happy birthday | CTD 726

Back today with a card made for Color Throwdown challenge 726 | grey, navy, white

I was excited about this challenge for several reasons - for one, it's a color combination that I don't think I have ever worked with, and secondly, I was inspired by the photo prompt itself - the minimalism, the single image on a solid background. 

So here is what I designed...

Although I did experiment with embossed/pierced backgrounds, I felt that the simple, solid grey background helped the line drawn flowers embossed in white on navy cardstock pop and serve as the focal point of the card. The sentiment was stamped in grey and I die cut an extra sentiment shadow in navy to serve as a shadow behind the sentiment to create a visually pleasing navy 'triangle' on my card front.... interesting what the eye sees when you're creating, right? 

I just love the look of the white embossed line drawn flowers on the navy..... yum!

Supply List:

Simon Says Stamp: Sketch Lotus Flowers stamps and dies; XL Birthday Greetings stamps and dies

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink hickory smoke

Misc: Cardstock: grey, navy, white; grey/white bakers twine; white embossing powder; foam tape

Thanks for stopping by today, appreciate your visit!

xoxo

rae