#1121 – Going Colorless

Hello and welcome! It’s time for a new challenge up at Seize the Birthday and our leading lady this time, Linda, has challenges us to use ‘Black & White‘ as the Topping. If you’re not a toppings kinda person, well…..you can just stick with our usual ‘Anything Goes‘ birthday! The choice is yours!

And here’s what I created –

I started with the Honey Bee Stamps Zen Bouquet stamp set on Paper Trey Ink Rustic White cardstock. I then used my MISTI for stamping the image using a black ink – it is a large image, and I was sure it wouldn’t completely on the first try – and I was right. I did have to stamp multiple times to achieve darkness and completeness. Yay for MISTI! I did stamp the image twice, half on the bottom left and then a bit more to cover the top right. I then splattered a lot of black dots on top. Setting it aside to dry completely.

Once dry, I tore off a bit off the side, flipped the smaller torn piece and embossed it using Altenew Beautiful Bergenia embossing folder. I then adhered the embossed layer on the card base, before tucking in another layer of torn black card panel before adhering the stamped layer on top.

For the sentiment, I first stamped the words from Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Messages and CZ Designs Happy Combos. I then used a few dies to decorate edges of the panel – Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders on top and My Favorite Things Stitched Scallop Basic Edges for the bottom. I then foam mounted this on the card before adding a few black sequins for embellishing.

And that’s my card! And I’m joining the following challenges too –

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

We Love Stamping August challenge: Flowers

Checkout the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to get inspirated in the black and white sensational creations of our DT and guests!

Thank you so much for stopping by. 🙂