Yes you are at the right blog! I know I often lean towards the soft and subtle side of colors but today I fancied a bold and dramatic pop of color against a black background. I was inspired (as I often am) by Kristina Werner; her beautiful lettering always wows me and I was taken by the white lettering on black of this Instagram post. With this in mind I pulled out the Heart Smile die and combined it with the Circle Of Leaves die. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used.

I started by blending Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Dusty Concord inks in to a panel of white card. I’m excited to see how the new Distress Oxide inks will create backgrounds like this. Can. Not. Wait!

Anyway, back to the card, I splattered water and lifted the color from the droplets with a paper towel and then also splattered a solution of Perfect Pearls too. With my colorful backdrop now complete I die cut two Circle Of Leaves; one from a panel of white card and one from a panel of black card and layered one slightly offset on top of the other. Shari Carroll did a lovely patterned paper version of this here.

I die cut the Heart Smile lettering from white card and simply adhered it to the lower part of the black panel. Then from left over ink blended card I die cut a few Holiday Shapes and covered them with Glossy Accents and finally I also added a few Sparkling Clear Sequins.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I truly appreciate your support.

SSS CIRCLE LEAVES Wafer Die	SSS HEART SMILE Wafer Die	Simon Says Stamp holiday shapes	Tim Holtz DRIED MARIGOLD Mini Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN	Tim Holtz DUSTY CONCORD Mini Distress Ink	Ranger MINI BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger MINI FOAM REFILLS
Ranger PERFECT PEARLS	Neenah 80 LB SOLAR WHITE	SSS BLACK Card	PPP 4mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins	PPP 6mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins
Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD	SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER

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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo :D I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest :D