Altenew: Beyond Basic Background

Today I would like to share a card I made for the Beyond Basic Backgrounds by Altenew Academy. I loved the gorgeous cards and the amazing tips that Lydia Evans shared in this course.  I found the Beyond Basics Background class really interesting.  There are so many interesting ways to create backgrounds on cards that you just don’t think of! This is something which I have never tried doing it before. And I loved how it came out. I have dedicated this cards to all the strong and inspiring women on women’s day on my IG page.
Once again.. Here I am…Sending out lot of love and hugs to all the wonderful women out there 💖

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a “5 x 6 ” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.
2. Place the die over the card and die-cut it 
3. Cut numerous pieces and create a DIY stencil.
4. Create a “4  x 5 1⁄4 ” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.
5. Place the DIY stencil over the blank card stock and stick the sides with masking tape.
6. Blend the Die ink over each flowers
7. The ink should be lighter towards the center thus giving an Ombre look to the flowers
8. Then ink the large background stamp with the darker ink and stamp it over the stencil.
9. Then remove the DIY stencil 
10. Then die cut the sentiment various times to create a thinker dimension
11. Stamp  the other sentiment on a thin strip of cardstock 
12. Stick both the die cut sentiment and the sentence sentiment towards the bottom right corner of the card.
13. Trim a pink cardstock into 4 1/4 * 5 1/2 and place it behind the cardstock.
14. Place the main card towards the top left of the pink card.

TIPS

• Cutting the piece for your stencil larger than your card blank will help you cover the whole area you want covering
• Tack the stencil down with masking tape on either sides, so that it would keep the stencil intact.
• Choose the same shade of color, start blending with the darkest color on the edges, blend this out and then blend the lighter color over the middle
• Try creating an Ombre effect it makes the flowers stands out as it is the slow melting effect of a lighter shade gradually getting darker towards the ends .
• Die cut the sentiment various times to create a thinker dimension

SUPPLIES

• Jet Black Crisp Dye Ink
• Cherry Blossom Crisp Dye Ink Set
• Hello and Hugs Dies Set
• Flowering Cistus Stamp Set
• Shine Like a Diamond Stamp Set

Hope you liked my card. Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you all soon with another project from AECP. Until then happy stamping and thanks for stopping by!

-shahi