Painting Penny Black

I was asked to fulfill a very tall order in making a special card. Trust me, when I was informed of the recipient, I scratched my entire creative brain to come up with a card worthy of giving to her. All I knew was that I was using:

1- something floral from Penny Black

2- purple and red to color the flowers

3- something with shimmer/sparkle

Here's the end product and I am totally pleased with this card :)

What made this card so special in the end:

1. Ink smooshing for the win! I love this technique for backgrounds :) I used Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays in Luminous Lemon (no shimmer) and Bling-y Blonde (shimmer).
2. The Izink pigment inks- they provide great coverage (colored over the yellow) and they have a beautiful shimmer.
3. I created dimension by stamping and coloring a few extra blossoms and leaves to pop up with foam tape.
4. The added touches of white gel pen to the blossoms and leaves, the splatters (of course I couldn't resist), and the text stamping in the background (added it at the end actually).

I can't wait to hear how it went over! Thanks for stopping by and looking in on this card :)

xoxo Deidre