Allsorts Challenge - Pink and Brown

Here's my entry for this weeks Allsorts challenge, which is Pink and Brown. I've used my craft stamper freebie designed by Elusive images, my Hero Arts leaf flourish(again!) and some Papermania paper. I used a Martha Stewart border punch to edge the panel. The hearts are stamped onto a background created by swirling brilliance ink onto a craft mat and spritzing with water (learned from Jill at the Stampman). I did add a teeny bit of rambling rose pink Starburst Stains too. I took the card to work and tried photographing it at lunchtime, but I still needed flash! I must invest in a daylight bulb! The brown ink on the heart stamp does stand out more than it appears in this photo.
I made a concerted effort with this card. Initially I just reached for the promarkers, but then forced myself to do something different and I really enjoyed it!  I've got to admit that I'm not into pink, which probably explains why there is more brown than pink!
I should feel like I have more time now as I'm no longer deputy and I'm back to being key stage one coordinator, but it isn't the case at the moment. I'm catching up with all the jobs I didn't get round to last term! It is much less pressure though, which I'm very happy with!  Steve and I decided we would use my Deputy wages to buy another car after Christmas, but the next two weekends are busy and I didn't want to test drive anything in the snow!  On top of that the screen-wash on the current car has developed a very big leak, so I'm driving round with a spray bottle on the passenger seat until the garage can fix it on Monday. I'm just hoping it's not a lot of money, cos I don't want to be spending anything on it if it's going soon! Please bear with me. I might not do all of the challenges I regularly do this month, but hopefully I'll be back to normal by the end of it!