Sponged poppies

I wanted to try an emboss resist card with this Hero Arts stamp, so I stamped text, stamped the poppy image with versamark and heat embossed with clear powder, then sponged distress ink into the unembossed flower areas.  The border happened by accident after sponging - I was going to trim the image, but liked the result.

 

I so desperately wanted to put a ribbon on the left side, but it was just too much with the small text and flourishes.  I went a little overboard with the flourishes I think.  Ooops, oh well.  Maybe I'll add a double ended banner for the sentiment at the bottom instead.  And a button. So much for my plans for a flat card.  :) 

Supplies; Stamps - Poppy background (HA), Fancy flourishes (PTI), BB: Text style, Paper - Spring moss, cream, Other - distress inks, versamark, clear embossing powder.

Copic-ed poppies

This took awhile, as colouring in a negative image with Copics is a bit challenging.  Without black lines to stay in between, it's very easy to wobble the red out.

I used a text background stamp with versamark on the background paper (Soft stone) (it didn't show up very well on the photos).

Supplies; Stamps - Poppy background (Hero arts), BB: Textstyle, Paper - Soft stone, white, Other - copics, white satin ribbon, versamark.