Make a Background of It

I have mentioned before how much I have loved finding VERVE stamps so I wanted to use them again.

Most often an image like butterflies are the main focus of a card but here I wanted to create a background of them. These butterflies come in two sizes so I stamped both sizes on my white paper using white ink and white embossing powder. The white embossed images will now act as a resist to the colors that I want to add.

First of all I rubbed over the stamped butterflies with a yellow stamp pad. I rubbed and rubbed the color into all of the paper and in and around all of the details of the butterflies. I then sprayed my piece with an orange Memories Mist spray. You can see the dots in the spray which means the background isn't really a solid color which I like. The greeting is also VERVE and I stamped it on my white paper with red ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder to make the letters more intense. I gave this a quick spray of a yellow Memories Mists so that this piece tied into the rest of my card.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SIMPLY FABULOUS card
Materials:
Cardstock
Stamps – Butterflies and Greeting/Verve stamps
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars
Circle and scallop circle punches – Papershapers/EK success
Mustard stamp pad – Marvy
Memories Mist spray – Stewart Superior
Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas