Black With 2 October Palette

Hello dear friends.

 

I'm here today with the

 October Challenge

 from

 Black With 2.

 

And, how gorgeous is this months palette -

 

Black

with

 Sunset Pink 

&

 Shimmering Gold.... 

Starting with my card this month.

 

I am so in love with this

 elegant image, but sadly

the beautiful gold hilights

 just don't show up

in a photograph...

 



The Palette...

 



The papers and image I have

used for the card are

 from Kanban.

A beautiful black silk flower

from my stash with a centre jewel

rescued from a different flower,

 it just goes so perfectly with

 the image and

 the colour palette.

The butterfly is a

 Cheery Lynn die

 "Exotic Butterfly Mini"

 cut from gold

 Mirri Board.

 

And, of course,

 black cardstock.

 From American Crafts.

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My layout this month

was just screaming

 girlie, with

 these colours.

 

And these photo's of

 eldest Granddaughter were

 a perfect choice.

The striped paper and

 glitter paper are from the

 "Posh" Collection

by

 Teresa Collins.

 

The dotty paper is

 Papermania "Confetti".

The border punch is by

 Martha Stewart

 "Daisy Fan"

Deep Edge Punch.

The flowers are a mix of

 Prima and Petaloo.

 

The gorgeous rhinestone flourish

 is from

 Creative Expressions.

The large leaf embellishment

 is the

 "Ivy"
 die from

Creative Expressions,

and the small leaves,

tucked behind the flowers,

 is a die from

Marianne Creatables

 "Leaves 255".

The monochrome frame,

top right,

 is another Marianne Creatables

 die "Eline Frame 219"

 with two layered butterflies

 from Cheery Lynn

 "Exotic Butterfly Mini".

The gold ribbon is from

 my stash, the large

rhinestones are Kaiser,

 and the black cardstock

 is American Crafts.



Totally loving this layout,

 and Rebekah loves

 it too!

 

Now, I know you are just

 dying to play with this

 month's palette too,

 the colours are just

 too gorgeous to

 pass by.

 

So, head straight over to

 Black With 2

 and see what my fellow

 DT girls have done

 with these colours -

 pure inspiration!

 

Then have a play yourself,

 either a card or a layout

or both.

 

Just remember to start

 with a black background

when you play.

 

Enjoy.

 

See you at BW2

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Card Sketch Reveal

 

Happy Wednesday everybody

 

Ist Wednesday of the month means

 Card Sketch Reveal

over at

 Stuck On U Sketches

 

And, what a great sketch

 we have this time from

our own Leah

 

My interpretation...

 

 

Leah's great sketch...

The papers I have used are

 Bo Bunny

 "Serenity" collection

The flowers are by Prima

Lots of layers and distressing



Inside sentiment stamp from Kanban,

 and Spellbinders

 "Resplendent Rectangles"

Rhinestones from

 Kaiser "Deep Yellow"

Over at the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

you will find more beautiful

 interpretations of the sketch

 by my fellow DT girls.

 

You also have two weeks

 to have a go yourself,

we would love to see what

 you do with the sketch,

and also have a shout out

at Top 3.

 

See you over at SOUS

 

Hugs