Today's post is all about using background panels and scrap pieces of panels that I have had in my stash. I paired these panels with various different images from the Flower Garden Stamp Set. As you will see, you may not even recognize that the same stamp set was used in each card.
First up, nothing says summer like a beachy/sea themed card! I love this mermaid from the Mer-Mazing Stamp Set. She was stamped on Neenah Solar white cs and colored with Copics, then fussy cut out. And that crab! I love this crab! He is the cutest! Colored and fussy cut as well.
I used a water color panel that was done with water color paper and Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders. I used the water colored panel as my base and then built upon that.
For the image panel, I sponged some Salty Ocean Distress Ink onto the panel and followed that up by using a circle stencil and sponging Mermaid Lagoon ink. Finally, the seaweed. It is actually from the Flower Garden Stamp Set; as soon as I saw this image I knew I wanted to use it for an underwater scene. The seaweed was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and quickly colored with Copics. The sentiment was stamped using my MISTI, in Versamark Onyx Black Ink.
I popped up the top half of the mermaid and the crab on dimensional adhesive, added some sparkle to her and added Glossy Accents to his eyes. A few sequins finish it off.
Next up, a simple card with NO coloring.
No flowers here; this time I stamped the bitty butterflies from the Flower Garden Stamp Set and fussy cut them out. They were grounded with a black cs circle and a white cs strip. The sentiment is from The Future Stamp Set and is heat embossed in white ep.
The background panel is one I created with when crafting with a friend; I had just received some new Distress goodies in the mail and went to town spritzing and spraying. I love how this panel turned out. It was the perfect panel for this card. Sequins added to the butterfly bodies finish the card.
Lastly, a pretty straight forward, floral card~
These whimsical flowers screamed for bright colors! I pulled out a coloring medium I had not used in a long, long time. I stamped the image on water color paper and colored them with Inktense Water Color Pencils. They really popped on a background panel that was done with Distress Sprays. I fussy cut the flowers out and popped them up on dimensional adhesive. I added some strips of white cs (per the CASE This Sketch sketch) and added my sentiment, which is from the Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp Set.
That's it for me! 3 background panels used, same Flower Garden Stamp Set used, resulting in 3 very different cards!
I hope I have inspired you; thanks for stopping by!
Lee Ann
Wow! These are wonderful cards. That red background looks fabulous with the purple and pink colors of the flowers. Inspiring!
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