If you're a regular visitor here at Did You Stamp Today? you'll know that I'm always up for making a card for a challenge and today's card really had me going in a different direction from my normal style. The Seize the Birthday challenge has us focusing on 'Black and White' for a birthday card. I looked at all of my stamps and really nothing was an automatic choice; no panda bears, no penguins or puffins, no old timey vibe stamp set so I went with flowers because when in doubt go with flowers lol!
It's kind of a stark look and I so wanted to add a pop of color somewhere but I can follow directions when I want to so I stuck with just black and white. The background paper is retired Pattern Party DSP in a nice small polka dot.
The Impressions Abloom dies seemed like a good choice for the flowers and stems as they have the nice texture dies to give each shape some more detail which I thought was needed with so much white. Have to add interest in other ways besides color!
The oval frame dies are used for the base with the background in Basic Black and embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder and the edge detail in Basic White.
The sentiment is a simple band and the stamp is from the Simply Said set. I embellished very simply with a few Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems in black.
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Stamps: Simply Said
Ink: Black Memento
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Pattern Party DSP (retired)
Accessories: Impressions Abloom dies (Online Exclusive), Forever Plaid embossing folder, dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems(retired)
