Freshly Brewed Projects: Black and White

The inspiration for this Freshly Brewed Project is ….

Black and White

Making a project with black and white can be so classy. Plus you do not need to worry about matching anything. For my card today I have used one of the papers from the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper and the Origami Frame Fold. I like to use my craft supplies in different ways not just what they are designed to be used for. So when the Black & White theme came up I know I wanted to use this piece of DSP, hope you like it.

For this card I used the Christmas Gleaming Bundle, Magic in this Night DSP, Black Glitter Paper, Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper, Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. Sentiment from the Wrapped in Christmas Stamp Set. Whisper White and Basic Black Card Stock. Tasteful Textile 3D embossing Folder . Silver Metallic edge ribbon & Basic Rhinestone Jewels. Black Memento Ink, clear embossing Powder and Hea t Tool.

I wanted the stamped images to stand out a little. Once the images was stamped I worked quickly to covered it with clear embossing powder and heat embossed it. Using the coordinating punch I punched out the Ornament and used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch for the sentiment and the black mat.

I embossed a piece of Whisper white card with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing fold to give the background a soft and subtle texture. Then adhered it to a Basic Black mat.

I placed a piece of Silver edged metallic ribbon around the bottom before adding the sentiment piece. Then finished it off with Rhinestone Jewels before adhering it to a Whisper White Card Base.

Once I had finished folding my Frame I cut a 1 3/8″ square from Black Glitter paper and a 1 1/4″ square form Plush Poinsettia Paper adhered them together and placed them in the centre of my frame. I then attached the ornament with a dimensional and placed a rhinestone jewel in the centre before attaching to my card.

To make the Origami Frame fold you need to start with a square piece of DSP. For this card I have a 4 inch piece.
Fold the paper in half & then in half again. I have drawn a dotted line to make this a little easier to see the fold lines, you do not need to do this.
Then use a pen to make the centre lines of both folds
Fold each corner into the centre, making sure the tips meet at the centre lines.

After all the corners are brought into the centre, fold the tips back out to meet the outer edge fold.
Optional you can fold the tip back in again and leave it or tuck it under.
you can now add a 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 inch square to the centre of your frame for a sentiment or image.