It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: a new CYCI challenge! Here is this week’s color challenge:

I’m in the mood to make Springtime cards. At first I wasn’t crazy about the black in this challenge and I was trying to design a card that used very little of it. But then I embraced it. Bees are yellow and black. Beetles are black. And what about Black-Eyed Susans? What could be more Springy that those? So here’s what I came up with.

I used Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, and Real Red card stock for the card and layers. I used a Daffodil Delight floral patterned paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack for the flowers and sentiment.

I punched the flowers with the Petite Petals Punch, and the flower centers with the 1/4″ Circle Punch. I added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the center of each flower.

The sentiment is cut with the Hello You Thinlits Dies. Everything is glued in place.

You might think so much black would make a very dark card, but the yellow/white floral pattern and the Rhinestones really bring it this card to life.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

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Here’s what I used:

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