Thursday, January 24, 2013

Paper Trey January Blog Hop Challenge


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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17 comments:

  1. Very pretty! Love those flowers!

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  2. Oh, wow! This is gorgeous & stunning!

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  3. Beautiful, Carol! The bow is the perfect accent! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!

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  4. That's one of my favorite stamps, and the purple is so beautiful against the black.

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  5. Beautiful Carol, love the soft colours.

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  6. Carol, those flowers and your coloring are just GORGEOUS! Pretty card!

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  7. a beautiful bouquet - the perfect pearls looks fab

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  8. This is a stunning card and I wouldn't have changed a thing! Absolutely beautiful!! :0)

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  9. Carol, I love the card and the beautiful bouquet of flowers you colored. Nice touch with the ribbon!

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  10. Beautiful!
    Love 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! :)

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  11. Perfect pearls are perfect for use on black - love the finished card!

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  12. Wow! The purple just pops off the black background. Beautiful! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)

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  13. The flowers against the black is so striking. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at the CTD!

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  14. I can see some of the shine and imagine the rest!! Very lovely against the black background!!

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  15. Lovely 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

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  16. Thank 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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