An Effortless Way To Create A Background for A Card | Challenge Time at Create A Smile

Have you ever felt that a Clean and Simple card looked completed with a created background? Wondering how to make your own background effortlessly?

Hello Everyone!

Today a new challenge starts at Create a Smile and we are challenging you to create your own background on your card.

To make my card I used Radio Rock stamps set from Create A Smile (SSS | CRT).

This is a recently released stamps set including a retro radio image focal stamp, accessory stamps - notes lines and notes, as well as several sentiments for different occasions.

There are at least five ways to make your own background:

Use a stencil, see an example HERE
Use small accessory stamps to make a randomly stamped pattern
Use bigger stamps, for example in a repetitive way
Use a background stamp to cover the whole card panel
Use a focal stamp, see an example HERE

Today I created my own background with accessory stamps included in Radio Rock stamps set.

I stamped the focal image in light ink, then coloured it with pencils and masked.

Next I repeatedly stamped the notes line using the MISTI Tool.

To finish off my card I randomly stamped a small and a big notes signs in dark brown ink and also in embossing ink to heat emboss with gold sparkling powder.

The sentiment was stamped in black archival ink for crisp impression.

HERE you can link up your creations to the current Create A Smile Challenge.

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Create A Smile RADIO ROCK Clear... [ SSS \| CRT ]	Perfect Match Fine Linen Cardstock... [ PPR ]	Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER... [ SSS ]
Perfect Match Fine Linen - Inkpad:... [ PPR ]	Perfect Match Dark Chocolate - Cube [ PPR ]	Faber-Castell POLYCHROMOS COLORED... [ SSS ]
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Faber-Castell Trio Sharpening Box... [ AMZUS \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Ranger Clear DISTRESS... [ SSS ]	Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD Tinsel... [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BLUEPRINT... [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool... [ SSS \| AMZUS \| MFT \| AMZUK ]	MISTI NEODYMIUM MAGNETS 4 Pack Discs... [ SSS \| MFT ]
MISTI SUPER MAGNETS Disc mistism [ SSS ]	Neewer Portable 5 in 1... [ AMZUS \| AMZUK ]