A friend requested a dozen cupcake cards, including some black/abstract style. I had so much fun creating these - want to do more!!! The silver used was gift wrap paper, the glittery abstract papers were from an old DCWV glitter stack. Thought they turned out pretty well. She was thrilled.
Wow - I've been bad with my postings huh? Been stamping up a storm but not sharing the results. Will try to do better, yada, yada, yada. Had fun at a friends house, using the new Stampin Up Doily set. The card was stamped first in Going Gray for a soft background, then stamped & embossed with black. She had scraps of this fancy ribbon. The flowers were made with a SU die cut and run thru an embossing folder. There is a cute Martha Stewart punch used to make a black layer between the two white layers, and a fancy plastic button piece makes the flower center Fun and different for me.
This one was also done using Doily. Stamped & embossed with White, colored in a little using Brilliant Blue & Chocolate Chip SU markers. The papers are Kraft, Navy & Brown. The brown layer was run through the SU Cuttlebug folder Trellis. The "Thinking of you" was embossed white and layered on Kraft and Navy pieces punched with SU punches. Both of the 'picture' portions are affixed with Pop Dots. Enjoy
What a complex card. You can't imagine how many stamps are used to create this scene, or how they are used. So much to learn. How do you like that descriptive name - Aqua Water? Anyway, challenging but oh so fun.
These two church scenes are quite different. I'm just playing with different layouts and stamps, etc. It's all a learning process. 
Here are 2 nearly identical sea scenes that I have just completed. Not perfect, but I learned a lot by doing them. 
I am still taking Scenescape Lessons from Ken and am just having too much fun. This is my latest one. It is the first one I've done totally by myself, starting with a new stamp set, creating the layout, coloring with Copics and inks, etc., and I thought it turned out pretty good. 
