Topic: Backgrounds
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
For today's entry I used the three waxed paper backgrounds with stars to make patriotic cards.
For this background I swiped the red and blue inks on in wide stripes at an angle. This makes a subtle pattern with movement. I added a strip of checked paper and a strip of ledger paper, both backed with dark red. A sentiment from the pre-stamped bin with corners rounded with a punch was added. Then I stamped a row of open stars on the ledger paper.
Then I pulled out the background on which I had spot-colored the stars with red ink and filled in the background with blue. This makes a much more iconic background. I used a similar layout to the last one but made the vertical stripe double layered and made the horizontal stripe go only partway across the width. This also became the place for the sentiment, which was ctamped specifically for this card (not pre-stamped)
This last background was my least favorite... to begin with. But after I stamped "thinking of you' with 4 different stamps I began to LOVE it!. The placement of the stars within the blue area made it so a single stamped star wal 'almost' centered. I just could not add any decoration to this that would make it better, so it is just the background and the stamping. I did learn my lesson from the day I stamped with ink that did not want to dry on the waxed paper background. So this has been stamped with Staz-On which is made for non-porous surfaces.
SALUTE!
Ddd
