Hi friends!
Today, I want to share a card idea featuring an easy technique to build your own floral background.
I can’t say that making this card was quick, but it was definitely quite easy. I used the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Tulips & Friends as the main player for this card.
COLORFUL FLORAL BACKGROUND
I started building my floral background by white-embossing the outline stamp from the Build-A-Garden: Tulips & Friends Stamp Set onto a Watercolor Paper panel.
First, I white-embossed it once, covering almost the whole panel (coming from the right). And then, I filled empty areas around the panel edges.
If some elements of the tulip bunch overlapped, I brushed off the embossing powder before heat-setting it.
Once I was happy with how my floral background looked, I moved on to coloring areas in between the florals. I did it using the Lagoon Watercolor Brush Marker from the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Markers Set.
It’s very easy to create such a background using Watercolor Brush Markers. I added some watercolor onto the panel next to a flower and then washed it out with a wet brush. Very quick and quite therapeutic!
Next, I moved to color the white-embossed floral elements using the coordinating Tulips & Friends Coloring Stencil and Blending Brushes.
To color the tulip heads, I used Cotton Candy and Corral Red Fresh Dye Inks. For the smaller flowers, Warm Sunshine, Caramel Toffee, and Paper Bag Fresh Dye Inks were used. I used Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, and Evergreen Fresh Dye Inks to color the leaves.
To add some interest to the card, I also added some Pure White Ink Spray splatters. It helped even out some imperfections of the coloring and hide some flaws.
After that, I went ahead and created a couple of sentiment strips (white-embossed on Jet Black Cardstock) using stamp sets from the same set and popped them up onto the floral background panel.
Lastly, I foam-mounted the panel onto a white card base using the Instant Dimension Foam Tape.
I hope you liked the card idea that I shared today. Have a wonderful day!
SUPPLIES
If you’re curious about the supplies I used, you can find everything listed below.
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 Altenew Build-A-Garden: Tulips & Friends & Add-On Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Cotton Candy Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Coral Red Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Warm Sunshine Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Caramel Toffee Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Paper Bag Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Frayed Leaf Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Forest Glades Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Evergreen Fresh Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Watercolor Paper Pad (9″X12″) Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Pure White Ink Spray Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers – Winter Wonderland Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Artists Watercolor Brushes – Round Click A Shop: AN |
