{Spotlight Project} Shery Shares A Fun Background Technique

Hello, fellow stampers! Yes, it's me again -- I hope you don't mind seeing me here two days in a row. I'm actually covering for Cornelia and Shirley. They'll be back in a couple of weeks to share their fun projects. In the meantime, ya'll are stuck with me...for one more day at least ;o)

Here's a card I whipped up this morning using one of the stamps in the Typografia set. I turned to one of my favorite techniques for creating backgrounds. I love this technique because it's easy and quick. I used the Distressed Damask Background along with an embossing folder.

Here's how I did the background:

STEP 1

I inked up the background stamp with archival ink (Coffee Brown). Because I was after a distressed look, I didn't try to cover the entire stamp with ink.

STEP 2

Next, I inked up one side of a Sizzix embossing folder with Distress inks (Mustard Seed and Fired Brick), spritzed it with water, then placed my card base face down to transfer the ink.

STEP 3

Then I sponged the same Distress inks on the card.

STEP 4

I added bits and pieces of drywall tape and sticker stitches, stamped the word art on white cardstock, trimmed it down to size, and distressed and inked the edges with Distress inks (Mustard Seed and Black Soot) before adhering it to the card base. I adhered two black strips to the sides to finish the card :o)

That's it for me today. I hope you'll give this fun technique a try! We'll be back tomorrow with a new project by Monika.

Stamps Shery used in today's project:

  

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