Masculine Chevrons

There's a new color challenge blog in town called Colour Me and I decided to join in their first color challenge.  I combined that challenge with another new-to-me challenge called Sunday Stamps.

There's a funny story behind this card.  I was using my Charming Chevrons set from CTMH again and I lined up the acrylic stamps on my grid paper before placing my acrylic block on top.  I inked up the stamps in Island Indigo ink and carefully stamped them onto the Whisper White.  None of the detail in the stamps came out and I figured it was because the ink pad was too juicy.  So to fix that problem, I inked up the stamps in Basic Black and over-stamped, thinking that would give me a nice two-tone look.  Still no detail.  It wasn't until I picked up the acrylic block to clean the stamps that I realised I'd put the stamps on upside down and I was merrily inking the back side!  Doh!  

I actually quite liked the resulting look so I flicked some water drops over to grunge it up a bit and had a new look!  In keeping with the sketch, I hand-stitched through the centre of the chevrons.  

And that's my card - not quite how I envisaged it, but I like it anyway!  Thanks for looking and best wishes to the Colour Me team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Charming Chevrons (CTMH), Sassy Salutations (SU)
Ink:  Island Indigo, Basic Black, Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock:  Island Indigo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:  Paper Piercing template, thread, needle

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was a top pick at Sunday Stamps.