Black And White Trees

Good morning all!  I love the simplicity of this card and I bet you are stunned, no ribbons!  See, sometimes I do know when to stop! LOL  I stamped my trees in black archival ink and clear embossed them on the left hand side of the card.  I stamped the large tree again on black card and white embossed it this time.  I also stamped one of the medium sized trees and embossed it in white  on the right.  I cut the large tree stamped in black just past the tree trunk and lined it up with the exact spot with the white embossed tree.  I taped them together then cut all the outside edges even.  I added white snow dots and a star using the white Inksentials pen on the black card.  I added black pen dots on the white card.  I matted this entire piece with black card that I pierced around the edge.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using one of the fancy tags.  I cut another of the same die in black and added it below the tag with the swirl facing the opposite direction.  It added a nice shadow but with a little added interest too because of the swirl detail.  Interestingly, my photo shows another shadow above the tag so it looks almost framed.  I pierced all the way around the outer white mat layer to frame and finish the card.  Clean and simple, what do you think?  All for now, Sue x