Word Play – All You Need is Love

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday.

The challenge across at the Paper Players this week is a theme challenge from the very talented Lesley.  The PaperPlayers theme? All you Need is Love!

As part of my ongoing resolutions to do more challenges and use stamps that I don't often use, I went looking for some additional inspiration for my theme card and came across two  great challenges – the "Map to Your Heart" Challenge across at Moxiefabworld and the sketch challenge from MojoMonday.  They really helped me to create a theme card around love – and as an added bonus use a stamp set that I have rarely used.

So, taking the theme, the inspiration and the sketch all together, I decided I really wanted to create masculine card and use a black, white and vanilla color scheme.  

Firstly, I really needed a map and copied an old map in black and white, scaled it using my photo editing software, cut it up for three elements from the MojoMonday sketch and had the base for my card all figured out.  

Once I had the map on the base, I decided it needed a little softening, so used the old vellum overlay trick.

On this closeup you can see the two elements where the map was left as is, and how much softer the background is with the vellum overlay. 

I stamped the sentiment in StazOn to give it a very crisp image and then made the flower.  I wanted to use Very Vanilla for the flower for a quick change of color.  I used a little of the black tissue tape that I got for Christmas on the flower and then distressed the top and edges with Basic Black ink.  All that was needed was something to finish off the top of the flower.  A little circle of black card stock and a silver pearl was all that was needed to finish off the flower.

Here's the finished card:

Initially I had a flat piece of Basic Black card stock behind the focal elements, but decided it really needed something.  So, I took the piece of card stock and ran it through an embossing folder with my Big Shot.  It looked much better with the pattern.  In the end, I was very pleased with my card.

So, don't forget to pop along to the Paper Players and check out the fabulous design team cards and play along with us.  Don't forget to do the same at Moxiefabworld and mojomonday. 

Supplies – all supplies Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

• Card stock:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Vellum
• Inks:  Black StazOn
• Stamps:  Word Play
• Accessories:  tissue tape, silver pearls (non SU)

As always, thank you so much for spending a little time in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  I really do appreciate your visits and your comments.

Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.  I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Hugs

Jaydee