LIM DT: Pink, Grey, Gold

It’s a colour theme at our favourite Clean And Simple challenge blog, Less is More. I can’t remember who suggested them, but the colours this time around are pink, grey and gold. Here are two one layer cards using the colours, with the peacock being the one I chose for the DT post.

I don’t think there is a better way to add gold to a card than to use embossing powder, but the resulting metallic sheen is a pig to photograph. I hope you can see that the peacock feather ‘eyes’ are highlighted with embossed gold. The mandala is a bit more obvious!

Peacock

  • Inkadinkaclings rubber stamp from Inkadinkadoo: Papercut Peacock Cling
  • Ranger Archival Ink: Vibrant Fuchsia / Watering Can / Jet Black
  • WOW! Embossing Powder: Rich Gold Metallic Regular
  • Sentiment stamp: own design
  • Nuvo clear embossing ink pen

I blended the ink colours wet-into-wet on the stamp before stamping the image onto the DL card. I used the embossing pen to pick out the feather ‘eyes’ and then embossed them with the gold powder.

Mandala

  • Creative Expressions Singles Rubber Stamp: Henna Mosaic UMS065
  • Versamark ink pad
  • WOW! Embossing Powder: Rich Gold Metallic Regular
  • Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens: Middle Purple Pink / Cold Grey III

Layer pen strokes wet-on-dry to create depth of shading. The embossing powder resists the ink if you’re careful, so you can colour over the lines.

3 thoughts on “LIM DT: Pink, Grey, Gold

  1. Two fabulous cards Neil. You’re there, there’s something really special about gold embossing powders and you’ve chosen the perfect stamps to highlight it.
    Lynne x

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