PTI January 2013 Blog Hop Challenge; Retrosketches #47

And we're back around to Friday.  Whoosh!

Nichole Heady's {capture the moment} January PTI blog hop challenge for today is to use PTI true black (or smokey shadow) as a background or card base. I chose to make a card using true black card stock while wearing smokey shadow on my eyes. I think that counts double.

To make my black background card, I used sketch #47 at Retrosketches, which is is based on a card designed by the sensational card artist, Jen Mitchell.

My take on the challenge, using PTI's Harvest Berries stamp:

The sentiment looks like it might also be from PTI, but I'm not sure.  As so often happens, I chose my image and my sentiment chooses me.  Sometimes it's the other way around.  Does that happen to you?  In this case, I ended up loving how the berry stem appears to flow right through the "r" in "here."

I think you can see in the picture that I embossed the sentiment onto the card base, then embossed the berries on a separate sheet of card stock, cut it and trimmed it to line up above and below the sentiment (an introverted band) to reflect the sketch.  I don't make a lot of black cards, but I love the true black with the white embossing powder, so I'll be creating with this idea again.

Black does seem to be trending in cards.  That may or may not be true, I just always wanted to write a sentence like that.  What IS true is that there are a lot of cards being made with the "blackboard" technique, which makes your card front really look like a blackboard!  Well it might make YOUR card look that way.  I tried the technique, but I discovered it just wasn't for me.  What happened was, I kept getting carried away 'erasing' and before I knew it, I had removed my entire focus pocus.   Wouldn't it be funny if I submitted a card like that to a challenge with the front of it looking simply like an erased blackboard?   Like the janitor came in and erased my picture when I stepped out to go to the bathroom?

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I'm so delighted to have you all meet our latest new friend!  Her name is Viv and her blog is Daizy-Mae's Crafty Blog!  Viv is talented in card and  jewelry making and like a lot of us, enjoys "all things crafty!"  Welcome to the Playhouse, Viv, where you can get as cray-cray crafty as your heart desires!!

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Have a contented weekend, pups, wherever you are, hot or cold, in or out, up or down, far and wide, dru -- okay, okay.  It's supposed to be a rainy weekend here, so I'll be happily crafting Valentine cards.  And hopefully seeing the twins.

Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy your day.  LITS!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Playhouse.  Special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment or join as a follower!

Paper:  PTI true black

Stamps:  PTI Harvest Berries;

  unknown sentiment

Ink:  Imprintz white EP

Bling:  from stash