Happy Birthday- Repeated Pattern

Playing with inks always makes for a fun time.

I wanted to try and create my own background paper and this is what I came up with.

I began by choosing a flower stamp that I thought would look alright as a repeated pattern.

The stamp I chose is called Happy Harmony from Stampin Up that I have had for years.

This technique is called 'Smack Down' and is really fun to do.

You can see this technique done on this card I made a few wks ago. 

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and inked my stamp with Fired Brick Distress ink and stamped.  I stamped again right beside my first impression then again without re-inking, each time the stamped impression getting lighter and looking like you were stamping off.

I repeated that whole process all over my card front changing colours to Carved Pumpkin then Fossilized Amber Distress inks, filling in my card front but leaving some white space showing through.

Next, I ran the piece through my Cuttlebug using the Penny Black Birthday die.

I cut it again 2 more times just using heavy white cardstock and glued all three layers together.  When that was dry, I glued them into the cut away area on my card front to create an embedded sentiment.

The last step was to add some red gems around the die cut to help bring attention to it.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- FLOWERS

A Gem of a Challenge- SUMMER COLOURS

Fussy and Fancy- PUNCHES AND DIES

Supplies

Stamp- Happy Harmony (SU)

Inks- Fired Brick, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Cuttlebug; Birthday die (Penny Black); red gems