I must have read the directions wrong or something, so at first I picked out my most dense background stamp, Floral background, and tried to do the glitter on Taken with Teal with teal glitter... well, I did this with 2 other colors and I was not happy with the result... then I looked at the gallery and what everyone else was doing and theirs looked great! Because their background stamps were mostly wispy-light designs. So, I got out the glitter again, and tried the same thing with Pretty Petals and I liked it much better.
But, I couldn't waste that piece of glittered teal, so, I used it to mat the Upsy Daisy image.
This is pretty simple, but I think the trick is to get a stamp that has a lot of open spaces, because now I'm happy with the next card. The dense glitter looked good as a mat, but was much too overpowering as the card background!
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008 GMT Views: 1254
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Registered: October 15, 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 38718
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 @ 5:04 PM
Turned out gorgeous! I love the rich teal and all the sparkle in the right places! I wish I'd had a look at the gallery before I made mine. I would have used a more wispy background, too!
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105275
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 @ 5:09 PM
This is really pretty! Glad you tried again!
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Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 @ 6:23 PM
This came out wonderful. I do agree that the more whispy bg's came out better... but I read it the way you did and I think that was what we were supposed to do so don't blame yourself!!! Both panels look great... but I had the exact same feelings when I did mine too. Love your color scheme and the main image is one on my list to get asap!
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