Friday, January 25, 2013

Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge

Hello! I am participating in the Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge today. The challenge was to use black as your background cardstock. Here's how Nicole described the challenge on her blog:


"Last month the focus was one white, and this month we are going to turn our creativity towards black!  I have been drawn towards using black backgrounds for projects for a few months now and I find that it really allows the color combination to pop from the page.  Here is your chance to try black as a background yourself!  Pair it up with a bold geometric design or a brightly colored bouquet.  Heat embossing looks so elegant when used on a black background.  And don't forget how well white ink will show up as well.  Just pull out some black cardstock and have fun experimenting with a brand new look for a brand new year!"

So here's my take on the challenge



 I used the new Hands of Time stamp set and embossed the large clock face with white Filiagree Embossing powder. I stamped the hands of the clock onto white cardstock and then applied ultra fine gold glitter. I do not have the hands dies, so I did the best I could to cut them out. The sentiment is also from the Hands of Time set. I then impressed the black background with the By the Numbers Impression plate, swiped Fresh Snow ink around the edges to soften it a bit, then matted it with Pure Poppy cardstock and mounted it onto a white card base.

Hope you enjoy it and have fun with the other stops on the Hop!  Have a great day! 

11 comments:

  1. This is just stunning. Amazing embossing. Love the pop of red in the background.

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  2. This is beautiful Susan and you have done an amazing job to get such a detailed stamp to emboss so well. Great design.

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  3. Beautiful in white! Agreeing with Joyce, love the pop of red.

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  4. Hi Susan - My Hand of Time stamps just arrived today and I am anxious to try them out. Your card is gorgeous and really shows off how great these stamps are.

    Cheri

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  5. Love how you paired the numbers impression plate with this set!

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  6. Ditto what Joyce wrote. Great card.

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  7. Beautiful - amazing detail just pops in white & love the gold embossed clock hands!

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  8. Beautiful. I love the clock but against the black and done in white it is just lovely!

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  9. So beautiful...I think this stamp set was made for a black background. Stunning!

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