Have you ever tried to stamp with a dark distress ink and then coloring the image with the ink of the stamped image.
That's what I did here .. I added a little yellow in some areas to add interest.
The images were masked off to be able to stamp the script in black in the background.
Adding the blue in the background was a bit tricky as the red was still water-soluble and able to run into the blue. It worked by leaving a tiny edge white around the red flowers.
Magenta products used: