Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

September 23, 2015

More Backgrounds

Hi Everybody,

While I  was playing the other weekend I made several backgrounds with either Brusho Crystals or Distress Inks

I showed you at the end of last week the ones with the Brushos and so here are the ones made with the Distress Inks

The colour combination for this one is Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers

The flowers on all the cards are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the little velvet butterflies are from my "Stash"

The sentiment is the same on all the cards too and has been stamped in black and clear embossed
 This one is Walnut Stain,  Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade

Each card has a Hat Pin in the floral display and to get the size I have simply folded an A4 piece of card in half and then cut it in half

You will get two cards which ever way you fold it and the folds will be at the top so that they will stand perfectly for you

On this card I use Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers but I added in some gold to make the difference

Three pretty cards and added to the three "Thank You" cards from the other day, together with the envelopes to fit,  would make a really nice gift for someone to use throughout the year ... and Christmas is on the way !!    Need I say more ??

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

33 comments:

  1. Hi Christina, love all of them, no time to play today but the weekend is on it's way
    cheers Kaye

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  2. Beautiful backgrounds for the cards.
    Di B. x

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  3. They're all so lovely! My favourite one is the last one with the gold, very sumptuous looking. Debra x

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  4. Beautiful cards Christina , i agree they would make lovely gifts.
    Elaine H X

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  5. These are beautiful Christina. Quite unique.

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  6. Morning Christina,
    Three very pretty cards, and yes they would make a nice gift.
    Lydia
    X

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  7. Colour blends are so pretty - when I try it so far I just seem to end up with a splodge mess but I can keep trying! xx

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  8. wow they are all beautiful but my favorite is the walnut stain one. it is so different. xx

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  9. Hi Christina,
    I'm like Margaret and keep ending up with a splodge...I think I added too much water. Luckily, I practised on a couple of little tags so no card was harmed in the trial run :). I'm going to study your video again to try and find out just where I went wrong, then I'll be trying again lol.
    Bxx

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  10. These backgrounds are so pretty, the technique is amazing....thanks for sharing Christina...luv Ursula xx

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  11. Good Morning Christina :) OMG! Absolutely Love, Love Love all of them! Boy oh boy Christina, when you play girl, you play VERY well! Thank you sooooooo much for sharing. Enjoy a lovely, creative day! Big Hugs.

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  12. Very pretty, was not sure at first, but yes they are lovely.

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  13. Hi Christina, so good to be back, been cruising like your good self, but I went for heat in Venice, east med and Croatia, enjoyed going through some of your new tutorials on card making magic, wonderful as ever, love the info on brusho's as I have some too. Can't wait to get playing with them, just need to rid myself of air con cold I picked up on the planes. My fav of today's cards is the Autumn coloured one with spiced marmalade.
    So good to be home. X Ros

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  14. Lovely card & really pretty backgrounds.

    Michele

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  15. superbe série!bravo!
    bise
    coc♥

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  16. All three are lovely but the walnut stain is my favourite - very autumnal. The best thing of all is that each one is unique. Pat x

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  17. Very pretty Christina, I love the backgrounds, I'm visiting my favorite craft store today I hope they have the crystals.. I so want to try this :)) have a wonderful day.

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  18. I must try these backgrounds, thank you Diana

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  19. These are just beautiful, especially love the center one!

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  20. Hi Christina, love the backgrounds and all three cards
    are very nice, tfs
    Maria x

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  21. Love these backgrounds. Must have a go.
    Love Val in Spain x

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  22. Beautiful as usual but my favorite is the walnut stained one. Love, love love it.

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  23. Each one is very pretty in its own way Christina but I do love the centre card. You are a great lady to be able to keep the ball rolling and show case so many different techniques and tips. Many, many thanks Christina.

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  24. Hi Christina
    I love these cards. I just make more if these backgrounds. I haven't used this technique for awhile now.

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  25. Hi Christina, beautiful cards, just love how you do the backgrounds you blend them so well.
    Regards Liz.

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  26. These cards are oh so pretty, love your backgrounds.

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  27. Hi Christna, all the card are great an the backgrounds look lovely. Take Care Melody xXx

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  28. Hi Christina all 3 of these cards are lovely but think my favourite is the gold one. Hard choice though. I am off cruising today Athens, disembarking in Venice, a beautiful city so should find some sunshine. X

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  29. Beautiful! My favorite is gold one too. I pinned. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415386765609945918/

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  30. Hi Christina,
    Thank you for sharing your backgrounds. I haven't crafted in over a month. I just need to catch up on things around here and am babysitting. Anxious to get my hands on pretty paper again and try ides.
    PS. Sounds lije Bettu0y McAlister is having an awesome vacation.
    ~blesdings, Louise

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  31. Hi Christina,
    Melting those plastic beads sounds like a terrific way to make dots to add to our cards. However, someone pointed out to me that it may not be a good idea to melt this plastic in our oven because there could be noxious fumes generated by the melting plastic. Since we don't know what composes the plastic the beads are made from, this could present a problem. Just thought I'd pass this information along.

    I love all your cards and thank you for sharing your wonderful backgrounds.

    Janet

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