A week or so ago I made a tag from a black background I had been experimenting with and I had a little bit of the background left so I made a card using it. I also used the same Altenew Splendid bouquet stamp for the focal point but this time I did colour it differently. I wanted to see what black embossed lines would look like as opposed to the white ones. Well it certainly gave it a different look.
I also used the distress oxides direct into the black without a layer of white pigment ink… that made it significantly duller and more subtle in colour… but still a fun effect. I decided to also splatter it quite a lot with a gold shimmer.
I also added two layers underneath which I offset slightly to frame the image not just stack it for dimension.
This brought out the blue tones in the background I think and gave it a different look.
To add to that I added blue card Candi for the embellishment.
For the sentiment I thought that I would add both the bigger sentiment and the extra sentiment cut into strips. This gave the card another focal point rather than the flower and I like how this brightened what was quite a dark card.
I say dark but with all the sparkly splatter it is quite shiny when the light catches it … but all in all a fun different way to use this amazing floral piece I am obsessed with and can’t stop grabbing… and pleased I found a use for the leftover strips of the background I had made!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Ooh, that’s very dramatic!