Papertrey September 2017 Blog Hop Challenge...

This month's inspiration photo features black as the background, something I don't use often. But I was intrigued by the flowers and bird and didn't have too much trouble coming up with an idea. The poppy flowers in Stemmed Statements reminded me of the flowers in the photo and since I haven't inked up that set yet, it was my first choice for my card.

I stamped the flowers in black ink on white cardstock, die-cut and colored them with Copic markers. I also die-cut some leaves from the Spruce & Sprigs set and stamped them with Kraft ink. I arranged the florals on a panel of True Black cardstock, cutting off one of the green leaves and placing it at the bottom where the stems cross over.

The Winter Woods bird is die-cut in white cardstock, stamped with Kraft and Cocoa Beans inks and is on foam tape for dimension. 

The card base is Pure Poppy cardstock, with a layer of white cardstock in between to give a striped look at the bottom. I die-cut the banner in white cardstock, stamped the sentiment in Pure Poppy ink and placed it on fun foam for additional dimension. And another Christmas card is done!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Stemmed Statements, Spruce & Sprigs, Winter Woods
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, True Black, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Kraft, Cocoa Bean; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  G12, G82, R24, R39, Y38
• Dies:  PTI Stemmed Statements, Spruce & Sprigs, Winter Woods
• Other:  Foam Tape; Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"