Friday, June 6, 2008

The elegance of Black and White

Blogger's Challenge #50

Today's challenge was to use black and white. I so love the look of these colors together. I think it is so elegant looking. My card went together really fast today!




I started with a black base and then added a layer of Whisper White. I used my cuttlebug embossing folder to add dots to the top and bottom of the white. Next I used my scor-pal to add lines to separate the plain white part from the embossed white part. I added some rubons to add a bit more of a separation. The medallions are from the BoHo Backgrounds set and they are embossed in detail black power and then punched out with the 1 and 1/2 inch circle punch. Two are layered on the scallop circle punch and one is on the Nestabilites scallop circle with added dots from my white gel pen. This one is also popped up. They all have white brads in the center. As a finishing touch I added the word Thank You from a rub on and four half pearls from the Pretties kit! I am really happy with the results.



35 comments:

  1. Mary Jo, this card is stunning! TFS

    `Ann

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  2. woohoo how classy this card is! I really like it alot. Beautiful job!
    Ret

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  3. These images look fabulously stunning in black and white. Your little scalloped edging on the panel is so adorable. Great job.

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  4. Mary Jo this is stunning! I LOVE it!!!! Whoever gets this should be very happy!!!

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  5. The pearls and the stitching add such a extra-elegant touch to this already stunning card!

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  6. Wow~ This is awesome! So cool looking. I love black and white too!

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  7. WOW!!! This really is very elegant and beautiful!!!

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  8. I just love your artwork!!!! You card is AWESOME!!! Another GREAT
    JOB!!! It is very elegant!!!!

    Danita

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  9. A truly beautiful card. Thanks for sharing . Mary

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  10. MJ your card is awesome!!! I am going to have to try that cuttle bug trick. WOW

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  11. MJ, this card is just amazingly beautiful. I love everything about it. Wonderful attention to the details.

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  12. Great card! Love the embossing and the pearls!

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  13. Ooooooooh, ooooooooooh, ooooooooooooh! I love the CB BG on this!

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  14. Simply Gorgeous! Wow, It's just so pretty and you did an amazing job with this card. I love all the details like the pearls and the rub-ons and the way you did the panel with the embossed cuttlebug and then the scoring on the plain white part - Fantastic!

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  15. I love your elegant card and what a great idea to add the panel using the score pal to add to the middle of your card - it certainly gives the whole card another dimension!

    Thank you so much for sharing,
    Cheryl

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  16. BEAUTIFUL!!! I love the swiss dot background with the black BoHo medallions! Awesome card!

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  17. This card is really beautiful! I love all the layers and the texture! Awesome!

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  18. GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS! I love this, MJ!

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  19. This is gorgeous! I just love how you've used this set! What a fabulous design! :D

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  20. Beautiful card!!! I love everything about it. Love those pearls! Thanks too for the music...put a smile on my face!

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  21. WOW!!! Gorgeous!! Really love the Pearls!

    Vicki

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  22. Stunning, Mary Jo! The medallions are so eye-catching in black and white.

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  23. Wow, this is amazing! Stunning work!

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  24. Mary Jo, a sleek and elegant card yet so much detail..Love the stitching and the embellishment of pearls. This was my first challenge on BC, nice to e-meet you.
    Connie Paxman

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  25. WOW - I just love, love, love it! Awesome card!

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  26. wow, this is a stunning card. saw you post it on beate's yahoo group so thought i'd pop over and check out your blog! the black and white combo is very very striking.

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  27. Mary Jo,

    I figured it out finally. I just posted the link to your card on my blog but now I know what you mean and did it with my link to Andrea's page for her Monday Challenge.

    http://www.stampinwithdani.typepad.com/

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