Card with Handmade Background

 Card with Handmade Background

I had some scraps from die cutting squares and frames for some other cards I made.  I've been hanging on to these papers for over a year!  I decided to use them to create a background that I could use on my cards.

What you see above is the result.

How I did it:

• I started with a blank white piece of cardstock (~200gsm).
• I got all my squares together and, using liquid glue, adhered them one at a time to the cardstock.
• These were from patterned paper waste.
• I trimmed the edges of the cardstock and then used the trimmings to apply more papers to the card.
• I used mica sprays in green and pink.  
• I used Silk (Sage, gold and Beach Ball) from Spellbinders.
• This comes in a nail polish bottle with the brush in the lid. The colors also have mica in them.
• I applied by shaking up the bottle, removing the lid with brush and randomly splattering the dye (?) on my background.
• I realized afterwards it probably would have been good to use the sprays first and then adhere the papers.

I created my card:

• I started with a standard A2 card base ( 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches) made with white cardstock.
• I layered some blue cardstock onto my card.
• I cut down the background to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and adhered to my card.
• I added a focal and a sentiment, and added some Tonic Studios Crystal Drops in metallic pink.
• I got the gold edged focal from a card kit I got from KanBan (gnome card kit - about a year ago.

Thanks for stopping by! Lis