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Tuesday 5 April 2016

Black and White at Cardz 4 Guyz

This week it's Amy's turn to choose the theme at Cardz 4 Guyz, and she has chosen Black and White.

I decided to use the New York stamp from the Tim Holtz "Cityscapes" set. Somehow I think of Paris and Rome  as feminine cities, London and Sydney as unisex ones and New York as masculine. No, I don't know why either, maybe it's personal associations although never having been to Rome I don't really have any right to make my mind up about it.

Anyway, we normally associate Tim's designs with everything that's inky and messy and exciting, but I think the Cityscapes stamps have so much going on in them that they lend themselves to a much more CAS treatment, and that's what I've done here. The image is stamped in Onyx Black Versafine and embossed with clear powder, then matted and layered with black. To add extra interest, I used a hammered textured card for the bottom black mat, making it a little larger than the other layers. It doesn't really show on the photo but the extra texture looks good in real life.


I am sharing this with
Craft Your Passion  - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes
A Beautiful Mess - Anything Goes
Classic design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes   
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10 comments:

  1. Unknown5 April 2016 at 13:28

    Love it, the stamp is fab Debbs x

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  2. Cara5 April 2016 at 16:27

    I hadn't thought about cityscapes having a gender, but you could be right! Love the simplicity of this card. Cara x

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  3. Annettes Hobby Rosettes5 April 2016 at 21:41

    This stamp is fabulous and love the black and white theme card. Its great.
    Thank you for sharing with us over here at Classic Design Team Open Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
    Annette DT Leader

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  4. Cindy van Oorschot6 April 2016 at 00:29

    This is fabulous CAS card, I think the stamp warrants standing alone as you have done. Thanks for sharing with us at Classic Design Team Open Challenge.
    [Cindy DT for Classic Design Team Challenge]

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  5. aussie aNNie6 April 2016 at 09:14

    Beautiful card with gorgeous colour combo and design...thanks for joining in our first challenge.xx
    [aNNie DT for Classic Design Team Challenge]

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  6. Mac Mable6 April 2016 at 11:46

    Very striking CAS card. Love the landscape orientation of the card and the mat layers. So very classy x

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  7. Monika Reeck6 April 2016 at 21:51

    You are a lucky lady to have this lovely Stamp
    Jane this is stunning stamp and you choose a right stamp for black and white challenge
    I love your B n W card, classic and I ADORE and may I ask your birthday Jane
    I forgot where I ever wrote it down..
    many thanks
    Hugs
    Monika

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  8. Deanne Saunders10 April 2016 at 23:27

    Great card!!!Thanks so much for participating in our A BEAUTIFUL MESS challenge!!! Can’t wait to see you participate again in our next challenge!! Have a great crafty day!!!
    Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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  9. Unknown12 April 2016 at 21:05

    How fun to use a new stamp. Thanks for joining us at A Beautiful Mess, Heather

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  10. Deepti Aggarwal18 April 2016 at 13:31

    Lovely CAS card..you have done a great job..Thank you for joining us at A Beautiful Mess. Love Deepti

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