Black and White and COLOR!

I just had to play along with The Play Date Cafe this week.  The color combo this week is black and white with a splash of color - gold, copper and pink. 

                            

                           

The example to follow at TPDC is on the elegant side so I wanted my card to be elegant too.  The card base is Core'dinations cardstock from the Gemstone collection. It has a shiny, pearl finish.  The white part of the card was matted with a copper paper and a pink cardstock.

When I stamped the flower, I didn't color it at all so that the black and white of it would be predominant on my card.  The leaves were colored with green and copper Alcohol inks.  I drew lines around my stamped flower and sentiment with a thin black pen and a wider, gold metallic pen. 

My next card is my Card Positioning Systems card for this week. Everyone once in awhile a sketch becomes a favorite and this is one of those.  I kept my design on the simple side.

The flourish and the sentiment are from a brand new set of clear stamps that I picked up at Joann store and they are by Me & My Big Ideas.  My fancy corner is a Martha Stewart corner punch and I spritzed the entire front of the card with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist. 

Now for a couple photos...

We were playing in the backyard on Sunday and I captured a few photos, this one of our youngest grandson and our new puppy playing together. Our grandson had some little crackers so that is what the puppy dog is after!

While I was snapping photos, I asked for a SMILE! This is the result! Possibly the cutest smile ever.

And, this is our new project, a round bowl full of succulents. We are so anxious for them to grow so we can see what each one of them will do!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 184 – HAPPY THANKSGIVING card

Materials:
Cardstock – Vintage and Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Flourish and sentiment – Me & My Big Ideas
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Black Versafine Stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Memento stamp pads
ChalkBoard spray – Tattered Angels
Self Adhesive Rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Corner punch – Martha Stewart
Sandpaper

NOTHING BETTER THAN A TRUE FRIEND card

Materials list:
Cardstock –Gemstones collection and Core Essentails/Core’dinations
Flower and sentiment stamps – PaperTrey, Inc.
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Alcohol Inks and Blending Fluid – Ranger
Gold metallic pen
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.
Sandpaper