Black and White at Paper Ala Mode

A card for the new Paper Ala Mode Challenge - Black and White - using Mostly Dots and Floral Mums.

These floral mums are an all-time favorite with me. I added a floral frame just for fun.  I love black-and-white cards.  I do so hope you will visit the challenge at Paper Ala Mode to see more fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

Simply Sympathy with Featured Stamper

This sweet sympathy card features Dandelion - can it get any prettier? The layout is pretty simple with the sentiments computer generated.

Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge

OMG!  I love black and white cards!  This fabulous flower is Power Poppy's Black-Eyed Susan.  I think this flower is exquisite.  This week's Creative Confetti challenge is to use a black-and-white image.  The background behind my flowers is A Sure Sign (Sekada Designs).  The card base paper is one of the first papers I purchased when I first started papercrafting 15 years ago - never found a use for it, but liked it too much to toss. 

I embellished using a simple bow with some ribbon I've had since forever.   Love, love, love this challenge!

The We Are 3 Autumn Flannel Release

I was so excited to see some buffalo plaid in the new Autumn Release this weekend because plaid flannel brings out the Michigan in me! I have no idea why, but when I see this plaid, I see Christmas. So I had to chuckle at the name of this collection - Autumn Flannel. This collection is chock full of fabulous plaids - including my favorite, black and white. I used this pattern to make two country-style Christmas cards - what's more country than Mason Jars? Then, to add some Christmas flavor, I added some computer-generated sentiments, and fussy cut some poinsettias. I added a little paper tape as a ribbon.

Cone Flower Love at We Are 3

This month at We Are 3, our sweet leader created a wonderful collection called Cone Flower Love. Of course, our first thought of designs go to cards - that's just how this project started. I added the rolled flower, though - and only saw gift bag. So this was a very simple way to jazz up a gift - I cut two hearts from the Cone Flower Love pattern, along with shadows. I added a rolled flower and a butterfly - both from my stash. Just happened to have a black bag in my stash, as well. 

Square Christmas Card

This is a Christmas card I made for the current Paper Ala Mode Challenge at The Outlawz.  We lost our sponsor this week, so got to use digital images of my choice.  So my card is made using papers from We Are 3 - Really Simple and Black and White.  The image is from Carinas Freebies - Tomte med önskelista.

              

We Are 3 - Black and White, Really Simple, and Winter Serenity

A design-team card for We Are 3.  I used Black and White, Really Simple, and Winter Serenity.

                              

We Are 3

Using a new release at We Are 3, I've made a feminine card for graduation.  The image used is We Are 3's new Graduation Cap - Floral.  The background is a pattern from We Are 3's Black and White Collection - printed on solid turquoise.

               

Sweet, Geometric, Simple Graduation

Here's a card for We Are 3's New Release - Graduation Cap.  The background is Black and White - the background behind the cap is from the Tones of Grey collection.

                          

Sally and Snowball

For this week's Featured Stamper (Splitcoast Stampers), I finally did some serious coloring using the Conie Fong freebie at Kit and Clowder.  For my background, I used We Are 3 papers from my stash - some Black and White (with a touch of blue colored in) and Winter Serenity.  I thought this little one in her winter's finest was appropriate today, as the ice broke here in Arizona today (that's slang for 100 degrees!)

Challenges:

• Challenge #66 - Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Challenge #528 - Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes