JUST ADD INK CHALLENGE #19

There are many things on my stamping "to do" list this week ... one that I'm able to now cross off is my entry for Just Add Ink #19.  Take a look at this scrumptious colour combo, to be included in a papercraft project:







I LOVE the rich colours, and had pretty much decided to make a card with a lot of clean, white space, and just accents of these colours.  What I came up with was something entirely different!  I changed my mind when I discovered that I have Elegant Eggplant TEXTURED cardstock ... one of the great things about being a hoarder is that I am often surprised to find that I own so many (ha ha) beautiful things! 

I broke out my Friends 24-7 stamp set, because it has not been used for quite a while.  I created a background on the textured card, by repeatedly stamping the damask image in Versamark ink (and swiping the inkpad around the card edges).  After stamping the same image on Whisper White card, using Elegant Eggplant ink, I punched out a portion using the Full Heart punch.  (Of course I had to add a bit of sponging around the edges of the heart.)  The floral image in the Build-A-Brad is punched also from the damask pattern; I didn't add the epoxy sticker to finish off the brad, as I wanted it to have the same "wallpapery" look as the card.

Here's what it all looked like in the end (as you can see, not much white space after all!):





Stamps: Friends 24-7, Short & Sweet

Card: Elegant Eggplant textured, Melon Mambo, Whisper White and Taken With Teal

Ink: Elegant Eggplant stampin' pad, Versamark inkpad

Other: White embossing powder, Word Window Punch, Full Heart Punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Build-A-Brad, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals