It's Not Always Black and White AND a boo-boo - Jan's Digi Stamps

 Hello, friends! I hope this finds you well, and enjoying some crafting time.

Today's card is for Febuary's mid-month reminder at the Anything Goes Challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps!  If you use a JDS image in your card, please mention it. There is a 2nd draw specifically for those who use one of Jan's fun images.

Jan's newest sets are 25% off, and this month's Easter Sale, including all 12 sets, are also 25% off.

To create my cards, two sets were used (just click on them to enlarge):

Wild Flower Blossom $5

Peony Bloom **NEW** $4 on sale this month for $3

Inspired by design teamie Karen C's elegant Christmas Card back in November, but ignorant as to how to use a dropper, I enlisted help from friend Anne Temple who uses Photoshop, in order to create this out-of-my-comfort-zone, black and white card:

The background is not black with white poke-a-dots. It is black glitter paper. I've also used white glitter paper and silver glitter paper - hanging head in shame for using cheater glitter cardstock rather than loose glitter (smile)

None of the flowers is at the same angle, and many are flipped horizontally, then tilted. Black "shapes" and "frames" were used behind and around the flower columns. Anne, thank you for making the black flower with white lines so I could experiment without having to learn how to manipulate the app on my computer!

The sentiment is a separate "band" that floats across the front of the card and adheres on the back of the printed panel. The leaves of the middle white flower have been cut with a craft knife for more dimension:

Donna Walls of Duncan Street Designs and I were discussing colors recently, and decided to challenge each other by using hues we would not normally use. The first challenge color we discussed is ORANGE. 

Do you use ORANGE shades very often in your crafting?

Can you see my boo-boos?

I dropped the dark orange marker and needed to use a stencil to help cover it up:

Dimensional tape was applied to the backs of the two flowers:

Looking forward to seeing your creation in the Anything Goes Challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps!

Products: Jan's Digi Images: Peony Bloom 4055J, Wild Flower Blossoms 3310J (orange sentiment),    Inks: Black Soot Oxide, Pearlescent Orange Brilliance, Paper: X-Press It White (even for the printed black and white card), (I cheated and used black, silver and white glitter papers in the background) MS curved scallop border punch.

I'd like to play in the following fine challenges please:

1. Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge #2 AG 3/12
2. A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #2 AG 3/1
3. Classic Design Challenge #2 AG 3/1
4. CD Sunday PLUS #104 AG Downloaded 3/5 (1) (in this case, I arranged three individual digital flowers around the downloaded sentiment. The sentiment was given an oval frame. I also digitally applied two lines on the left & bottom for more design.(two digital sets were used to create this card)
5. Crafty Catz Weekly Challenges (Feb 17) AG 2/23 (leave comment on entry before mine)
6. The Corrosive Challenge #2 (Feb 11) Anything goes 3/6
7. The Paper Shelter #541 Lace and/or Flowers 2/21
8. The Paper Funday Challenges #50 AG with with lots of layers (my black card contains 6 layers) 2/27
9. We Love Stamping  (Feb 5) AG with stamp and stencil 2/28 (I used a swirly "ocean waves" stencil to bring about a "swirling" sunshine, as though the wind is bringing out the wind's beauty)
10. Inspiration Station #46 Inspiration Photo 2/28 The orange and golden hues of Nature's sunset bring out the peaceful scene of flowers that mimmic the same fantastic hues found in the sky:

Stamping Hugs,