TGIF473 Backgrounds!

The #TGIF473 challenge is all about backgrounds. I did an emboss resist technique combined with watercolor smooshing. You know what heat embossing is and that's what I did first. I stamped a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with the Drizzling Droplets background image with Whisper White Ink. Then I heat embossed the entire image with White Embossing Powder. Once the entire piece cooled off after the heat embossing and moved on the to smooshing.

To smoosh I pressed Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, and Flirty Flamingo onto my Glass Mat. Then I spritzed the inks with water, enough to really move the inks. I tipped the Glass Mat to blend the inks together and then I laid my embossed piece face down into all the ink. I pressed the paper and smooshed things around. Once the paper was dry I buffed the embossed area to brighten up the white droplet images.

The floral and leaf dies and images come from the Lifetime of Love Bundle. The rectangles were die cut with the Everyday Details Dies. For the floral images I colored with Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, and Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Blends.

Here's a look at the simple stampin' on the inside of the card. To give the stamped images a bit more color I splattered with Stampin' Blends using my Bone Folder to knock on the barrels. I kept the splatters to the left edge as I wanted to concentrate all the color around the leaves.