I only have 4 Tim Holtz Distress Inks but I've been learning and watching what you can do with these and it seems like there are no "wrong" colors to combine. So here I embossed a script stamp from Hero Arts and sponged the paper all over with Antique Line and Tattered Rose. I loved the look of the white words and watercolor background of Jennifer McGuire's creation here. This is definitely not a color combo I would ordinarily chose but that's the beauty of having 4 ink pads (two of which are very close shades of blue!) - there's a limit to choices and that really helps sometimes. A bit of water spatter and I do like the vintage antique look that resulted. I sponged the butterfly in the same color but then added SU Rose Romance to the edges so it would pop more. Thanks for looking!
Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Butterflies and Old French Writing
Ink: Tim Holtz Antique Linen and Tattered Rose
Dies: Cheery Lynn Foliage Flourish
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Beautiful - love your distress ink background and the resist script, very elegant!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, great techniques from start to finish. Thank you for joining us this week at HIMCR.
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Beautiful card Diana! The soft background color is very relaxing and the bright butterfly is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at A Blog Named Hero :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Diana! I love the distressed background, layered with a flourish and butterfly. Thanks so much for playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Diana :-) the watercolored background is fabulous ,,, lovely colours and the butterfly and flourish are beautiful ! LOVE this :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
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p.s, well spotted ;-) I just saw your comment and it was going to be AG with sequins but we decided to scrap that idea and keep it Simple Simon ;-)