Silly, Honest & Kind

Hola! It's Robin Redd!  (a.k.a. RockinReddRobin)

I wanted to use this big beauty, S542 Large Passion Flower on my next card.  

But, I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to make it work.

 

First, I inked up the entire stamp with yellow ink.  

Then, I took a blue stamp pad and went over the leaves, etc.  

We all know, yellow and blue make green so it shows up green...which was my intent. 

 But, it wasn't quite what I had in mind.

 

Then, I took a Kaleidacolor pad and swiped it diagonally across the stamp.

Pretty...but it's just not right, yet.

 

Next, I embossed it with white embossing powder and  colored it with Pan Pastels.  

Because it was white embossed on white cardstock, 

it was difficult to see the image, which made it a challenge to color in.

 

Finally, I, simply, stamped it in black.  

It looks sharp, but I wasn't sure how it would look colored in 

because there is so much solid black on the flower.

 

At last, I went with the Pan Pastel colored image.  

I finished it off with SDX001 Be Silly stamp, simply stamped in black.

  

I'm real happy with how it turned out.  

How would YOU use these stamps to make a card or anything else for that matter?