Clear It Out Challenge - Black

Do you know what time it is?

That's right . . .

It it CHALLENGE time!!!

Once again, it's challenge time over at Clear It Out Challenge.  And Laura, our amazing leader, has come up with another AWESOME-TERRIFIC challenge . . . so easy, peasy, lemon squeezy.  So get out your paper, glue, scissors . . . and let's get crafty!!!

Are you ready?    

I didn't hear you . . . 

Are you ready?

It's CHALLENGE time!!!

Theme:  Black (or shades of black)

Stash:  Stickers (real or faux)
(Please make sure to tell us which)

You have one week (till June 3rd) to get your projects in.

Our sponsor this week is Di's Digis:

click HERE to see their store

Since this week we were able to choose one of our digi stamps to use in our projects, I ended up choosing a sentiment digi called "Sentiment - More Butterflies" by StampArt by Kathryne . . . it actually has several sentiments, so I chose "Life if like a butterfly . . . You can chase it or you can let it come to you" since it seemed like the PERFECT sentiment for a graduation card.   And as you might have read over the weekend,  my daughter graduated this weekend.   Here's how it turned out:

Supplies

layered butterfly chipboard and Daisy chipboard from UmWowStudio

Cryogen White paper from Paper Temptress

"Urban Market" washi tape by Teresa Collins

misc. washi tape in gray and blue/gray chevron

corrugated kraft paper by Fancy Pants

Layering stencil (Speckles - THS021) by Tim Holtz

Archival Inky by Ranger  (Cobalt and Watering Can)

Momento ink in Tuxedo Black

This was actually my first attempt for a different DT project that went up Sunday, but the sentiment I wanted to use didn't fit it quite right . . . so I set this one aside until a bit later. What can I say? . . . I don't like to let things (especially my crafty things) go to waste. :) (If you would like to see how I changed it to make a completely different, but still GREAT card, click HERE.)

When I came back to it, I changed one of the gray washi tapes (from diagonal to floral) and tried it with the butterfly sentiment and it worked PERFECT!!!!  Added a layered butterfly chipboard & a Daisy chipboard from UmWowStudio (my FAVORITE place to get chipboard, flair, masks, inks, etc.) along with some "speckles" of ink . . . and VOILA! I was excited to see how GREAT everything came together. :)  

Remember, you have one (1) week to get your projects in to Clear It Out Challenge to eligible for the weekly prize.  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with  . . . and how everyone one else interprets "black with stickers" since I used shades of black (the gray) along with black ink and also used the washi tape as a type of sticker.  

Till the next time I'm up in the night.