Sunday, January 11, 2009

Black & White

This card was inspired by Gina K. She had a
challenge to create something in black and white.
I had seen a card on another blog that caught my eye with three panels. So I decided to incorporate the two ideas and came up with this beauty. My card is black and I used my CuttleBug Swiss Dots Embossing folder for the white background.

I then used my Stampin' Up ticket corner punch as I think it gives that card some personality. I stamped three panels with the retired Stampin' Up set "Long Stemmed" from the year 2000.

I was also interested in Gina's challenge to do something on the diagonal. So I used the black and white ribbon from corner to corner. To stay with the effect I also used the ticket punch on the black matting behind the flowers and on the flowers. These would also look beautiful if they were colored, but I think that the black and white effect is very elegant and the swiss dots really add to that effect.

I am very happy with the way this turned out and hope you like it too.