PCJ DT Card: Black Plus One - Chinese Red Dragon

Hey! Don't know where this year is going, but it's certainly going at lightspeed! I'm a little late with my post today... last night I was thinking that today would be Wednesday. Short term senior moment, I guess... so it's Thursday and it's time for another challenge post!

We have a great challenge at Paper-Crafting Journey... Black plus one... as in one other color. Although I found it a bit more challenging than I originally thought as I kept wanting to add a touch of gold or a touch of white, I stayed the course and kept strictly to formula. My first idea was hot pink but I don't have any hot pink ink or paint to use with the floral stamp I had in mind, so my next thought was red. And red makes me think red and gold which always makes me think Chinese. I love Chinese New Year and various elements of Chinese culture, like the animals of their zodiac. So I dropped the gold element and created this:

I have had these stamps for a while. The chinese dragon is Rubber Stampede and the chinese poetry background is All Night Media. I stamped both in Versamark and embossed them with black and Red Dragon powders from StampN Stuff and then used a Nestie to cut out my dragon. I popped the background panel up on foam dots and then layered on three ribbons - a black sheer, a red satin-edge sheer and a black satin, all from Berwick Offray. I popped the dragon up on foam dots and then as my only embellishment, I addedd three black enamel dots.

I thought about adding some floss tassels or other bits, but I really liked the sparkle in the Red Dragon embossing powder and the glossy shine of the black characters. I didn't want to just stick bits on for the sake of sticking bits on. I like the simplicity of this one.

My teamies have whipped up some fantastic creations... I love what Hilde and Jessie were able to do with plain ol' black and white! Click on over and check them all out here!

Then pick a color,any color, create your own work of art and link it up before May 23rd at Paper-Crafting Journey for a chance to be picked as the random winner of your choice of 3 digi stamps from our generous sponsor, Digital Delights by Louby Loo.

Have fun and Happy Crafting!

Christy