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Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

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Whew – I almost missed the Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge! This one was a little rough, I gotta tell ya. Do you have trouble making dark colored cards too? I am so used to white, bright colored cards that I had a really hard time trying to figure out a gray background.

Here’s the inspiration photo. It’s from The Mrs. Box Wedding Heirlooms (themrsbox.com).

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

And my card came out like this.

That’s about as close as I can get to a gray background, ha!

I spritzed my watercolor paper with clean water, then dabbed some gray gouache into the puddle and let the pigment move around. I picked up a bit more paint and flicked my brush a little to create spots, and let it dry.

While I was waiting, I stamped and die cut all the pieces for my sentiment square. Since I had no vibrant pink ink, I stamped the flowers first in Pale Tomato, then in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Using a MISTI really helped with keeping everything in line as I double stamped. 

To shine up the Forgot die cut, I smooshed it with a Versamark pigment ink pad and sprinkled it with gold embossing powder. And, to finish off the centers of the flowers, I dabbed little pearls of Nuvo Jewel Drops in Pale Gold. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my submission to the Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge. If you like this post, please share the love by pinning on Pinterest, I’d really appreciate it!

<3 Niki

 

Forget-Me-Not Stamp Set
Forget-Me-Not Sentiments Die
Forget-Me-Not Die
Stitched Square Dies
Double Pierced Rectangle Dies
Flintstone Cardstock
Gold Coins Cardstock
White Cardstock 120lb
Arches Watercolor Paper
Pelikan Gouache Pan Set
Raspberry Jam Shadow Ink
Dandelion Hybrid Ink
Pale Tomato Shadow Ink
Nuvo Drops Pale Gold
Princess Gold Embossing Powder
Fine White Embossing Powder
White Foam Squares
Black Velvet #8 Round
Mini MISTI Stamp Tool
Precision Heat Tool
InLinkz.com

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  1. Missy Pink says

    March 17, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Just love the grey with Raspberry Pink colour, just looks magnificent and truly well designed. Really love your work and can’t to see what you make next. Hugs x

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    • NikiCee says

      March 18, 2017 at 2:30 pm

      Aww, thank you!! 🙂

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  2. annheidel says

    February 26, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Beautiful card! I really love your soft background and the way you framed the sentiment with flowers. I must get those Pale Gold Nuvo Drops! 🙂

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    • NikiCee says

      February 27, 2017 at 12:42 pm

      Thank you! You’ll love the Nuvo Drops – they settle into a nice round bead shape without having to fuss with it 🙂

      Reply

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