w&w Belated 2nd Birthday Bash | Create Your Own Background with Gayatri

Hello everyone, Welcome back to Winnie & Walter’s birthday celebration challenges. How is crafting for the challenges going for you? Are you getting inspired and having fun? Yeah!

I have another challenge for you. Creating the background for my cards is one of my favourite thing to do. I enjoy the process of using stamps and various technique to create a unique background for each of my card. The background also becomes the highlight of the card and it is a great way to stretch your stamp sets. So I have a card to share with you, where I have made a unique background using masking and sponging technique.

To make this background, I have used images from Winnie & Walter’s In Bloom: Anna’s Flora stamp set. I stamped the flowers and leaves randomly on white card panel. Then masked all of them using masks made from stamping all the images on masking paper. Then sponged three different shades of distress inks – Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. This gives a beautiful ombre effect which adds interest to the background rather than one solid colour. It’s like magic when I removed the masks. Voila! The white stamped images pop right at you against the blue ombre background. How cool is that?

I adhered this panel to a blue card base. I want to keep the background as the highlight of my card, So I kept my sentiment simple. I die cut three In a Word: Hello Cutaway using black cardstock. Stacked and glued them for dimension. Brushed the hello with Clear Wink of Stella shimmer pen and adhered on the bottom of the card front. Finally embellished with Pretty Pink Posh’s Sparkly Clear sequins.

I thought I will make a video tutorial of this card. Enjoy!

So my challenge for you is create your own unique and innovative background for your card. You can use any technique you want to make your background. Also make sure the background of your card is the highlight of your card. Have fun creating! I cannot wait to see what you come up with. Make sure you link your card to the linky below.

Thanks for playing along! 

Gayatri

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