Cloud Cover
Topic: Backgrounds
I had a hard time deciding what topic label to put on this series. I went with a generic label as so many techniques were used.
First I used the clouds embossing folder on glossy cardstock and went over the whole thing with distress ink. When that was dry I used Picket Fence Distress Stain on the clouds only to lighten them. I tore a green patterned paper to create a grassy area and you might recognize those sheep and rainbow from a previous card. I added the vellum sun sticker this time and a clear text sticker on the ground.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2013-2-6-CloudCover1516x600.jpg)
Then I used the clouds folder to emboss some waxed paper and made some waxed paper backgrounds. I used Distress Ink to color it and then embossed the background. Finally, I used Picket Fence Distress Stain on the raised clouds. The torn ground is the setting for a clear nest sticker and a chipboard bird. The sky is filled with clear sticker text.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2013-2-6-CloudCover2522x600.jpg)
This one uses the reverse of the waxed paper background so embossing it makes the clouds indented. In trying to rework this I inked after using the white distress stain so they now are light blue. Ah well. I tore the ground and added peel-off stickers of an outline deer, backed with designer paper, and some trees. The text in the ground is a clear SRM sticker.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2013-2-6-CloudCover3504x600.jpg)
This started out the same size as the rest of them but I messed it up over and over and over and kept hacking away the ratty bits until this is all that was left! I had already added the peel-off deer and trees so I just framed it out and mounted it landscape on plain white cardstock. It was very plain so I added gold peel-off borders and corners. Much better, but the ground was so much larger that I went looking for a large text sticker. I actually used a combination of stickers to create the text.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2013-2-6-CloudCover4600x453.jpg)
Now I can get my head out of the clouds and go onto another project.
Ddd
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