Hi there!

The palette for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge is red, kraft and white – perfect for Valentines! BUT…. by the time I got to the challenge this weekend, I did not feel like making a card with hearts so challenged myself to do something different using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I knew I wanted to use the Beautiful Burst of Blooms die (51-764) as my focal point so started with that before I had decided on a background – which is unusual for me. I used kraft, red glitter and red mirror card and cut/layered the red flowers to the kraft stems.

This is when I hit a bit of a creative block – kraft is one of the palette colours but a stem alone didn’t feel enough. But I hadn’t darkened it before adheing the flowers so thought it wouldn’t stand out against a kraft background… Fortunately, after a while I reminded myself that I never have the same quandary when I’m working with white stems and a white background. So I pulled out some kraft card for a base!

I embossed it with one of my favourite folders – Encircle (51-009) and then lightly rubbed some white ink to highlight the embossing.

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Enliven mini stamp set (30-705) and a few gems.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.