Wednesday 3 August 2011

Home made background paper.


 I realy enjoy making my own background papers,  its amazing the results you can get with a few stamps and an assortment of colours. For this paper I  used four  shades of  my brown distress inks. The  stamps used were Creative expressions - Wild Flowers
The main image which I embossed,  also came from this set. Shading on the edges was done with tea dye distress inks.
I am hoping this card will fit these challenge themes -
 The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge  - Monochromatic
Sugar Creek Hollow -Make your own designer paper
Fashioanable Stamping an exciting new challenge blog, who's first theme is Anything Goes.

Thankyou for stopping by, I realy appreciate your comments.

19 comments:

  1. Lovely card Yvonne, and your BG paper is gorgeous! Homemade is always best! Hugs, Valerie

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  2. This is gorgeous - as ever your stamping is so damn perfect :0)

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  3. Fabulous job on your bg paper! Isn't it fun to do?!!
    Pam

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  4. What gorgeous design paper! I love distress inks and your image is just perfect! Thanks so much for joining us for this week's Sugar Creek Hollow challenge.
    Hugs,
    Marsha
    SCH-DT

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  5. Brilliant Yvonne.... and you're absoloutely right. Most of us probably dont use our stamps enough to make backgrounds. This has turned out beautifully.

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  6. Beautiful Yvonne, a super card. Caz

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  7. Absolutely beautiful! Love your handmade background and the card is all around stunning!

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  8. stunning background Yvonne
    hugs

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  9. I too enjoy making background paper and the piece you have created is stunning

    Love the stamps you have used and the inks to create this vintage look. The main wild flower focal stamp draws your eye perfectly to the whole card.

    Thank you for entering our very first challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

    Hugs Shirley x x

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  10. Goegeous background beautiful stamp beautiful card.

    Babs x

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  11. Love your card. The background is fabulous, love the colours and stamps you've used.

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  12. This is really stunning Yvonne. Love the colours and beautiful image and the background paper is gorgeous.
    Thanks so much for entering our first ever challenge at Fashionable Stamping and hope to see you again.
    Fliss xx

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  13. Awesome background! Love your design! Great colours!

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  14. This looks so elegant. I love the image & the gorgeous colours. Thanks for joining us at Secret Crafters this week.
    Hugs,
    Andie xx

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  15. OOH that background is fab! It sets the main image of perfectly and I love the muted tones you've used. Gorgeous work. Thanks for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and good luck in the prize draw
    Claire xx

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  16. What a wonderful job you have done creating a vintage bg...love these stamps and your focal flower is so pretty. So glad you could join us this week at Sugar Creek Hollow.

    Patti SCH/DT

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  17. CONGRATULATIONS on being chosen as the card of the week over at Sugar Creek Hollow, well done, on being chosen to be a guest Designer. Caz

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  18. Congratulations and well done on your card of the week and good luck with your guest designer.
    Babs x

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