Doublestamped

Most of you know that I'm lazy.  One of the manifestations of my laziness is that I will stamp an image on colored cardstock and highlight it rather than completely color it on white cardstock.  I was thinking this way when I decided that a manila folder would give a nice base color to this marigold.  I had enough of the folder left that I figured I could cut a base for the card, too.

I also thought that brown would be a nicer outline ink than black.  I need to buy an archival brown, because this brown started washing away as soon as I hit it with a waterbrush.  I was just trying to soften the yellow and orange marker I was using, but the lines started going, too.  After looking at how fuzzy it was getting, I decided to stamp over it again to sharpen the lines.  It gives a dimensional look, don't you think?

Of course, after doublestamping the flower, my sentiment looked faint, so I stamped over it with Versamark and clear embossed it.  I didn't line that stamp up any better than the flower one, so it has a faint shadow look to it.  Versamark was also used to stamp the background. 

Challenges:

• Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards - emboss
• Crafting for all Seasons - bright colors
• Paperminutes - upcycling
• SweetStamps - stamped background
• Kaboodle Doodles - sisterly love