I made several backgrounds using Tim Holtz Botanical 3D texture fade, playing around with this layering technique from Jan Hobbins.
I was inspired by the Simon Says Stamp Midsummer Blues challenge to work in blue! The one thing each of these had in common was the Botanical embossing folder AND the use of Blueprint Sketch paint. Each one came out a little different and I will be using them for backgrounds on several cards this week.
First up is the tan and blue background in the bottom left of the picture above. This started out with layers on Tea Dye and Tumbled Glass. I used watercolor paper as the base and taped it down after embossing to help keep it flat.
On top of this went the Blueprint Sketch paint mixed with a little glaze. It gave it a slight sheen and was easy to spread with my fingers. Then I layered on some distress stains in Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Broken China and distress oxide spray in Mermaid Lagoon until I got a dusky blue topping it off with a bit more Vintage Photo mixed with glaze again getting it into the nooks and crannies.
The heart was hand cut, layered with Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany, Candied Apple, Walnut Stain Distress Oxide and stamped with script text embossed in fine black and edged in Black Soot distress crayon.
Finally a few gold embossed ivy sprigs from Garden Greens, a bit of cheesecloth, layered on top of a panel from Tim Holtz Wallflower stack and base card cut from turquoise card stock from my stash!
Some detail photos:
I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Midsummer
Blues!
thanks for stopping by!
Mitch