Now, I'm not one to to go on about one of my own cards. It feels too much like tooting my own horn! But I have to say, I love how this card turned out!
I cut a piece of white cardstock, stamped the floral silhouettes from Life with embossing ink, and embossed them with black embossing powder. Then, I sponged the entire piece with lemon tart ink. I added some summer sunrise ink (it blends well because it blends with the lemon tart pigment ink). I only added the summer sunrise about 3/4 of the way up the cardstock piece. Next, I added some orange zest ink and finally some terracotta tile ink along the bottom. The pigment inks blend beautifully to create a gorgeous sunset!
I added a white layer cardstock mat (with a scalloped punched bottom) once my sponged piece of dry. Then, I tied a piece or ripe avocado satin ribbon around the bottom and stitched a true black button to the center of the bow. I added the piece to my card using foam adhesive. I left off the sentiment because there just wasn't a good place for it.
Be sure and hop on over to Nichole's blog to read today's announcement and to play along in the challenge for the chance to win a fun prize!
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Life (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, true black (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: big & bossy pad (Ranger), lemon tart, summer sunrise, orange zest, terracotta tile (Papertrey Ink)
Accents: ripe avocado satin ribbon, true black button (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: black embossing powder, scalloped scallop border punch (EK Success)
39 comments:
It's absolutely stunning Niki...most definitely one of my favorites....so inspiring.
Melis
Love it! You definitely should toot your horn about your own cards...they're lovely! Your hint of things to come is killing me...you're such a tease!
I love it too Niki!
This is gorgeous, Niki!! I just everything about.
The black embossing is gorgeous against the gradation of color. I can understand why you love it.
Beautiful card! I cant believe that you created that with just blending with a sponge! I think thats one of the special qualities of the new ink! wow..
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Great job and I agree, there's no place for a sentiment on this card. The images and design speak for themself!
I love this card. Toot your horn girlfriend!!! It's beautiful.......Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful card. Stunning is the perfect word for it. Seriously!
Beautiful n! What kind of tool are you using to add the colors to your cards? A sponge or a dauber? I would love to know!
Gorgeous! Love the colors.
No wonder you love how it turned out-it is gorgeous. tfs
Sounds like the new inks are a dream!!
Stunning!
HOLY COW! The colors on this are so fab, and I love the Life branches in BLACK!
Beautiful!
This is so gorgeous! Love the colours.
This is gorgeous Niki! I love the warm colors and the bold black! Stunning!
Gorgeous....love it...you are amazing!!
This made me gasp! It's absolutely gorgeous. Wow, I would LOVE to make a card like this. Thank you for the tutorial on the coloring; that's the key to the whole thing!
You are VERY inspiring! THANK YOU! :D
So so pretty Niki! I love the contrast of the black and the pretty "sunrise" colors!!
Niki, You have really mastered the shading on the background of the card! Something I am still working on. It is just a perfect and beautiful card. Congrats!
Niki, I'll toot your horn and say this card is just GORGEOUS!! And thank you for reminding me that I can use the the black EP for this technique also. For some reason I kept thinking that I needed to use just the clear. I definitely want to give this a try. I love the way you use colors in all your creations!
Gorgeous card Niki!
this is a beautiful card niki, i love the sunset colors!!
Toot away because this card is worth it. Super lovely.
Niki, this is gorgeous!!!! I absolutely love how this turned out and I feel a case coming on!! Love the colours!:)
Hi Nikki;
I LOVE your card also, it's beautiful and beautifully done! This is one of the best sunsets I've ever seen. I must try your technique because I've never had one turn out looking as smooth. My backgrounds like this always have lines of demarcation in the color changes. If I get this I owe you big time, lol. TFS.
This one is a beauty. Your gradation is perfect. Have a great weekend.
This card is beautiful, Niki! I will definitely be trying a sunset like this.
Just Stunning!
Hi Niki, I'm so thrilled for you in your new venture with PTI. I love your style and can't wait for your first release. I just saw your butterfly die and I am in LOVE!!! Congrats!!!
Niki, I love this card. I'm amazed at how perfect that ribbon (color and texture) is for this card. The whole card is just perfect!
wow, what an outstanding card, just beautiful!!
Hi Niki,
Your card is stunning! Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card! Love the gradient background. I just read about the new PTI dies - your butterfly so gorgeous!! Can't wait to see more :)
Oh, my word, Niki! This is absolutely stunning! Beautifully done!
OMGosh,love it! Check out my card for the challenge. I didn't have the colors I wanted to used my copic airbrush instead.
http://1ashjoy.blogspot.com/2010/02/emboss-resist-technique.html
It looks even closer in person. LOL I do like your black background better than my antique white.
wow, how did I miss this card, this is awesome!!
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