The Ornate Blossoms (retired) stamp set from Close to My Heart makes me thing of India and screams for being embossed with metallic gold and colored with fully saturated hues; however, I wondered what would happen if I did it in black and white, so I went to work with my LePen journaling pen to make a card following this Atlantic Hearts sketch:
I decided that I liked the sentiment off center and popped it up with thin foam tape to give it some dimension. I played around with black sequins and then black sparkles but was happier leaving my card unembellished. Then I decided it needed something, so I went with the sparkles. This is what it looks like unembellished:
Which do y'all think works better? Thank you for any design advice and for stopping by! Until next time, Hansi
Materials used, all Close to My Heart unless otherwise noted:
Paper: Black and White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: Ornate Blossoms, Sincere Expressions (both retired)
Ink: Black plus Marvy Uchida LePen
Beautiful! Thanks for playing at AHSC!
ReplyDeleteLove the card with the embellishment (the sparkles.) Simply stunning!! :) So, so pretty- a wonderful job- TY for playing with us over at Atlantic Hearts this week! :) ~ Ali (AHSC DT)
ReplyDeleteStunning black and white card...love the corner images. Thanks for sharing with us at AHSC and please hop on by again for this week's sketch challenge.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the black and white. Thanks for joining us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.
ReplyDeleteLinda