Today’s the day of the January Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink. I loved the inspiration photo and knew right away what I wanted to do.
It turned out pretty much the way I hoped but it took three tries. I embossed the flowers with white embossing powder and colored them with a variety of Smooch paints. They have a luminous quality that I’ve always liked. It took multiple coats to cover the black with the kind of color I wanted.
Here’s the card:
I started with True Black cardstock, and embossed the “Stitches and Swirls” with white embossing powder. The sentiment is from Birthday Basics Sentiments. After coloring the flowers and leaves with Smooch, I mounted the focus piece on a card made from Pure Poppy. I added pearls from Queen and Co. to the centers of three small flowers.
Then Fancy Folk Art arrived in the mail, and I had to try another technique I saw on Cristina’s blog during the release. I die cut the focal image from True Black cardstock, colored the main design with Copic markers on X-Press Blend cardstock, and mounted it behind the black card.
I like this one even better. The sentiment is also from Fancy Folk Art. You can find more inspiration here.
Gorgeous!!!! I would never have thought of using Smooch to colour. Awesome idea and just beautiful cards…
Oh my! Both cards are gorgeous. Beautiful coloring…what a great idea to use the smooch paints. The end result is just fabulous!
beautiful! love it!
These are both super lovely!
Both of your cards are just beautiful!
both cards are great! i’m intrigued by those smooch paints! they looks very pretty!
Both lovely cards! – Irma
Fab cards – love the first one the most!
Both pretty but the first one ROCKS! FAB coloring, too!
Both such beautiful cards, can’t chose. 🙂
Two wonderful cards. All that color really pops on the black background.
Wow! Beautiful cards! Love the depth of color you achieved with the smooch paints! Really beautiful!
Woowzers! I am in awe of your painting skills. You have one steady hand that has created the most gorgeous card!
Can’t choose between these 2 Karen, love them both. Your Smooch colouring looks terrific and will definitely give it a go.
Lovely cards!
The smooch paints against the black background is amazing!
Smooches paint?! How have I never heard of that? Very cool effect with the white embossing. And I love the idea to cut out the main image in your last card and mount it behind the black. Great cards!
Simply amazing! I am in awe of everything I have seen done with the folk art set on this hop, but yours is tops! I think I need some of that paint, huh? 🙂
Two beautiful cards! The coloring of the Stitches and Swirls is so pretty and, oh…. how I love the colors of your Fancy Folk Art bouquet!
Beautiful – would never have tried Smooch on black, but will now!
Both cards are so beautiful! I really love the details of the Stitches and Swirls card. Nicely done. 🙂
Oh, Karen, oh! Oh, my! These are both stunning, but that first smoochy card is pure genius!! What a lot of work but what a WOW payoff!!
That first card is stunning,Karen….if I didn’t know better I would think it was embroidery.
Beautifully done! Both are masterpieces. Have to find smooches paint pens. You make it look easy!
Your cards are both gorgeous and very different. I love the painted flowers on the first one, but the second one is so bright and clean looking. Hard to choose between them!!
The way you use black is stunning!
Rinda
Two extremely beautiful cards.
That flower glows on the black background.
So gorgeous, Karen! I love your designs on the black backgrounds!
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