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Friday, September 12, 2008

...Monochromatic Silhouettes

I am so hooked on monochromatic cards lately! I made this one at the little stamping retreat last weekend using my new stamp sets, "Pocket Silhouettes" and "Fresh Cuts". I have also noticed that I use ALOT of Basic Black as an accent on many (alright....most) of my cards, so why not embrace it as a focal color?!? I combined the ever-so-popular black with Basic Gray and Whisper White to create this wedding card. The striped designer paper is from the Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper collection, and it was embossed in black with the leaves from Fresh Cuts. The focal leaves from Pocket Silhouettes were also embossed in black, then the panels were cut and embossed using SpellBinder's Nestabilities Dies (THANKS DONNA AND PAM!!!). Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon and Gray 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon finished it off.

That's it for today! I have so much to do before football time, so I will see you all back here tomorrow! Until then...



Supplies
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Fresh Cuts, Fundamental Phrases
Papers: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Ghostly Greetings DSP
Inks: Jet Black Staz-On, VersaMark
Accessories: nestabilities, ribbon, embossing buddy, black embossing powder, dimensionals

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is absolutely beautiful and very elegant! I love monochromatic cards as well. :-)

LeAnne said...

Awesome card! I have been using Ghostly Greetings a lot too....the sides that aren't "Halloweeny"!
LeAnne

Shannan Teubner said...

Mercy, this is just stunning!!

Nancy Riley said...

GORGEOUS! I never would have thought to combine these two stamp sets, but they really flatter each other! Well done!

Debbie Olson said...

This is SO elegant and totally gorgeous. Mercy!

Ida said...

Oh how lovely...Black and White is just so striking together.

Me, My Stamps and I said...

gorgeous card, mercy !!!!very nicely done especially the colors !!!!tfs:)

Denise said...

Beautifully elegant!! Love it! :)

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous, Mercy! I love monochromatic cards! Yours is fabulous!