Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Ahhhh, roses!


I love this Roses in Winter stamp set, and it worked beautifully for the color challenge posted on SCS today. I don't usually enjoy using the bold bright colors, I'm more into pastels and softer colors, but I think I got them to work on this card. I inked the stamps with Only Orange ink and then rock'n' rolled them in Rose Red ink to soften the orange color. I also heavily sponged the edges of the card stock with the orange ink and then again with the rose red ink. I think it really softens it and makes it look so nice. I used the same techniques on the sentiment panel also cutting and embossing with Spellbinders Labels Four die. I even sponged the rose red ink onto the orange ribbon to soften that as well. What do you think?

3 comments:

Wendy Hansen said...

Yeah, interesting color combo, but I actually like it. See, sometimes it's good to be forced out of our ruts.

Gloria Dojlido said...

Very very pretty!

Yvette said...

Very pretty Karen!

Glad you and Wendy had fun! :)