The Black-&-White Challenge will be coming to an end Tues, Dec. 11 at midnight so don't miss your opportunity to win a cool black and white KI Memories prize package! Post your layout in the forum for a chance to win. I know that life might be a bit busy with Christmas just around the corner, but who can pass up an opportunity to win amazing scrapbooking supplies?

The layout I created for this challenge was also a tribute to one of my favorite stores: Ikea. For those of you that have experienced Ikea ... isn't it fun? And if you never have you should hunt down the nearest store :) While I was at home for Thanksgiving my family and I took a trip to the nearest Ikea in Canton, Michigan to celebrate my sister's birthday (since we both absolutely love the store). We spent a few hours just wandering around and pointing out all of the things we liked. There were not any big purchases made, but we all had such a great time together! I'm counting down the days when Ikea will soon be only minutes away from me here in Cincy...ahh inspirational bliss at my fingertips!

Post your Black-&-White challenges here, and show us your true colors!

Create something. Inspire everyone.
GinaMarie

Supplies and Techniques:
I created the black and white background by scanning one of the pages from Ikea's 2008 magazine. I changed it into grayscale, and added the difference layer to give it that reverse x-ray effect. The pic was taken by my sister and I saturated the color a bit to make it pop.
Brads: Michelle Coleman's Free Digital Kit Frosted (I changed the hue/saturation.)
Journaling circle: Sande Kreiger's Free Digital Kit Embrace Life