Always Kiss Me Goodnight

Hey guys! It's Monday and you know what that means....another fun challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot!!! Whoo Hoo! This week's challenge is a color challenge. We are challenging you to use the colors black/silver. I have to say when I first saw this challenge I was a bit weary. I would of never thought to put these 2 colors together but have to say I'm in love! They are so classy together and I definitely will be using these again!!!

For my DT project this week I chose to do a card. I have noticed these 'easel cards' a lot lately and knew I wanted to give it a try. So I researched and found these directions:

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/d0npen/Card%20Templates/?action=view&current=4x4EaselCard2.jpg

Yall have got to give this a try if you never have! It was so much fun and so easy to do! I just love the result! It's like having a card that is also a home decor' piece you can sit in your home. I think I will give this to Brandon for Valentine's Day. I used black for my base and added in some black/cream patterned paper from Creative Imaginations. I have had this paper and the coordinating stickers for quite some time, but had yet to use them. I'm glad I finally got to use them. I brought in some silver through some matte silver cardstock, metallic silver cardstock, silver magic mesh, silver staples, and silver brads. I added some black trim and black brads also. I used a vintage button. As for embossing, I used the Cuttlebug Victoria, Swiss Dots, and Lips embossing folders. I also used the Sizzix Texture Plate in Argyle. I staged this sitting on a mirror with a dish from my dish collection and some cream rose petals. Here is my card, which is meant to read:

'Always Kiss Me Goodnight'

Up close of the magic mesh. I pleated the mesh and turned up the pleats a tad for dimension. I hope you can tell.

The inside reads 'me goodnight' and then I added 'Happy Valentine's Day.' I used Making Memories Tiny alpha's.

Up close of some of the embossing:

I turned the card around a bit so you could see how it sits up like an easel. This was just so fun to make!!!

If you can, do hop on over to The Cuttlebug Spot to check out the other DT's fabulous projects and join us for the challenge!!! Here is the link for ya:
http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stoppin' by today! Have a wonderful week and Happy Scrappin'!