Sunday 9 June 2013

Ebony & Ivory

 
Hi there ... hope you are all enjoying the fantastic weekend weather we've been having here in the UK.
 
This week I was tempted into buying several new dies, as my local craft shop Edwin Allen had taken delivery of a fab new range of very reasonably priced dies by Joy Crafts. I just couldn't resist them!!
 
Kathy in the craft shop had made a fabulous silhouette card with some of the dies; so when I saw that this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge is Ebony & Ivory, I was up and running!! My silhouette card is very different from the one in the shop as I decided to silhouette my die cut flower against a stamped script background with a foliage die cut into pieces surrounding it .... and it's a rather more CAS card than my usual offerings. Here is the result.

 
Stamps: Penny Black "Letter Background" (1999L) and sentiment from "Salutations" transparent set;
Media: background distressed with Antique Linen distress ink;
Supplies: ivory heart pearls from The Hobby House;
Tools: Joy Crafts Vintage Flourishes dies - Flower/Leaf 2 (central flower) and Flower/Leaf 4 (foliage); Deorative Labels Eight nestabilities; Cheery Lynn "Lace Corners - Deco B".
 
Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #272 - Ebony & Ivory
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Theme Begininning With "S" (silhouette)
Sparkles #44 - Monochromatic
Totally Papercrafts #170 - At Least 3 Punches / Dies
Allsorts #210 - In The Garden
Crafts & Me #136 - Something Old
(background and sentiment stamps)
(Pearls / Die-Cuts / Flowers)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
 
That's all for today :-)
Hugs,

13 comments:

Christina - Pieces of Dreams said...

This is lovely, love the elegant feel. Thanks for sharing it with us at Totally papercrafts this week.
Hugs
Chris xxx

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Lovely card, the silhouette flower is very striking set against the text. Lovely way to say thank you. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card.

Hugs Riet.xx

Lynne K said...

A very elegant and striking card, Pauline. The monochrome look suits it perfectly. Thanks for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations this month.

Lynne

Jennifer said...

Wow Pauline, this is fantastic! Such a different style from your usual gorgeous offerings, but its elegance is very striking.

Hugs,
Jennifer. x

brenda said...

I bet those dies didn't take too much persuasion Pauline and this one really is lovely. It looks super against the script background as well.

Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black and More, Stamping Sensations and Allsorts challenges.

B x

Sarah said...

I absolutely love this card Pauline, beautiful design and I love the dies you've used.Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts this week for our In the Garden challenge x

Clur said...

Beautiful card Pauline. Using a silhouette against the script background is totally inspired!
Clare
x

Beverley said...

Beautiful card. Such an elegant colour scheme & I love the layout & mix of elements and yes I've been enjoying the sunshine in the UK, it makes a nice change! Hugs Bev x

Lesley said...

Beautiful card! Thanks for taking part in Sparkles Monthly Challenge xx

Lisa Jane said...

Fab card - love the slhouette against the text
Thanks for joining us at Heck of a challenge this month
Lisa x

Whisper said...

Aaah simply stunning and thank you for joining us at PB & More this month and good luck, Luv Sam x GDT

Beverley said...

Beautiful card, the silhouettes work perfectly! Hugs Bev x