Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Black, White & Shades of Grey

The theme for this week's Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, set by our old DT buddy Gina, before she left us, is:

'Black, White & Shades of Grey'

I have to admit to being rather scared of this challenge...I love using colour...and rarely use just black & white on my cards...so this took me way out of my comfort zone! lol

After a fruitless search for some suitable papers...I had to admit defeat and make some of my own, stamping with a white chalk inkpad on to black and grey card for a subtle background. All of the stamps I've used are from the CCSR 'Doodles' set by Papermania...and I heat embossed the large butterfly in white on black, to really make it stand out. I distressed all of the edges...don't seem to be able to stop myself from doing that lately, and added some small adhesive black pearls to the scalloped frame.

The rest of the design team have done great job with these colours...you can check out their cards here...and also find out if you're the lucky winner of last month's prize! :0)