Rainbow background and flowers

I made this card a little while ago when I was sorting through printed digital stamps and came across the Alex Syberia digital image and decided to get it used!

I went with a technique I had seen Amy use from Prairie Paper and inks where you blend the three colours and then go back in to paint the flowers where the blending ended up so you get a more haphazard rainbow.

Well it didn’t exactly go to plan as the printer ink smeared a little when I was blending and also the cardstock isn’t great at taking water but it worked enough for me to continue with the card.

After colouring the image I then dried it and fussy cut it out. I then glued it to white and fussy cut round that. This may seem odd but it needed a frame to stand out against the colourful background I wanted to make.

I was watching Tim Holtz distress ink videos on YouTube and so I made a lovely rainbow distress ink background … it was so lovely to play with the inks … and in fact it was when I made this I then went on to make many many backgrounds without the pressure of thinking of final projects … so freeing!

Anyways I digress… after finishing the background panel I layered it onto black to frame and then added some foam under the flower image so it would have some dimension.

I then added the sentiment from Altenew which I had die cut and stacked up. I sandwiched thread between the sentiment and the flower for a bit of additional texture.

I also added the sequins for some bling!

Jobs a good’un!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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