I have a few background stamps, so it is always good to find new techniques to use them! First up is these more masculine birthday cards. I started by blending Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks on white cardstock. I let those dry, went over my cardstock with a powder tool and then stamped the background stamp with Versamark. I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then sprayed the panel with water and laid it face to face with a plain piece of cardstock. I ran it through my dry embossing machine (outside of an embossing folder) to make sure it transferred as much ink as possible. To finish of the cards, I cut the sentiment and its shadow. I stamped and heat embossed the tiny sentiment on a strip of coordinating cardstock.
My second set of cards was inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept:
For this background, I used Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and put the pad directly to my paper. I again made sure it was dry before stamping and heat embossing the background stamp. I used a layered clematis stamp set by Altenew to stamp the flowers with dye inks on vellum. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.The flowers took a while to dry, so I let them set overnight. I attached the vellum with brads to finish off the cards.
These are fantastic. I'm really drawn to the one with the dark grey background. Thanks so much for joining us at The Card Concept.
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