Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Papertrey Ink January 2017 Blog Hop

I am jumping on with a card for the Papertrey Ink January 2017 Blog Hop this afternoon. Because I've been on vacation with my husband, I completely forgot about it until late this morning when I went to catch up on all of my regular stops. The thing about vacation is that you lose track of what day of the month it is.  We are home a couple of days earlier than expected but until I saw Nichole's post, I completely forgot about it.

Nichole asked everyone to start with a black background and work from there trying favorite florals, colors, textures and bold sentiments.

For my card, I started with a Stamper's Select White Card Base cut using the Noted: A2 Scalloped Notecard and a black label cut from True Black Cardstock and an older die set I have. I cut all of the Fancy Foliage Details Dies from Gold Cardstock as my start. I also cut the same size label from Gold Cardstock so that I could cut it in half and put it behind the black label.

I don't know about you all, but I have a ton of Prima Flowers in my studio from my scrapbooking days and I try hard to use all of the tools I have at my disposal. I tried stamping some of the various Papertrey Ink Florals I have but I just wasn't getting the look I wanted for my card. So I got out several styles of small Prima Flowers and misted them using color sprays I made with Reinkers and Shimmer Mist.  These particular flowers were sprayed in a combination I like to call Sugarplum which is made from a combination of Pure Poppy and Royal Velvet Reinkers.  I just keep adding drops of Pure Poppy until it is the color I want, so I don't have a "recipe". I like purple that still has a lot of pink in it still so I just play until the color sprays out how I like it.  It's never the same two times in a row.  You can use a Mini Mister or any kind of empty spray bottle that you might have around. I have saved all my Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist bottles and I label them with "my" color name.  I use the same shimmer mist for this purpose all the time which is Tsukineko Sheer Sparkle Shimmer Mist.  I misted most of the flowers in the Sugarplum color and some White Hydrangeas with some green mist I made using Pine Feather Reinker. I cut the green hydrangeas apart to make them seem like leaves tucked under the flower blooms.


My card wasn't difficult to make, only a little time consuming because you have to wait for the color mist to dry so you can layer up a few blooms and add the pearls on top.  Then just arrange them how you like.  I also used the Papertrey Ink Wonderful Word: Love Die by cutting the heart "o" out of the center and using a flower for the "o".

I hope you enjoy my interpretation of the inspiration image! Be sure to hop over to the Papertrey Ink Blog and have a look around at all of the lovely projects. They are all beautiful!  Have a great day everyone.  Thank you so much for stopping by and spending a few minutes with me today.  I always appreciate it when you take time to leave an encouraging comment for me. I read and treasure each one.

11 comments:

  1. WOW! Amazing. Your flowers are beautiful. Great take on the photo. Cheers.

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  2. What a rich, shimmery work of beauty!! love it!

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  3. Love the layering of gold die cut leaves behind your misted posies. So elegant with the pearls!

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  4. Vicki, your card is so elegant and pretty! Love the sparkle effect and the gold you added. Very nice detailing!

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  5. what a elegant take on the inspiration photo!!

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  6. Very pretty card Vicki! Love the gold you added to your card...really makes it stand out!! :0)

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  7. Elegant is the word the gold is simply beautiful.

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  8. Vicki, your shimmer misted flowers are beautiful and look great with your black and gold. The pearls really finish it off nicely.

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  9. That is so pretty Vicki! I love the gold leaves and accents, and the Prima Flowers are just perfect!

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  10. Very pretty take on the inspiration photo!

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