I made this for the Paper Trey Ink January Blog Hop - Challenge of Black Backgounds.
One of my very first ever card classes used the technique I used here: embossed in clear, and colored with Perfect Pearls. It was great to pull these out again -- and the nice thing about Perfect Pearls is that because they are powder, they don't "go bad". I don't know if the shine and shimmer really shows up in the photo, but IRL they are quite pretty. I added a few dots with a white gel pen (not sure if I really needed that). But once they were there, I couldn't take them off. It is kind of like Darnell's Washi Tape debacle that you can read about.
I used the sketch from The Paper Players , but rotated it; and the colors from Color Throwdown
supplies:
Paper: PTI (black and lavendar moon)
Stamps: flower - friendship jar; sentiment - A wreath for all seasons
Other: versamark, clear embossing powder, perfect pearls, ribbon, white gel pen
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Very pretty! Love those flowers!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! This is gorgeous & stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Carol! The bow is the perfect accent! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteThat's one of my favorite stamps, and the purple is so beautiful against the black.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Carol, love the soft colours.
ReplyDeleteCarol, those flowers and your coloring are just GORGEOUS! Pretty card!
ReplyDeletea beautiful bouquet - the perfect pearls looks fab
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunning card and I wouldn't have changed a thing! Absolutely beautiful!! :0)
ReplyDeleteCarol, I love the card and the beautiful bouquet of flowers you colored. Nice touch with the ribbon!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the perfect pearls...
had even thought of using them but I know me and I would have just made an incredible mess with them and would have sparkled for days...
but you did great! :)
Perfect pearls are perfect for use on black - love the finished card!
ReplyDeleteWow! The purple just pops off the black background. Beautiful! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)
ReplyDeleteThe flowers against the black is so striking. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at the CTD!
ReplyDeleteI can see some of the shine and imagine the rest!! Very lovely against the black background!!
ReplyDeleteLovely tulips, and great coloring with your perfect pearls. I think the white pen was perfect to emphasize your lines of the leaves & stems. Stunning card. TFS
ReplyDeleteThis lovely x
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sweet encouragement over at my place, Carol. You have been missed. I'm still looking forward to seeing your finished craft space! I hope things settle down for you soon, so you can have some fun creative time. We'll be here when it does!!
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