This background was in my stash. I used a NBUS stamp that I bought late in December last year. I stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white onto a piece of watercolour paper. I then added distress ink to my craft mat and "splashed" away until I was happy with the depth of colour. Check out my video on Splash Watercolour Background by clicking HERE.
But, as it happens to me often, the design I had in my head didn't work out, so I added this to my stash for later. Today is the day to use it. :)
I popped up the panel on my card base, added a few holly leaves that are die-cut from green card stock, sponged on the edges, shaped with my stylus and then wink'd with stella. The berries are done the same way with red card stock, then a small dot of white from a gel pen to finish.
Here's a close-up...
Stamps: Merry Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper: Watercolour paper (Arches 140 lb. Hot Press); White card front (Neenah 110 lb. card stock); Garden green and Real Red card stocks (SU!)
Ink: Versamark; Distress Inks: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn (Tim Holtz); Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler inks (SU!)
Accessories & Tools: White embossing powder, heat tool, water mister, Holly & Berry dies (C.C. Designs), stylus, sponge mat, sponges, white gel pen, clear wink of stella
Challenges:
CAS Christmas March Challenge - Holly
Love the smooshed background Loll.
ReplyDeleteMy feed to your blog has thrown a wobbler and when clicked fills my screen with text! Hopefully it will resume normal service soon, it has also lost the feed to MB! :)
Fab background. The lighter marbled green shade on the background really makes the dark colors of this wonderful holly sprig show up marvelously. Great dimensional look on the berries too! (been thinking about a design so I can play along). TFS & Hugs
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Loll! That BG is such a pretty shade of green - really adds pizzazz and looks great with the white sentiment.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, I love the beautiful inky panel, such lovely shades of green. xx
ReplyDeleteSo glad you used this gorgeous splashed background. Very striking and it goes to show that CAS doesn't have to have white space it can be any colour. Fabulous inspiration and such a stunning card x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous artsy Spash background with your heat embossed sentiment. So wonderful for your die cut holly, Loll. Love how you added your gel pen dots to the berries. TFS...you are inspiring me to make another holly card. Hugs
ReplyDeleteI love your festive green in your background combined with the white sentiment. I never think to emboss in white and really love the way it looks. The holly is the perfect topper for this card too.
ReplyDeleteLovely background in beautiful shades of green! Perfect sprig of holly in the corner!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Merry Christmas, Loll! And your splash background is gorgeous! Love the depth of the greens that are so perfect with your die cut holly!
ReplyDeleteLoll, I love the greens and that wonderful Merry Christmas with your holly :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card Loll - love your green background
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Maxine
A fabulous card and beautiful design.
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Love this card!!! Oh man, I love that greeting stamp! Beautiful! Excellent CAS card with perfect details.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The greens in the background provide a beautiful backdrop for the holly and the pretty Merry Christmas sentiment. Great tip to hang onto a background for use later. Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteSimple and gorgeous Loll, fabulous script sentiment, really fresh card
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous vibrant splashy background, Loll ... and a delicious scripty sentiment ... the sprig of dimensional holly is the perfect little addition! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteI will be CASEing this card, Loll. I have the stamp and I love your background. The last thing I found in my WTDWT drawer I was going to enter in a challenge and then realized I had already posted it to another challenge. I had a completed front but hadn't put it on a base. Or else the base got ruined. I don't know but I'm sure glad I caught it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and splash watercolor background, Loll. Love that large white embossed MC script sentiment. xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous splash watercolour background, Loll! How can you control the splash marks so well!? The flourish font of the sentiment is perfect for the background. They look like they're part of the splashes. Love the details of the holly leaves and berries too. Hideko xx
ReplyDeleteYour watercolored background is so striking, Loll! It pairs so well with this sentiment and your holly and berries are perfect! I'm definitely going to watch your video again...thanks!
ReplyDeleteJust catching up with some of my inbox and had to stop and tell you how much I love this, Lolly! The greens are sensational and I must have that sediment; it was a perfect choice!! Hugs, Dolly
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning .... love the background, and I've got to get that sentiment, it's gorgeous xx
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous Loll! I can see I have missed so much since my (self imposed) isolation! The weather is warming a little now (although they have forecast the return of the bitterly cold weather for this weekend, 4 degrees, feeling more like minus 4 they say, due to wind chill factor), so we'll see! Anyway, I LOVE this design, so simple, but that gorgeous panel just speaks for itself! Love & Hugs. Hazel xx
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Such a beautiful Loll project! I love how the color covered the panel wonderfully. I love how he gathered in some roundness of sentiment. It looks so beautiful. Adding a small holly element brings our attention to it.
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