Beautiful Blackthorn

Hello there! This week at Topflight Stamps, it's Anything Goes. I pulled out the PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Blackthorn Edition stamp set to play with. I stamped the branch twice with WOW! Embossing Ink, then used WOW! Weathered Gold embossing powder and hit it with a heat tool. It's such a beautiful shine, hard to capture in photos. The same was done to a postmark from the Blackthorn stamp set. To color the images, I used Lavinia Spun Candy, Green Parrot and Truffle dye inks and a small detail brush. I added Hunkydory Classic Pearls along the flowers.

The background images are from the Blackthorn stamp set, stamped in Truffle ink here and there. I added a sentiment from same set near the bottom of the card, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Final touch was a piece of crochet lace from my stash.