Spotlighting my Thistle Silhouette

Hello and Welcome.

Today I am showcasing a favourite Stamp

using a Silhouette image for Double D Challenges

and what else would it be for me but 

The Flower of my Homeland - A Thistle.

Something a little different from me here.

I had not planned to highlight my thistle

but the dark background just didn't show

the flower properly so thought I would

ink it up in white and colour it in it's true colours.

The background is a combination of 

various distress inks swiped from side to side

onto photo paper and then heat embossing 

my Lavinia Thistle in black.

I inked the edges with black archival ink

and  randomly swiping also from side to side.

Added some Art Alchemy in Rich Copper

and Stampendous Aged Copper embossing enamel

to ground my flower.

Die cut sentiment twice - black on white

and is from CUTplorations.

Popped my die cut thistle, sponging with a light lavender

to soften the whiteness,

 added a white mat and adhered to black card stock. 

This really was a fun card to make. 

Thanks for a great challenge DD.