Black and White -- Scripture card

Our Othello would never allow this....

"It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship."
                                                                        ----------Theodore Gautier


Hi, Friends......

I am finally getting a chance to post a couple of cards today after a crazy week. Among other things, Little Peach has been sick for a couple days and might miss trick-or-treating tonight. :(

All week long I've been eyeing Melissa's Black and White Challenge on her wonderful Vandicrafts' Artistry Challenge page.  So I was delighted finally to get a chance to make something.

Making this card was a real challenge for me!!!  I haven't ever done anything in just black and white before.  But I got to try out several new products and a couple new techniques.  Yay!!  That's what I love so much about challenges. 

One new-to-me technique was sanding on some Core'dinations Chalk Core cardstock in white.  (THANKS, Core!).  I recently won a nice package from Core'dinations that included (among a bunch of other things..) this paper, a sanding block, and a specially treated Dust Buddy cloth that picks up all the sanding dust like a dream. [I actually already had a sanding block, so the one they sent me will be in my Christmas giveaway coming up in November.  :) ] 

I dry embossed the chalk cardstock with my new Darice Oblong Doily folder.  This was kind of cool because putting this cardstock in one way gave me a "white doily" when sanded (which I used for this card), but the other way gives me a black doily look!  I will make a card with that one soon sometime.  :)  




Oh, before I forget.............

Enabler alert:  Right now Joann.com has a bunch of their Darice emb folders (incl this one!) on sale for $2.00 each.  AND...they have their paper on sale for 50% off.   AND....they have FREE SHIPPING on orders $25 and over through Nov. 1. Ask me if I love Free S/H and 50% off sales....Oh, yessssssss I do!!  (Hey, I live 2 hrs from the nearest Joann's, so humor me!!)

I stamped this lovely Verve - New Mercies Scripture verse in the oval with Versamark and heat embossed with my brand-new Wow! Opaque Bright White embossing powder.  (THANKS, WOW!!)  LOVE LOVE LOVE this very bright white.  So glad I chose it as part of my prize from them.  It is much, much brighter than the white I had been using!!!  

After stamping, I noticed that I had been a wee bit too enthusiastic about sanding (it was thaaaaat fun!!) and a few words of my sentiment blended in too well.  I sponged very lightly with some Black Soot Distress Ink and cleaned off the embossed words with a baby wipe.  All fixed.  :)




Next, I tried another new technique for my flower.  I die cut vellum using Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Majestic Blooms dies.  I tried a white flower with this, but it looked too bright.  I think the translucent vellum works perfectly with the chalkboard look.  I smeared carefully applied glue all over the flower after I put the layers together and covered it in clear glitter.  As it dried, I used a high-tech piece of equipment (an unbent paperclip) to lift and slightly curl each layer of petals, and then added a little clear rhinestone for the center.  Do you like it?  I really do!




Then all that was left was the bow at the bottom.  I got this deliciously decadent black velvet ribbon at a thrift store.  LOVE!!!  I think it's a perfect finishing touch.  

Other supplies include:  DCWV patterned paper, black Coredinations cardstock, Beacon 3-in-1 glue, and Tombow Aqua Mono liquid glue.

Hope you enjoyed my card.  Thanks for wading through my descriptions!  As always, I appreciate you visiting and leaving your wonderful comments!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1.  Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge #14 - Black and White 
2.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge #9 - Anything Goes 
3.  Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes 
4.  DL.ART October Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5.  The Paper Girls Challenge #66 - Anything Goes