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Wednesday 19 September 2018

Inky Backgrounds at Back to Basics

Our newest challenge at Back to Basics gives you lots of scope for creativity - Inky Backgrounds.


For this card I blended various shades of aqua and blue ink over the card, leaving the centre blank then using progressively darker shades as I reached the edge. I also blended some of the lighter inks over an offcut of card. When the main card was ready, I spritzed it with water and blotted it after a couple of minutes although this doesn't really show up in the photo but if you squint really hard you can see it towards the top right.

I stamped the butterflies onto the scrap card and fussy cut them, then when the other card was completely dry I stamped the sentiment in black then various flower and grass stamps using the inks I had used for the background plus light and dark olive green. I finished the butterflies with a touch of olive green too then attached them to the background with 3d glue.
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7 comments:

  1. meg19 September 2018 at 11:15

    Beautiful background Jane, love the pale centre and the butterflies

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  2. Diane19 September 2018 at 11:53

    Beautifully created with all the pretty shades of colors...a fabulous card!
    Diane {Nellies Nest}

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  3. Darnell19 September 2018 at 15:05

    This is gorgeous, Jane! Your meadowland is a heavenly background for those stunning butter flies and perfect sediment!! Hugs, Darnell

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  4. Liz19 September 2018 at 16:14

    Fabulous card, Jane, I love the inky background your created for your lovely butterflies. xx

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  5. Crafting Queen19 September 2018 at 18:27

    Beautiful card, love the soft blue backgrounds.

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  6. Margarets designer cards19 September 2018 at 18:35

    Beautiful card, I like your inked backgroound and beautiful butterflies

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  7. scrappymo!21 September 2018 at 23:41

    This card is really beautiful, Jane!

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