This was so much fun! I made a couple of different backgrounds practicing this technique...decided to go with this one and just stamped my image on top. I tried adding some black lines but didn't like how it looked so I covered those up with white acrylic paint and used an old gift card to apply that. I added some gold lines using a gel pen. One of the inks I used for the bg (IZink) is a sparkly gold which I really like and I think you can see it in the picture.
Date: Monday, May 29, 2017 GMT Views: 1704
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Registered: March 13, 2012 Location: Southern Florida Posts: 5253
Mon, May 29, 2017 @ 7:47 AM
However you got to that BG, it's an absolute winner! (It sounds like my methodology - so many of my best BG's are the result of something I wasn't quite happpy with and just kept adding to until things resolved.)
And I love when you remind me that I have a stamp and never use it and WHY?
Great card!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131335
Mon, May 29, 2017 @ 12:03 PM
I like the white lines! I would imagine that because it's such a large image, black lines in the rest of the background would have distracted from it while the white ones give a feeling of light.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92341
Mon, May 29, 2017 @ 1:21 PM
Your bg is truly spectacular, Polly and makes a wonderful backdrop for the house and large, large tree silhouettes.....has the look of a Southern cottage.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 81814
Mon, May 29, 2017 @ 1:39 PM
I LOVE this! Great bg - love every swish and white and gold mark. Just perfect for that house and tree. Lovely, Polly. Hugz
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