lacey ribbon and stapled the positive punched butterfly. 

Have you ever tried this? There's a link to our flickr group on the top left of the blog if you liked to share! It's a nice challenge and as an added bonus, you aren't wasting anything!

Thanks for joining me on the blog and enjoy your Monday!

Comments

[Savi]

Ooooh, this was kinda tough! Thanks for a great challenge... I won't look at my scraps the same way again! LOL I put my card in the flickr group. Enjoy!

[Robin Burgeson]

Both pages are so cute. Where in tarnation did you get those fabulous cartoon images?