Black, Lovely Black

One of my fav. colours but oh so difficult to photograph!! I've had this card made for nearly 24 hrs trying to get the light just right - no glare and reflections and not brown. Well I think this piccy is about as good as I'm going to get.
Using a skull stamp from Happy Daze, first stamped in platignum ink onto matt black card stock and embossed with white pearl powder then, masking the first image, in black ink with the same embossing powder, I got the "shadow" effect I wanted. Mounted this onto glossy black card stock. I printed a black swirly design onto acetate and layered onto the lower part of a grainy black paper (unfortunately this doesn't show well in the pic) securing with black brads, all from stash. The black flower is from 2 sources, inner sent from USA and outer, together with the black dew drops from Crafty Feelings. The black velvet and organza ribbons are also from stash.
There we have it. Great fun to make, not so much to get a piccy as I said.
I am entering this into the Tuesday Taggers challenge for this week's BLACK request, and for the recipe challenge #13 over on StampInsanity - black paper, skulls and pearls - well dewdrops are nearly the same.

Paper Roses

Make your own says Dragon over on Dragon's Dream, Tag It On challenge. Well that's just what I did. Again, after a shortage of time has stopped me playing, I am trying to get back into joining in some of those challenges I really enjoy taking part in. This is one of them. Using 3 different coloured papers in pale orange, peach and cream, these little roses were born. I added little pearls into the centre of each (from stash). Using a newly aquired die cutter and card from stash, cut out the leaves and butterfly. The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Happy Daze. The ribbon ties are from stash as well.
Once again I have enjoyed dreaming with the Dragon.




I am also entering this into the Craftalicious Challenge for make your own flowers