altering a background

Hello Friends, How are you this Monday? I don't think I will ever tire of flower stamps especially when I think spring is right around the corner or... at least I am hoping that spring is :) This flower background stamp from Penny Black is so beautiful that I decided to cut it apart and make two cards from the one background flower stamp. FUN I promise!

Below I have a mini tutorial for you. I paired the beautiful stamps with these sentiment stamps from Simons Says Stamp. I LOVE the size of the sentiments and felt they would stand out nicely on my cards. Since my background is somewhat busy I used two layers of this heavy weight vellum.  Here are two more cards I created with the sentiment set from Simon Says Stamp and here is one of my favorite cards with another altered background.

After coloring my background with some Copic markers I cut around the stamp and inside the stamp in a few spots. I proceeded to add some highlights with a white colored pencil. Can you believe that I actually put my gel pen down?? lol

Dimension and I go hand in hand so out with the Enamel Accents. Don't worry if a few of the enamel accents run together...what flower is perfect right? Hold the bottle STRAIGHT upside down and work quickly so you don't get a large blog of black dots on your flowers centers. I suggest that you practice on some scrap paper until you feel confident. :)

What do you think? Don't these flowers looks beautiful cut apart ... because the design is so good I believe. I added white Enamel Accents to the small flowers.

I love the stamp that I selected for my background called, "Indian Wheel" from Penny Black. You will be surprised how quick you can RANDOMLY color areas and I think you will love the look too. If mark off where you are placing your cut out image you can spare yourself come coloring time.  

Thank you for your visit I know you are busy. Enjoy you day! Hugs, Kathy

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