Sunday Stamps -- Black and White

For some reason, it's difficult to get going again on non-Christmas cards.  I love those seasonal designs, but it's time for me to move on.  Choosing an image for this Sunday Stamps sketch made me think for awhile.  The Stampers Anonymous sleek and stylish woman was my choice, and then black and white seemed obvious.  

 

Sunday Stamps Sketch

This is one of those cards that tested me, in spite of the simple sketch provided by Sunday Stamps.  I thought I had a good idea, but it flopped.  Then another flopped.  I settled on a great flower stamp from Stampotique, which I watercolored and then fussy cut.  I adhered the flower to the dry-embossed card front and then added the "imagine" die cut from Penny Black. 

Frame It with a Sunday Stamps Sketch

Copper was my accent for this Sunday Stamps sketch.  I used designer paper from a Bo Bunny 6x6 pad called "et cetera."  The flower focus piece is a Magenta stamp heat-embossed and colored with watercolor markers and lots of water.  Then it was popped up on the copper central piece. After that, I decided to frame each other piece with copper and cut "hello" from the copper cardstock. 

Sunday Stamps

My first card in more than a month...but I have a good excuse.  We went to New York to visit our oldest son and experienced a surprise wedding on the third day!  Even our younger son, his wife and baby were there from here in Oregon.  It was an amazing surprise and wonderful stay in Brooklyn, with forays into Manhattan, to Long Island (all the way to Montauk) and to Coney Island.  Back to stamping: 

In New York, black is THE clothing color. I felt right at home, because I love wearing black.  It seems only fitting that my first card post-New York is a black and white one for the Sunday Stamps sketch.   I added a bit of color on the flowers, but decided that I preferred dark flowers.  

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"Authentique" designer paper from a 6x6 pad makes up this particular card for Sunday Stamps. 

The "imagine" die is a Memory Box creation. The image is the free stamp from the cover of the March issue of Craft Stamper. 

Sunday Stamps -- Tuesday Mailing, too

It's been almost a month since I've posted....a week in New York and the before and after has taken all my time.

Today's cards are doing double duty; I've chosen this week's Sunday Stamps Sketch for my weekly Tuesday mailing to two friends.

I chose vibrant sunflower paper from Graphic 45's French Country line and accented it with one of the sunflowers cut from the background and the pretty new "Hello" die from Penny Black.