'New York State of Mind'

It's the title of a song written by Billy Joel some years ago and I haven't actually been there myself.  However the son of some friends of ours was obviously in this frame of mind last year when he and his partner went over to the US to get married in New York.

Last week they celebrated their first anniversary so a New York themed card was .... well .. on the cards.

I  downloaded a picture of the New York skyline then traced it onto black card and cut it out by hand.  The sentiment was created in 'Word Art' and printed directly onto the background, but this white version was about the third attempt.  I tried a pink background with pink lettering first, on a white base card,  but decided that it looked too loud.  Eventually settling for white with silver as I thought that it looked classier.  The finishing touches are a couple of crystal gems in the top corners and a smaller gem to dot the 'i' in Anniversary.

I'm entering this card into the Anything Goes Challenge #67 - Black with one other colour 
That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Monochromatic

Thanks for looking,

Lynn x