Mix up your card background design by creating a one-of-a-kind sentiment layer.
Today’s beautiful card inspiration comes from our designer, April. April said, “My inspiration came from the fact that I love using sentiments to create backgrounds, so I had to use the larger words in the You Are Inspiration stamp set on a background.” We love seeing creative new ways to use our sentiment sets, and this card really dazzles.
- Stamp the multi-line sentiment from You are Inspiration Stamp Set randomly on a white card panel using Color Fuse #12 Chill Ink.
- Die Cut using largest Nested Deckle Rectangle Die.
- Use Color Fuse #12 Chill ink to add splatters to panel. Smoosh ink on non porous surface, spritz with water, then flick onto panel with paint brush.
- Use third smallest die from Nested Deckle Rectangle Die set to die cut a piece of white cardstock. Use Large Blending Brush to ink blend this with Color Fuse #12 Silver Ink. Go heavier on edges and work your way to middle. Continue to add more ink until desired color is reached.
- Die Cut two of the same images from Bunch of Blooms Die Set from white cardstock.
- Color images with alcohol markers (Copics or Olo Markers work great).
- Adhere images to ink blended piece using liquid glue on lower part of stems and leaves then popping up the top portion with small foam squares.
- Use foam tape to pop this panel up in lower right corner. This allows the sentiment on the background panel to be seen better.
- Heat emboss with white embossing power sentiments from You are Inspiration Stamp Set on grey cardstock. Trim down to create two sentiment strips.
- Use foam strips on left side of both sentiment strips and liquid adhesive on right side to adhere to bottom left of panel. This will overlap the ink blended panel.
- Use a coordinating alcohol marker around the edges of a panel of white cardstock to create colored cardstock. Color in about a quarter of an inch from all edges.
- Adhere panel directly to this piece of “colored cardstock”.
- Adhere to top folding heavy weight card base.
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