So as I was trying to straighten up the stamp cave I kept getting distracted by some of the scraps from other projects. It was like they were talking to me saying "we belong together". And maybe it looks like a pretty weird color combo, but I think it works. The green wood background was too pale for the project that I originally made it for but here, with the shades of pink and burgundy I like the contrast.
This next card was meant to be part of the 300th Teapot Tuesday celebration. I even used some of the featured techniques of some other challenges that week - the pillow top background technique and the ribbon flower. But I never got around to posting it. You were to bring a piece of furniture or a room decoration to the party. When I saw that, I immediately thought of this chair stamp. It looks so pale here, but it's really pretty IRL.
I stamped the image on watercolor paper in Basic Gray ink and then used a combo of inks and aquapainter and straight marker color. I colored the doily portion with ink and a dauber in Blushing Bride and used Calypso Coral as the card base and the ribbon flower. The pillow top background was created with Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride ink.
I'm sorry I missed the party. I'm sure it was lot's of fun!
What a shame your lovely chair didn't make it into the TPT #300 gallery, it would have been a lovely addition. I was thinking you were very neat with your Liquid Pearls till I took a closer look and realised they were the real thing. And I love the butterfly against the green wood. It's very rewarding when scraps come together to be bigger than the sum of their parts.
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