Happy Saturday Everyone! I created some backgrounds a couple of weeks ago using the brand new Warm Winter Friends.
I just love the sweet animals and other images in this set! I decided
to utilize the flower in the set to create my trio of backgrounds.
For
my first card, I created the background by inking up a white A2 panel
with ballet slipper ink and then stamping the flower over it with
cranberry ink. I die cut the panel and layered it on a lacy edge
rectangle die cut. I stamped the rabbit with Versafine Clair Nocturne
ink and colored with Altenew Artist Markers. I decided it needed
something more, so I added in a white snowflake.
For
my second card, I created the background by stamping the flower on a
white cardstock panel with festive berries distress oxide ink,
honeysuckle and cranberry dye ink. I die cut the panel and cut a mat
from purely pomegranate cardstock. I stamped the flowers multiple times
on white, colored with the honeysuckle and cranberry inks and die cut
out. I decided to glue two flowers together to create a bit of depth and
texture.
I started my third background by inking up the white panel with
honeysuckle, stamped the flower with cranberry and then stamped the text
background over the top in black. At this point, my third background
became a hot mess because I decided to use a stencil
with white ink over it. In my mind it worked, but in reality it did not.
I did not like it at all, so I took a baby wipe and wiped it
off. Now it was very faded and I was at a loss for what to do. I made
another oops too, but you can't see it in the photo so we are not going
to talk about it. I searched for a layout and decided to utilize an
older Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge.
I added some white
splatters to the panel, cut the panel down to a square and used purely
pomegranate cardstock again for the mat and long strip. I used a
leftover flower from my other card and added some white gel pen dots to
the center to mix it up a bit. Ta-da, I managed to salvage the
background! Whew!
Here are the background panels before I turned them into cards. The top panel is the one I added the text script too.
I
used the same sentiments for each of the cards and here are pictures of
how I did the peace one. I cut a base for each one in white, then
nested the die pieces together and cut again in white. Next, I inked up
white cardstock in three different colors and die cut just the word
peace. Finally, I glued them together as seen in the photos. I decided
not to waste the extra inked up cardstock and used some heart dies for
future cards.
These cards fit our October Sweet 'n Sassy stamps VIP Group challenge, Think Pink. We would love to have you join us in the group and play along.
Warm Winter Friends
Peace & Joy Word Dies
Christmas Wordfetti
Christmas Text Background
Large Snowflakes Die Set
This post linked to:
Merry Little Christmas Challenge: Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenge: Christmas
Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes
I hope you enjoyed today's cards and thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen (click my name to follow me on Instagram)
