Color Dare!

It's Color Dare time again. I must admit that certain color combos have made me cringe, and others have instantly inspired a certain idea for a stamp to use. This week was one of those easy weeks. The challenge was to use Perfect Plum, Old Olive, and Gable Green. After looking through a few stamp sets, I knew exactly which one I wanted to use!

Variety brings so much interest to stamping...I find it really fun to sometimes make a clean and simple design, and another time to create something fancy and frilly and frou frou. Today's card is one of those quick, easy designs. I stamped the image (SU's retired hostess set, A Little Bit of Happiness) using Palette Noir ink, then colored it in using prisma color pencils and baby oil. It took a little layering of colors to get a match for these colors of cardstock. I really wanted to use my Martha Stewart doily-lace edge punch, but it won't punch through card stock any more, so I grabbed SU's scallop punch instead. This is one design that I think I will use over and over again...it is quick, easy, and yet still pretty. I hope you like it!