I placed a panel of Island Indigo side by side with a panel of my stamped design and adhered them to a Basic Black card base using SNAIL Adhesive.

Once my stamping was done, I cut the panels for my card. I think my floral stamped paper did just the trick! I was trying to highlight the colors of the challenge without having too many big blocks of solid color or a pattern that was so bold it became distracting. I wanted to tie in the black from my card base, so I chose a stamp from the Petite Petals stamp set ( wood mount and clear mount) and used my Staz On Black ink to add it to my design.

This gave the colors a bit of a softer effect. I didn’t want my stamped images to be too bold and overwhelming, so I stamped the Island Indigo and Old Olive stamps on a scrap sheet of paper before stamping them on my card stock. I didn’t have any designer series paper in the challenge colors, so I decided to create my own! I randomly stamped a piece of Very Vanilla card stock with the Secret Garden stamp set in Rose Red, Island Indigo, and Old Olive. Just click on the “follow” button in the sidebar. I would love to hear what you think too! On March 31st I will do a drawing and one lucky person who leaves me a comment will win a handcrafted card in the mail! Also, if you enjoy reading my posts, why not have them delivered to your inbox automatically.

(The challenge calls for Raspberry Ripple, but I didn’t have that so I substituted Rose Red.) At first I was a little stuck with my design, but I am really pleased with the end result. Today’s card features the Secret Garden stamp set ( wood mount and clear mount) from Stampin’ Up! The inspiration for this card came from the Mojo Monday sketch challenge #335 and the Splitcoast Stampers Color Challenge #468.

Lacy brocade textured impressions