January 19 - Cut Out Background

@jenn mccabe - thank you for the PS instructions! I had NO IDEA where to start! lol

 

I am totally loving this challenge!

question: is there a minimum number of cuts we have to do on our paper?

 

Very creative challenge Jenn !

 

Have to say I was pretty excited to find this tropique paper by Lynn G with abstact squares to cut out...love it!

 

@jenn mccabe - One more question. Can we clip another paper to the cut-out or should it only be recolored? Thanks! Super fun challenge!

 

Cut out shape: Triangles
I hope this is OK It is definitely not what I envisioned at all.
My old program is so limited and I'm not really up on cutting out things so I cut triangle pieces out of my paper and left a black background behind the cut shapes. I wanted to add a floral paper behind but it tried several things and I could not get it to work.

 

thanks for this creative challenge!

 

Jan 19 2020 Cut Out Background by rdutch posted Jan 19, 2020 at 10:00 AM

 

AND make sure that your paper is simplified from a smart object before you try to cut! yes, ask me how I know...

Even after writing the above, I STILL wondered why something wasn't working...groan... simplify Maureen!!!! But it got done, bottom line.

 

The cool thing about challenge is learning something new even if it's difficult.
For this page I took Bella Gypsy's Meowter Space pattern # 5 paper and marching ants cut out many stars, with a paper solid #2 underneath that was changed to red. The stars are different sizes, turned around, etc. The whole things makes me a bit queasy. The cats wanted to know why only 3 of them were off to space. I then took a break and bathed the 18 pound Butch Cassidy, oh joy! He's the cat in the middle. Sir Poopy butt of Milford, M'Lord. I used nothng else in this but Meowter Space goodies.
In case you are curious, and all the cool cats are, in this page we have George Washington, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Adopted together. Not in this are Sir Ernest Shackleton and Harold Houdini. Houdini escaped and Ernest was off exploring. Don't tell the Sundance Kid he's wearing a dress, please. He already has issues.

 

Wow! That was fun to play with! Thank you for the fun challenge!! And thank you to @cfile for the screenshots. They were very helpful!

 

I really love this challenge, so much fun!! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up.

I've always had an infatuation with butterflies on my pages. For this challenge, I blended 2 papers to make the background. All cut-out butterflies are rotated and some are also resized. I also changed the color tone to add another element of change and to make the cut-outs more contrasting against the background.