Bloom, Grow & Celebrate--#tgifc269

It's technique challenge week at TGIF Challenges.  The technique is "Stamp Your Own Background"--a skill many of us learned before Stampin' Up! offered designer series paper.  Some of my favorite designer series papers are those that have a watercolor background look, so I took those as the inspiration for my stamped background paper:

To create my background, I started by stamping the two small leaf cluster images from Bloom & Grow stamp set randomly on a piece of Shimmery White card stock.  I stamped in Versamark ink and embossed the images with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  The last step was to apply a wash of Mint Macaron ink across the paper, first a light wash and then  darkened in some places to give it an uneven look. 

The focal point is a floral cluster from the Bloom & Grow stamp set (#149229) stamped in VersaMark and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  I watercolored the images with Mint Macaron, Just Jade, Bumblebee and Magenta Madness inks and then die cut it with the coordinating die from Budding Blooms die set (#149548).  It was layered over a Square Vellum doily (#152484) and a piece of 1/4" Just Jade Ribbon (#153621).

The greeting is a portion of a greeting from the same stamp set.  It was stamped in VersaMark and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder on Just Jade card stock, then fussy cut.  Magenta Madness enamel dots from the 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots collection (#152480), a layer of Just Jade and a Whisper White Thick card base complete the card.

Be sure and check out the beautiful stamped backgrounds over at this week's TGIF Challenges Blog here. 

Have a great day!

--Sara Nell