Monday, May 5, 2014

Pastels Paired with Black


I LOVE USING BLACK....and the trend of marrying pastels with black makes me happy. ;)



Check out these awesome colors at



http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2014/04/color-throwdown-290.html


I took an ink pad to tweety here for



The hearts and power of multiples are inspiration drawn from

CASE Study Challenge #189





Ok, Monday, HERE WE COME!!!!



stamps: Papertrey Ink (Hello Sunshine rays, Grunge Me splatter,Happy Trails flourish,Winter Penguin flourish), Flourishes Lots of Thoughts
other: Freckled Fawn Wood Chips Birds
ink: Hero Arts (Soft Pool, Soft Cantaloupe),Versafine Onyx
die: Spellbinders Label 11




10 comments:

Annette Allen said...

wow love the cool patterns stamped.. awesome card..

Bridget said...

I agree, black makes pastels just pop - and your card is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for joining the SNSS challenge this week!

Ceal said...

great card, love the black. Thanks for joining our friday feature challenge this week at SNSS

Tammy Hershberger said...

Sweet card... love the sunburst! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown

Wida said...

you always have such wonderful artistic cards! I love the way you added the hearts...you sure put your HEART and soul in this card!

Vickie Z said...

Marlena-you were having fun...Love the star burst....black splatter and shades of blue! Thxs for joining us at CTD!!

Cathymac said...

Just beautiful, Marlena! The sun rays are perfect with your sentiment, and I agree…black makes the other colors pop! Thanks so much for joining us for the SNSS Friday Feature Challenge this week!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Darling card Marlena. Love the collage and the sweet little bird. Thank you for playing along with us at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

Sue D said...

Great colors and card design.

cm said...

Black with the pastels - perfect complements for one another! The bird, the swirls, the rays, the sentiment...artsy fabulous! Hugs~c