I don't think unicorns should be the only ones who get to enjoy rainbows and sparkles and glitter.
Today's card features all those things and a penguin from the Penguin Agenda stamp set by Penguin Palace. It was a card I made just to have fun creating. I decided to make it a birthday card to build up my stash. I like to have birthday and thank you cards on hand.
This card is all about the background for me. I love making my own backgrounds. I started with a piece of white card stock cut to 4" x 5-1/4". Then I used some make up style blending brushes to apply Distress Oxide ink. I started with Candy Apple and concentrated the ink to the top of paper, fading it out towards the middle. The second color I used is Mustard Seed, concentrating that color towards the middle and blending it with the red ink to give a nice orange transition. The last color is Salty Ocean, which I applied to the bottom of the panel, blending it with the yellow for a green transition.
Next, I used the Rain of Heart stencil (LOVE IT) from Penguin Palace, over the top of my background. This time I used the traditional style blending tool (wooden handle with a round sponge on the end) to blend on the same ink colors in the same place as I did before. Using the different brushes to apply the ink allows me to get different intensity in the ink concentration. The make up style blending brushes give you lighter coverage and the traditional style blending tool gives a more concentrated ink coverage. So using both brushes for a background like this makes this look easy to achieve.
But I did not stop there. I can not make a Distress Oxide background with out splattering it with water. I broke out my distress sprayer and sprayed it with a mist of water and then pulling the trigger half way a few times gave me the larger splatters.
Lastly, I splattered this background with some Sparkle Silk by Fun Stampers Journey. Because rainbows need sparkle and shimmer!
I stamped by Penguin with Jet Black ink by Lawn Fawn onto white card stock and used my Copic Markers to coloring it in. Even though there is a die set for this stamp set, I do not own it and so I fussy cut him out and guess what, I survived! And it doesn't even look bad. I am so used having coordinating dies, it was good for me to break out the scissors!
I needed a spot for my penguin to hang out on this card, so I die cut a cloud from Pixie Dust card stock and added a sentiment banner that says Happy Birthday. The penguin still looks like he is floating by snapping pics, but he is anchored to the card with these other elements.
To finish off this card I pulled out my Rainbow Drops by FSJ and added them so they were over their matching color as these gems are somewhat transparent. Which I love because they pick up the color behind them, allowing them to match the specific shade of that color.
For one last touch of shimmer, I used my clear Wink of Stella pen to color over the balloons. A line and dot of white gel pen on the penguins head finished off my card front and was then mounted to a top folding 4-1/4" x 11" card base. Ready to send, and while he waits he sits on my shelf in my stamp room, so I can see it everyday, rainbows make me smile!
If you have any questions about this card, how I made it or the products I used do not hesitate to ask. I would love to know what you think of this card. Have you tried making a background like this before. Leave a comment below, I love chatting with my fellow stamping friends!
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