Welcome to another Double D Challenge, friends! Our DD host, Darlene, is asking that we make our own backgrounds for this challenge. What a great idea! See our inspiration board:
Creative winners are by team vote, and the prize pictured below will go to a random winner.
I do have a background or two or 100 in my bag o' backgrounds. The one I've used today was made quite some time ago on glossy cardstock with Stampin' Up inks and 91% alcohol. Not sure which method I used for this one. Most likely I soaked either a cotton ball or a small wad of paper towel with alcohol, then dropped reinker onto the wad, and pounced on the cardstock. Maybe I dropped ink and spritzed with alcohol, or dropped alcohol and tipped the cardstock to spread it around. If you've ever made an alcohol ink background, it's rather like that.
Does anyone still make alcohol ink backgrounds? I never invested in the alcohol inks, but I had fun experimenting with this method.
I cut into the background with three parts of the years old Cheery Lynn Dutch Daisy Boutique Stacker A2 Frame to create the effect of a screen. I was hoping the Memory Box Graceful Anemone was large and impactful enough to hold its own against the busy background. Maybe it's just me, but I love it a lot.
A little bit of gold adds a lot of pretty, doesn't it?
When looking through my backgrounds collection I wondered why in the world I don't use more of them. That's what's nice about a challenge -- it oftentimes sends us in a direction we haven't traveled in a while.
I hope you'll visit the Double D blog to see the team's samples and be inspired to share one of your backgrounds with us.
Have a beautiful day!
Stamps: The Ton Easy Expressions with dies Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 80 & 110 lb, glossy white Ink: Stampin' Up Lavender Lace, Old Olive, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, various for inky background Coloring: Ink blending with brushes Dies: Memory Box Graceful Anemone, Cheery Lynn Dutch Daisy Boutique Stacker A2 Frame Other: 91% alcohol, Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder, Scotch brand foam mounting tape
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