I stamped the main image with black Archival and embossed it with clear embossing powder. The edging is stamped with Archival but not embossed. The backgrounds are made up of Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks which have been swiped on my craft sheet then the card dragged through, dried then dabbed in again, the colours are watered down a lot to give a soft look. I added a bit of stencilling then used the same DIs round the edges. A black mat and a black base card and it was done!
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Clarity Stamp Challenge - Nature
Scrapology - Anything Goes
Its definitely worth you having a peek at these fab challenge blogs, there is such fabulous stuff to see!
Thank you so much for your visit - its so cool that you popped by! Take care, Christine xxx
16 comments:
Your card is so, so beautiful Chris, I love the drama of the black and the softness of your background - this is a clever and very beautiful card. Hugs, Anne xx
How dramatic, Chris ... the bold black silhouette against the lovely soft watercolour is so striking ... just gorgeous! Anita :)
Beautiful stamping on this fab card Chris
Love Chrissie x
Gorgeous card Chris, I adore the inky background it stands out with the fabulous Black... Beautiful image too...Hugs May x x
Chris, this is simply lovely. Thanks for entering the Clarity Stamp Challenge, good luck.
Great card Chris, the colours really lift the stamp off the page!
Thank you for entering the Claritystamp Challenge and good luck!
Lovely card... the coloured background really lifts the stamped image off the card!
Thank you for entering the Claritystamp Challenge and good luck!
Lovely card Chris,
Hugs Jacee
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That's a lovely card Chris. The black is so striking against those pastels.
Hugs, Neet x
Hi Chris, what a fabulous card! Love the edging stamp and of course the main image! Wonderful design. Hope you are well, Susan x
Beaut of a card Chris. Couple of my favorite colors! I managed to get a post in to WOYWW this week and hope to be able to continue to play now that fall is here and the garden and yard work is winding down. Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my desk earlier! Vickie #21
Oooh, all of your cards are so pretty! I just took a peek at your recent ones and they're so beautiful and elegant.
Thank you for sharing and thank you for your sweet comment about the cover! xo
A very charming and delightful card Chris. Thanks for sharing how you created the background.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
Stunning, Chris! I love the contrast of the black frames and flower against the soft backgrounds. Jx
Gorgeous card Chris! love all the colours you have used sorry I'm late I'm a bit behind with my commenting...huggles Sue xxx
This is such a striking card! I really like it, quite the stunner. I love that the leaves around the border are taken from a tree stamp. That's some thinking outside the box for sure!
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