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Hey there!! Popping in with a somewhat dramatic little number.  This one is for the current Color Throwdown, as well as the current Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge of anything goes.   I recently purchased the gorgeous C9 Blooms Fill In stamp set and matching dies.  To say that I have been dying to make something with it is an understatement, lol!!   With so many things to do and too little time I wasn't able to make anything until today.  Before creating my card I experimented quite a bit with different gray inks and with how I would actually stamp the background.  I discovered that my mini MISTI isn't the best option for stamping the entire image.  It works, but not as well as I would like so I simply used the method I have used for years when stamping a large background... place your background stamp face up on your work surface, ink it up, carefully lay your cardstock on top and then rub all around the cardstock to transfer the ink.  Works like a charm!  Once I was done I then stamped flowers and leaves.  Since the Color Throwdown colors are gray, black and red I did some second generation stamping with the red to create my flowers.  I accented the flowers with little hints of black.  The large sentiment from the set was stamped on vellum and heat embossed in black, then die cut with the label die because I didn't want to completely cover up all that stamping I did!!  To hide the adhesive I used I applied it behind the black embossing and in two spots that are covered up by the flowers that I die cut and stamped in red.  The little black sprigs finished things off.  Looking forward to trying other color combos with this beautiful set!

 

Hope you have a wonderful day! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  MFT white, SU! Smoky Slate, PTI vellum and black; Stamps: Concord & 9th; Dies:  Concord & 9th and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up! Smoky Slate and Real Red, VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark watermark; Embossing powder:  Filigree black