Garden Silhouettes

Today's card is based on the Clean and Simple Stamping Fall-To Layout 99 (FTL 99) and uses the Garden Silhouettes and Small Script stamp sets by Stampin' Up! In keeping with the clean and simple theme, I decided on a basic black and white color scheme. To add a little interest to the focal image piece of card stock, I scored along all four sides. I added a sentiment in pink to give a little splash of color, but chose not to layer the sentiment so that it wouldn't take away from the main stamped image. I have had the ribbon for a while and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use it; I thought it complemented the stamp image very well.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by and visiting today! Have a great weekend!

Lovely

I recently found a different and new (to me) challenge blog called Cards & Things Challenges. The challenges seem to alternate between sketch and color challenges and I decided--finally--to attempt the recent color challenge found here. So, with that in mind, here is my card:

And here is the color challenge:

As you can see, I have just a hint of Kraft, as well as a hint of the Pink Passion. My ribbon isn't exactly spot-on in color, but it added a little bit of color splash to the card. The stamped images are from the Garden Silhouettes stamp set by Stampin' Up! I'm not sure about the right-hand side of the card . . . too much black! I couldn't think of anything to put on that side of the card that wouldn't detract from the focal image. I tried running the ribbon under the focal image and having the knot and one ribbon tail cutting across the black, but that didn't look right . . . and it definitely looked too plain without any ribbon!!! So, as some would say, it is what it is. Thanks for stopping by today and paying a visit! Have a great day!!