Kissing with Color

Hope you had a great Saturday.  The luck of the Irish was with me as I was one of the lucky winners of the Flourishes March release!  Sure glad I stayed up late & got my cards posted Thursday--you never know.  I still had some of the foam green cardstock on my table from the Flourishes card & I love green & brown together, so that got me started for PTI MIM #57 http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/make-it-monday/  I've done stamp kissing, but never quite like this.  I highly recommend the video if you haven't seen it.  I decided to use my 2 newest PTI sets--Rosie Posie & Background Basics Medallions.  I stamped the flower with VersaMagic Aquatic Splash onto white cardstock.  Then I stamped the uninked flower with the medallion image inked with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate until it was completely covered.  Then I lined it up & stamped over the solid image--did take some practice to line it up even with the clear stamp.  Isn't it a great effect?  I scored a couple lines & then mounted it to the green panel with foam tape.  The border & butterfly punches are Martha Steward.  Hard to tell, but the vellum butterflies are stamped with white Memories ink using the same medallion image.  Finished off the card with this sparkle ribbon & a couple pearl stick pins.  I debated as the whether or not the butterflies detracted from the flower, but in the end I thought they weren't overpowering being vellum.  I'd love to hear what you think.