Journey

At the end of March, Virginia Lu’s blog featured a card that really inspired me.  While her work nearly always floats my boat, this one in particular had me humming.  I loved the Kraft background, the neutral colors, the merest hint of red for an accent, and the surprise punch from the white polka-dotted black frame.  So I played around a little . . .

 

 . . . at the time, I didn’t have the main flower stamp (obviously, I do now) but I did have two trays full of postoids that I’ve never used before.  Good times!  I could have lived a lifetime before I would ever have thought to pair such a dramatic frame with these neutral colors.  As for the red touches I loved in her card, forget it:  never would have happened.  Yes, I’m gonna use this combo again – and often!

Cardstock:   Marcos Jute, generic Black, Beckett Moonlight

Stamps:       Starving Artistamps Lil’ Squares Background, Hero Etched Flower with
                       Stems, Stampers Anonymous Mosaic Fragment, Skeleton
                          Leaf, Rubber Tree Egyptian Map, unknown “Journey”,
                          various Postoids too numerous to mention
Inks:             ColorBox Frost White, VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Distress
                       Brushed Corduroy, Old Paper, Antique Linen, Fired Brick
Emb Powder:  B’Muse Eggshell
Impression Plate:  Cheery Lynn Desert Floor
Dies/Punches:  Wplus9 Banner Trio
Doo Dads:    White fabric flower, black brad