Black & White ......

 I made a set of Artist Trading Cards for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Black & White' .....

The bases were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some monochrome floral print paper and trimmed to size.

I used a stencil and applied a grid to the left with a blending brush and Black Soot Distress ink.

I then die-cut some smaller rounded-edge panels from black card, stamped these with a small floral stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I then added the background to the bases and applied a piece of black numbers Washi tape centrally to each. The black panels were then added as shown. I then embellished the cards with a black shiny dot and a sparkly black cabochon.

Final touch was to add a border in black ink to each card ........

Sid xx