Penny Black: Poppies and Chalkboard

Today I’m sharing a CASE of Jill Foster’s lovely card featuring Penny Black Poppy Pattern [#40-290] paired with a sentiment from Truly Great [#40-309].

Jill used paint on her background whereas I used a combination of Memento inks. I applied the inks to the stamp, misted the stamp, and then pressed watercolor paper onto the stamp, using a brayer to really soak up the ink. The sentiment is heat embossed on an ATC-size Art Square. I really like the dimension that the Art Square adds.

Using the same design, I created a monochromatic background by stamping with orange ink on orange paper.

For this version, I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and attached it to the poppy background with dimensional adhesive. I  trimmed the background so that the card would have a white border.

Seeing Jill’s card using paints, I can’t wait to give that technique a try as well!