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 Hi bloggers!  A black and white colour combo for today's blog post.  I started with the New Zealand Noble Border die without the outer cutting edge and cut it vertically into a piece of coconut white card.  I flipped it around and cut it again, leaving a small gap between the two cuts.  I backed it with black card to show through the cut out areas.  I cut a double strip of pearls down the centre and added a strip to each side of the background card as accents.  For the focal element, I cut the Sydney die in black and backed it in white, a reversal of colour from the background.  I cut a circular opening in the centre then added mounting foam to it to raise it.  I stamped my sentiment (from the Large Elegant Sentiments clear stamp set by Cr. Exp.) and covered it with a sticky adhesive sheet.  I peeled the backing paper off, then centred the frame over it and then glittered the remaining exposed sticky area with Diamond Snow.  I cut a frame from the double circle dies in the set an mounted it around the opening as an accent.  I tied a messy bow with thin black satin ribbon and added a black crystal sparkler to the centre of the bow and glued it to the side of the frame.  I finished the card with a white, black, white matting with top piercing with my ruler.  The finished dimensions are 7" x  9 1/2" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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