My Love Affair With Black And Cream Continues!

Morning all!  How about this for black and cream simplicity?  Those are two of my favourite colours for card making.  I just think they are so regal and elegant together.  I have used the Grand nestibilities in the scalloped squares as a card back and the Grand square with the edgeability insert to give the background card a bit of interest.  I then used the grand oval dies and cut the shape, left the card in the die and ran it through our Flourish  embossing folder with one very important change.  You cannot close the folder as the die may cut into the top of the folder.  You need to place your card onto one side of your folder, add your tan mat on top and then a few pieces of card as a shim, then the Creative Expressions embossing plate (not the pink plate that comes with your Grand Calibur) and then run it through your machine.  When you do this in this manner, you get that lovely little edge on your die that does not get embossed and acts as a frame for your die cut piece.  I cut a faux nestie to add a mat and I pierced all the way around it.  The frame was cut from Labels twenty two and raised for emphasis with foam mounting pieces..  I finished the piece with a spiral flower cut from cream felt, black vintage ribbon tied into a messy bow and a couple of black decorative pins.  A true Spellbinders card through and through.  Hope you like it!  All for now, Sue x