Black and White and Red

Have you found a challenge you have tried?  Do you have a blog or forum you go to for inspiration? I would really love for you to let me know where they are, so I can check them out. It is always exciting to see a new spin on something or a new challenge or technique to try. 

Here is a challenge from SUDSOL. This is an Stampin' Up Demo something, something, something, LOL. I don't remember what the last 3 letters stand for. Their challenges are extra challenging since it is limited to Stamapin' Up products. 

Don't get me wrong, I love SU products, so much so that I am a demonstrator.  Just sometimes I would rather use....say...organdy ribbon...and they do not carry it in the catalog right now.  So I need to find a current ribbon instead. 

The last challenge was to use only black and white paper AND ink!! YIKES!!! Last summer I posted about the difficulty I had using the color black.  Since then I have learned to use it as a layer, but certainly NOT as a main color.

Using gallon, quart, pint in my color choices, black would always be the pint. With this challenge it would have to be the gallon or quart UUgggggggggg, I though is that even possible!? My saving grace was that we could use any color embellishment, so the color would be my pint.

I decided to make 2 cards with one being a bit more masculine.

On the more feminine card, I chose to use a bit of red. Black and white and red look so pretty together.

   

Here is an angled and inside view of the card.

Stamping the inside is as much fun as the outside :o) Here, as you can see, LOL, I put the butterflies in each corner.

 With the masculine card, I decided to keep with just the black and white.

For the inside I kept it simple.

 

I am soooooooo excited to share with you tomorrow.  I have been playing with my Dog Gone Stamps and WOW....are they fun! It's coloring heaven! There is not much in paper crafting that I find more relaxing than coloring! Of course, you don't have to color the images.  There are other things you can do instead and I will be sharing those things in the near future.

TODAY'S CONVERSATION STARTER:

Share with us where you go for inspiration and/or challenges.

ME...I go to Split Coast Stampers mostly. I sometimes find a challenge on a blog, then don't remember which one.  So I am going to start printing out the challenge with the end date and place I found it.

Till tomorrow, HUGS, Sandy O