My initial idea for this card was actually only in monochrome colours(means only black and white). I think it would be so cool to create a retro feel black and white card along with black and white pictures. In the end, as you can see, the card ended up with colours. Let's face this, it wouldn't look too good with black and white flowers on a b/w cardstock for a birthday card right? Gonna look very dead. So with a splash of gold, silver and the usual colours for flowers, Ling's birthday card was born. :D