Black, White and Gray All Over

Happy Friday! The other day I needed a sanity break and while on a blurfing tour, I saw Kristina Werner's color challenge for this week. Basic Black, Basic Gray and Whisper White sounded totally up my alley, and I remembered one of the reasons I had chosen the Prints Pattern II pack from SU! was because of the Basic Gray papers. So, I took a little break and hit the stamp studio. I think I must have had a bunch of creativity bottled up inside from not being able to stamp, because this card came together like a breeze and I LOVE how it turned out.

I started by stamping the butterfly from Beautiful Kindness on pearlized white cardstock and then added a few shadowy highlights with a gray Copic marker. Next I cut this out with the Labels 1 Nestabilities and popped up on a mat of black with White gel pen accents. I cut a square of the prints paper, matted on black and then embossed the thank you sentiment from Thankful Blossoms in black. The Basic Gray cardstock panel is embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile folder, then I added a strip of the opposite side of the prints paper to the side with a black mat that had been punched with my EK Success Fleur de Lis punch (I am so addicted to that thing! LOVE it!). I finished off with a couple white primas painted with Pixie Dust Shimmerz, a black bow and a button center.

Well, I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Catch ya on the flip side! Oh, and if you're looking for some inspiration this weekend, be sure to check out the Viva la Verve! Sketch Challenge with a {twist} of birthday.