Penny Black - Pansies

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card made with a new release from Penny Black called Pansies (40-818).

I do love pansies ... they have those cute little faces. :)  I researched colours of pansies.  There are so many!!  But I loved the combination of pink and dark pink (of course!). :)

I made a few smooshed backgrounds last week using distress inks; Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, and Wilted Violet.  This background was the second pull, using the leftover inks which means the colours are light.  I thought it worked well with the pink pansies.

I stamped my pansies in black ink and heat embossed with clear before watercolouring using my Gansai Tambi paints.  I rarely use these paints ... they work so differently from my usual distress inks.  It will take me a while to get comfortable with them.  I used a deep pinky red, watered down to create the soft pink and used with less water for the darker pink of my flowers.  I used leaf green for the stems and leaves and added a very bright yellow orange for the stamens of my flowers.

Once the panel was watercoloured, I cut it into an angled panel to place over my card base.  I stamped my sentiment (Faith.Hope.Love 30-800) in black ink with clear embossing, on a white strip of card stock so it stood out against the pansies.  I then popped up the panel with foam onto my card base.  I really like how this image fills the angled panel.

Close-up ...

I'm sending this card over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for April - Anything Goes with Optional "Easter".  I definitely used Easter colours. :)

And I'm also sending this to Color Hues #38 - Pink and Green Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Penny Black Products

Pansies (40-818)

Faith.Hope.Love (30-800)

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Stamps:  Pansies (Penny Black); Faith.Hope.Love. (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Mustard Seed (Tim Holtz); Gansia Tambi watercolour paints (Kuretake)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, Paint brushes (Blick Art Maerials)

Challenges:
PBSC - Anything Goes - optional "Easter"

Color Hues #38 - Pink and Green