Tone-on-tone inking....

 Embossing folders--especially the 3D ones--are some of my favorite cardmaking tools. They add so much texture and dimension to cards. When embossing on colored cardstock, I often like to highlight the design with some white ink as I did in this post.

For today's card, however, I decided to do some tone-on-tone inking.

I started with some lavendar cardstock and a 3D embossing folder with this pretty leafy design (gingko leaves?). While my lavendar panel was still in the embossing folder, I used a purple ink pad to lightly swipe over the raised design. After trying this a number of times on other cards, I have found that keeping the cardstock in the embossing folder while inking better supports the raised areas and helps keep the ink from getting into the lower parts of the design.

The 5/8" wide white ribbon has a velvety center and was too thick to use for a bow. I still wanted to add a bow, so I tied one with some 1/8" wide ribbon and glued it to my sentiment die-cut.

As a final embellishment, I added three lavendar gems.

I decided to mat my sentiment panel on the inside of my card, too. I don't often do this, but it definiitely adds a nice finishing touch.

We have just gotten through a sub-zero cold spell. We had temps in the negative double digits, and last Sunday it did not get above zero. Windchills on Sunday were -30 F to -40 F when we had to do a little walking in order to get to a local theater to see a play called "The Heart Sellers." Walking even a few blocks was brutal, but the play was great!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl