Tonight I traded in my Clean & Graphic style for Inky & Artsy as I worked through some of the lessons from Stretch Your Stamps 2.
Thie background technique that was showcased by Lisa Spangler in the Day 1 Class is a version of a Batik Technique I learned years ago, but it was fun to try it with spray mists and flicking bits of ink onto the ironed background.
The inspiration for my card came from this gorgeous card by Anita at the TIME OUT Challenge. I loved how those beautiful colors contrasted with the white & the resist background effect.
I stamped Hero Arts Leaf and Floral Background with White Pigment Ink and clear embossed. Next I sprayed on Heidi Swapp Teal Color Shine mist.
After ironing off the embossing powder, I tapped on dots of Stream Colorwash Spray and then added a few sprays of Heidi Swapp's Mint Green Color Shine.
The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch. The strips are pieces of the white cardstock that I trimmed from my main image that were sprayed with both Heidi Swapp colors. Here's an angle where you can better see the gorgeous shimmer of this card.
I finished with a Unity Candles & Cake Sentiment and a few epoxy dots.
What a gorgeous card! The background looks beautiful, very artistic. Great idea to spray the strips of paper you added -everything goes together perfectly! Thanks for taking TIME OUT and joining our challenge!
Stunning background and FABulous interpretation of the technique and also CASE of Anita’s card. Thank you for taking the TIME OUT and joining in on the challenge 🙂 Hugs Bev x
Wow that background is gorgeous! beautiful techniques~thanks for joining us at FMS!
What a beautiful background, Stephanie … the gorgeous shimmer and delicate touches of splatter add to the fabulous sense of movement in the pattern! Thanks so much for taking TIME OUT this week to CASE my card! Anita 🙂
THIS card is just GORGEOUS Steph! LOVE the BG and your sentiment! WOW!
It is a fun technique! And I love the image and colours you have used! Thank you for taking the TIME OUT and join us!
Beautiful cards Stef! Love those fun colours! Remind me of some warm water somewhere! The enamel dots are a great accent! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
Just beautiful! I love the colour and the movement in the card! Well done
!