Together

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

There is something about picking up some new stamps to help motivate and inspire you!

That's how I felt this week after getting 2 new stamps from Magenta's new release.

One is called Egrets in Reeds and the other is called Reflective Blue Heron.  This week, I also came up with a technique I called Merging Backgrounds.  After seeing these 2 stamps, I got to thinking about putting them together onto one card and that's what happened.  

I began by looking through some of the pieces I had inked with my Gelli Plate.  I like to make a bunch of backgrounds and put them away to use at a future date.

This one was done with some acrylic paint and a some Distress Oxide inks.  I used a little textured brayer to give the pattern you see along the top edge.

I placed the inked piece inside my Misti and stamped the first bird in place.  I sprinkled on some clear embossing powder and heat set it.  I placed it back into my Misti and positioned it over the first image, bringing the two together, stamped and clear embossed again.

Voila.....merged the images.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Inkspirational- ADVENTURE

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Through the Purple Haze- I'VE GOT THE BLUES

Supplies

Stamps- Egrets in Reeds (Magenta); Reflective Blue Heron (Magenta)

Inks- Memento Black; Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gelli Plate; Textured Brayer; 

clear eb powder; heat tool

Merging Backgrounds with a Pictorial

Hello and Welcome

It is my turn to host the Technique Lovers Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers today.

I like to try and think of ways to use what we have and simple enough that everyone will be able to play along.

So here's what I came up with.  I'm calling it 'Merging Backgrounds'.

Just to help make it easier for those of us that are visual learners, I have included some pictures so you can see this simple, fun process.

I'm using some new stamps I just picked up from Magenta.

Step #1

I started with a piece of white cardstock and placed a rectangle mask from 

A Colorful Life Designs over that as I wanted to be left with a clean, white border.

(that step is not necessary but it is just my personal preference)

I used some Painter's Tape and masked down the middle and to the right hand side of

my card front.

Step #2

I got out the background stamp that I wanted to use on the left-hand side of my

card front that you see here.  I inked up the Large Floral Bkg stamp with some Bundled Sage  Distress Oxide ink and stamped.  

Step #3

Here's what it looked like after stamping.

Step #4

Next, I moved the tape to the left-hand side, covering up the flowers I just previously had 

stamped.  I got out my Urban Alphabet stamp and inked that up with some more Bundled Sage

DOX ink.

Step #5

Here's what it looked like after stamping the right-hand side.

Step #6

Remove the tape and Voila! you have merged your bkgs.

I replaced the acrylic mask and stamped the flowers down the middle using the same DOX ink.

I did heat emboss the flowers to help them pop.  It also helps to cover up any gap you may

have between the two different stamped background.  I sponged a bit more ink along

the edges to help define the stamped area.

To finish off my card, I die cut a frame and scored around the outer edges to give it more of a 'framed' feel.  I glued that directly onto a plain white card base.  

I cut my piece down, leaving the white border edge and then pop dotted it inside the frame.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will try this out.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

A Vintage Journey- Neutral Zone

My Time to Craft- SPRING FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- Urban Alphabet (Magenta); Thistle (Magenta); Large Floral Bkg (Magenta)

Inks- Bundled Sage DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear eb powder; rectangle die (Spellbinders);

Cuttlebug; pop dots; ScorPal