GORGEOUS AND UNIQUE CARD BACKGROUNDS WITH SENTIMENTS

BY JENNY COLACICCO

Instructions

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Choose a stamp set with interesting and different fonts for the background. Avoid using sets with paired sentiments such as “thank you”, “happy birthday”, and “with sympathy”.

3. Create the black and white text background by repeat stamping the sentiment stamps on a white panel of cardstock using Obsidian Pigment Ink for a newspaper text look.

Supplies

Stamp & Die

Craft-A-Flower: Peruvian Lily Layering Die Set

Carpe Diem Stamp Set

Inks

Obsidian Pigment Ink

Crisp Dye Inks - Rhodolite, Plum, Ultraviolet, Wisteria, Magenta, Honey Drizzle, Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf, Just Green

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Glitter Cardstock Set - Gilded

Other

Lavender Fields Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Sequins - Satin Gold

Ink Blending Brushes - Small (Set of 4)

Crafter’s Essential Micro-Tip Tweezers

Cutting Mat & Stamping Mat

Crafter’s Essential Cutting and Alignment Mat

4. Arrange the stamps like a jigsaw puzzle, making sure to use small next to large stamps and different fonts close together. Cover as much of the cardstock as possible, and then stamp them down. Repeat until the background is complete.

5. Add splatters of Lavender Fields Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray to add a little glitz.

6. Die cut the Craft-A-Flower: Peruvian Lily twice for the flowers and three times for the leaves using white cardstock.

7. Color each piece of cardstock by taking a Crisp Dye ink pad directly to the cardstock. For the leaves, use Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf and Just Green inks. For the florals, use Rhodolite, Wisteria, Ultraviolet, and Plum. Use Magenta and Gilded Glitter cardstock for the stamens.

8. Use liquid glue to adhere each layer of the flower.

9. Arrange the flowers over the background using Instant Dimension Foam Tape in differing layers.

10. Finish off the card by adding Satin Gold Sequins.