Good Sunday morning. My projects today was made for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge and the inspiration site was the Pinterest site Style! Black and White Living. I really love making black and white cards but do don’t them very often. If I do I usually like to add a touch of red somewhere to add a touch of contrast and interest.
My first card was inspired by the Pebbles with Butterflies. I applied ATG to the back of the three matting frames and attached them together. I cut the rectangle butterfly block down to size to fit behind the square matted frame and attached it with ATG adhesive.
I applied thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and a few tiny pieces to the back of the butterfly and flowers and attached to the card base. I wanted the cutout to stand a way from the white background.
This tree scene was not inspired by any particular piece on the site. I just thought it would be interesting to try using these images in all black. I think it is a lonely looking scene with the empty swing but I really like how it turned out. I stamped all the images using black versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder. I used the tiny leaf stamp from Coming up Roses to fill in the tree top with leaves and thought it was perfect to use for the ground area also. I layered the scene with black and attached it to the card base with strips of mounting tape.
Thanks for coming by today and I hope you have a great Sunday.
Card sizes: Butterfly 4.50” square Tree 5.50” x 4.25”
Love the affect of black and white so simple and clean looking.
Love these cards, Kittie! I am a big fan of black and white color schemes. The cards look great. I pinned them.
Good morning Kittie black an white can be elegent or depressing depending on the Occassion. I am like you not doing them often. Some even do them for weddings. I couldn’t . I love your images an layouts. They are elegent.?. ..hugs
Hi Kittie! I LOVE black and white because I think it is very classy and elegant. I couldn’t believe what you said about the swing card, I thought the exact same thing. Using the Once In A Lifetime set for the leaves was so clever. TFS.
Kittie,
These were both gorgeous cards…. I love the 2 color look….. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity