Greetings! Well here I am using my new PC. All is not perfect as they "forgot" to load all the photos used on my blog, so I'll be carting my PC back to the store again soon. I am also learning to navigate Windows 8... enough said. I am pleased to be able to share with you a post for the latest challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenge where the theme is "Red, Black and Brown." I must admit, my first thought was one of concern as I don't often use brown and black together in card making, but now that I have worked with the colors, I really like the combination. For my card, I worked with a beautiful plate of images from Stampsmith. The focal image was inked with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and matted with red card stock and snippets of corrugated cardboard. The background, white card stock, was stamped repeatedly with shoes in Black StazOn Ink. Sentiments were added to the top and bottom of the card with Red StazOn Ink. The background and focal image were distressed with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Ink to create a vintage appearance. The panel was layered onto red glitter card stock and then onto a Kraft card base. A larger pair of shoes were stamped onto red glitter card stock, trimmed and mounted to the card front with foam dots. Burlap string was wrapped around the card front and the card was finished off with black Liquid Pearls. I hope you will stop over at FSC and see the gorgeous inspirational pieces my Design Team Sisters have created for you and I truly hope you will share your own project with us for a chance at a great prize. Full details can be found at FSC. Hope to see you then. This post is also for the Photo Inspiration Challenge at The Stampsmith. Take care. Best wishes, Yvonne
