Less is More with a Flourish

Less is More is featuring flourishes this week.  It's a new year and it's a one-layer card with a flourish somewhere on it.    I do not do very well with one layer, so creating one is generally quite frustrating.  It was the same this time:  I made two different cards with gold-embossed flourishes but didn't like them.  Then I decided that I wanted to use my Brushos--another technique I struggle to use.  My first attempt went straight into the wastebasket.  My second one resulted in a rather interesting watercolor look, so I tried again on watercolor paper.  Then I pressed the card with an iron.  Finally, some color I could live with!  I flicked some Black Soot drops onto the completed surface.  The little flourish is from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Hampton Art Stamps.