{Spotlight Project} Deepti Creates a Colorful Background with Mixed Media Stamps

Hello friends! Deepti here and welcome to another spotlight feature. Today I am sharing how to use your mixed media stamps to create colorful backgrounds.  So, here's a look into the finished card...

STEP 1

I started out by inking the striped stamp from Mixed Media Grunge with distress ink, spritzing it with water and stamping it on water color paper. I repeated the process with 3 different inks.

STEP 2

Next I spritzed some more water on the stamped panel to merge the background in some areas. Once dried, I did some tone on tone stamping using the text stamp from the same set set.

STEP 3

I then stamped the daffodils from The Birds and the Blooms along one edge of this colorful background.

STEP 4

Finally, I colored the flowers same as the base color. To add dimension, I did some coloring with grey tones along the edges of the flowers. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from Fond Expressions 2.

Here's a closeup of the card :) 

I used stamps from Mixed Media Grunge (April/May 2015), The Birds and the Blooms (June/July 2015), and Fond Expressions 2.

  

That finishes my spotlight feature :) I hope you enjoyed it and will give this a try. Happy paper crafting! 

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