PTI- January 2013 Blog Hop

From Papertrey Ink's January 2013 Blog HERE

From Nicole Heady's post today: 
This months challenge is to turn our creativity towards black!   Using black backgrounds for projects which allows  color combination to pop from the page.  Here is your chance to try black as a background yourself!  Pair it up with a bold geometric design or a brightly colored bouquet.  Heat embossing looks so elegant when used on a black background.  And don't forget how well white ink will show up as well.  Just pull out some black cardstock and have fun experimenting with a brand new look for a brand new year!

Okay, here is my first card:

Sentiment is from Spiral Bouquest by PTI; True Black cardstock by PTI