Backgrounds

My favorite background is done with the roller wheels, either from Stampin' Up or the Rollagraph Wheels (made by the same company, but the SU designs are exclusive to them). It's so easy to use the roller wheels & you can make lots of backgrounds really fast! I use this mainly for cards, but have rolled some backgrounds for my scrapbooks, too.

My other favorite background technique for cards is to use one of the huge background stamps--takes care of the whole thing in one
whack! :-)

Gail~~

I love to use the script backgrounds, or musical background that we have in Su catalogue. With a space masked on the bare white card, so I can stamp something in, or with another thing mounted and its liner over it. I have a beautiful card that I received as a RAK, with French Script, one I've done for a background swap, with musical notes.

Yonnie~~

Sponging paint on white card stock in different manners,also I like chalks on the paper,using cottonballs or sponges...
And using my brayer ..

Manic Mum~~

I have done quite a few where I mask the main image witha slightly bigger "mask" and then brayer or sponge all over. It gives the image a kind of "halo" effect and doesn't look too bad!!

Catrina~~

There are a couple that I like to do.
1. Brayered backgrounds
2. versamark or my blanco white inked stamped backgrounds
3. crumpled inked paper (not sure if that is what it is called but it works)
Share with us directions if needed. You can go to my website for the directions to many of the brayered backgrounds that i like to do.
www.geocities.com/ckohl831/brayer.html

Crumple a piece of paper (printer paper), blot or smear an inkpad on it. Spray with water bottle and crumple again, uncrumple. You can then smear another color of ink if you like (spray with water and crumple again, unfold and then lay to dry)

Aleta~~

One of my favorite type is using Kaleidacolor with a brayer and it makes such neat backgrounds for scenic and even beach type scenes. Share with us directions if needed.
I like to brayer it first and usually use glossy cs then I use a clear ep inkpad and stamp the images I want to use such as trees, mountains, fish or whatever. and enbosswith clear EP. then you take a brayer and black inkpad and roll over the cs and then immediately wipe with a dry cloth and rub it good and you have made a night scene. your ep'd images will stand out. makes really neat postcards. too.

I cut my wallpaper into 3 sizes I cut them first in 8 1/2 x 11 and the leftover in 1/2 size sheets or 1/4 sheets. Also save anyt extra pieces that I think I might want to use for decorating a card in anyway makes it easier to store my wall paper that way.also that way I can make envys if I want or just to use for background.

Background using a brush like a stipple brush I dabbed lighty on white cs with radiant pearls not to dark and just dabbed until I had some all over the cs then I covered the cs with clear ep and embossed it.

Wendy~~

I like doing dtp with pigment inks and then smearing on powdered pigments. I usually stamp over this with several different colored inks. The possibilities are endless with this - lots of room for experimentation! Hope all is well with you all!

Barb B~~

I have done a couple with the wheels. Like it, fast and fun. I have done a couple with spray glitter on matte cs. Also easy and quick.

Linda~~

I really love my versamark pad!! It's great for that don't know what color to use type of thing! It's really neat to use with a lighter shade also, kinda like 2-step stamping.

The other thing is I LOVE to use wallpaper!!! Pre-cutting them into 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 squares.

Debby~~

Love my versamark too...Think my favorite way to use it is to stamp with it the brush on powdered pearls or pearl ex, then take a cloth or paper towel and rub off the excess.

Spray webbing makes a great background too.

One of my favorites: just dab the black glossy with your marvy metallic markers, spritz with water and dab with a paper towel. You can crush a peice of seran wrap too, lay it on the wet mess, let it dry and pull it off and you get a marble affect.

Gail~~

Tips on stamping background with multicolored pad: Stamp many times on the pad lightly, but every so often, sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiightly move the stamp one way or th other to BLEND the inks a bit where the lines are usually. Its a technique I learned because I picked up the stamp and looked at it, then saw the uncovered part, and tried to put it back down, but missed a bit...The next time, I just did it a few extra times, with one or two "jogs" to one side or the other...

Sponging paint is one of my favorite quick backgrounds. I use regular craft acrylic paints, but always like to add a metallic or pearlized paint as the last touch to at least two other shades, to get the nicest effect. I prefer to use a sea sponge that I have dampened and then squeezed out in a paper towel. That way the paint is not too wet.

Anyway this is so easy, just dab the black glossy with your marvy metallic markers, spritz with water"

You can carry this one a bit further....You can make designs with your Marvy metallics on your black kromekote (glossy) paper, then do your spritzing with water, and follow this with Embossing powders, in colors of your choice (using some of your old ones that you don't use much is a good plan), then tap off some of the excess embossing powders (I usually use about 3 colors for a neat effect, one being a gold) then heat it with your heat gun! Makes a great background.

Patty T~~

My favorite background is direct to paper. You use cat eyes (3 colors) smoosh and twist onto paper and blend the 3 colors making a terrific background.

Heather~~

I have been doing a lot of direct to paper and ink backgrounds, then stamping in black over the top. Most of the time it is quick and easy but can get as complicated as a person chooses.

Vicki~~

My favorite background is using either glitter spray or webbing on dark cardstock. I have to thank Debby for this one. I learned it from her when I joined the list.

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