When I use distress oxides I often use a piece of glossy photo paper to mop up any excess ink and this background started like that and has been in my stash of pre-made backgrounds for quite a few months. I decided to grab this and make something from it.
I decided to emboss it with a snowflake folder and then sand off the raised areas to remove the colour and shine.
As the background was quite bold it needed a bold image to go with it so I chose this Altenew Christmas flower image. I stamped it first onto a piece of scrap that had leftover ink brayered on it. Then I also stamped it onto white with Memento so I could colour the flowers with SU Blend markers.
Once coloured I then fussy cut the flowers so that I could paper piece them onto the other piece.
Next I stamped and embossed the sentiment layering it up to add some dimension.
I then coloured some gems with the same stampin Blends pens so they would match with the image.
I mounted the panel onto black so the line art and the sentiment strip all pulled in together.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Fab background!