Another Challenge!

I had so much fun playing along with challenges last week, that I decided to keep the momentum going!  This time I'm playing along with another of Lyssa Zwolenak's color challenges.  Last week's (10//13)  "In Love with Color Challenge" had these three choices:

1. Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Real Red and Basic Gray
2. Rich Razzleberry, Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Old Olive
3. Pacific Point, Dafodill Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red

I chose color combination number 1: Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Real Red and Basic Gray.  I had the extra added challenge of using a really dry pad of Basic Gray ink.  My older felt pad was pretty dry and my new firm foam pad was bone dry. And there I was without a Basic Gray reinker.  I tried Basic Gray marker, but I didn't like the way that turned out. So I opted for a not-so-Basic Gray main imagine.  I still think this turned out pretty well...but I'm sooo glad my reinker came in my order last week so I could ink that firm foam pad up, baby!  

(Stamp Set: My Friend; Inks: Real Red, Basic Gray, So Safrron; Card Stock: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Real Red, Smoky Slate: Accessories: Neutrals Buttons)

This is the first time I've used the "My Friend" stamp set--I hadn't even mounted it yet!  Sometimes I have to wonder why I have so many sets that are just begging to be inked!