Beyond Basic Backgrounds

Hello there! Welcome to my blog! Today I would like to share a card I made for the Beyond Basic Backgrounds by Altenew Academy. I loved the gorgeous cards and the amazing tips that Lydia Evans shared in this course. For my card, I followed the water bleaching technique from lesson number 5.

I used the colours from the Altenew May Challenge picture as my inspiration for this card.

I used the outline stamp from the Build-A-Flower: Cattleya Stamp Set on my Misti and stamped the image on a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock using Obsidian Pigment Ink. Below are the colours I used for the rest of the layers:

Flowers
1st Layer – Sunkissed – I double stamped this layer to get a darker colour
2nd Layer – Orange Cream
3rd Layer – Firebrick
4tg Layer (Center) – Maple Yellow

Bud and stems
1st Layer – Sweet Leaf
2nd Layer – Hunter Green
3rd Layer – Evergreen

After that, I placed the coordinating die on it and ran it through my Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine.

Next, I inked an A2 Distress Watercolor cardstock using Blue Water and Sea Glass reactive inks by Hero Arts along with my blender brushes. Then I placed the image from the Leaf Clusters Stamp Set on my Misti. After that, I used a sponge to lightly dabbed the stamp with water and then closed the lid of my Misti. The ink reacts with the water to create a bleached effect. I repeated this step with different leaf images from the same stamp set. Once I was happy with the background, I splattered water on it using a round brush. After the panel was dry, I trimmed 1/8 inches on all four sides using my trimmer since I wanted to mat this panel with black cardstock.

Then I used the second largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Frames Die Set and die cut it from a piece of black cardstock.

After that, I placed the sentiment from the Hello and Hugs Stamp Set on my Misti. Then I prepared a strip of black cardstock using embossing powder bag to remove any static. Next, I inked it using VersaMark Ink, sprinkled white fine detail embossing powder on it, dusted off the excess and heat set it with my heat gun. I then used my cutter bee scissors to create the banner on one side of the strip. 

Next, I assembled the card and stuck this panel on an A2 card base. I finished off the card by adding some sequins from my stash.

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