Vibrant Ombré Background

I have been wanting to play with my Peaceful Moments bundle for a while now, and today I finally got the opportunity to do so. I had it all pictured in my mind...a vibrant ombre background with my poppy die-cuts in black. So I set out to make my background piece...I started inking up my Whisper White cardstock piece using a brayer and my ink pads. I came up with a nice background piece, but not what I had in mind. The colors were too muted...not as striking as I wanted even with multiple layers of ink. Time for Plan B.

I thought to myself, why not just stamp my background? I'll get the color pay-off that I'm looking for and it's quick and easy. Win-win! So I searched through my vast collection of stamp sets until my Artisan Textures caught my eye. Perfect! Color and texture, I love it!

I just stamped repetitively in different shades to get the effect I wanted. I used Mango Melody, Terracotta Tile, Merry Merlot & Blackberry Bliss for my inks. I was so  happy with the end result that I had to make multiples! 

Here's a really short video on how I created my background:

Now wasn't that easy?!? Here are the cards that I made using these vibrant background pieces...I think they are just striking! I used my Poppy Moments Dies for some cards, using Basic Black cardstock and Copper Foil sheets for the accents. Some of my sentiments were from the Peaceful Moments and Sending You Thoughts stamp sets, heat-embossed with copper embossing powder to tie in with the other accents on my cards. And lastly for embellishment I added some of my Champagne Rhinestone Jewels.

This background piece is more muted and less textured compared to the rest because I sprayed it with lots and lots of water. It just depends on the effect that you are looking for, add as much or as little water as you like :)

This card was made using my Butterfly Beauty Die, and the sentiment came from Dandelion Wishes stamp set. 

And lastly, I used my Springtime Impressions Die on this card, sentiment from Dandelion Wishes stamp set again on a punched out piece of Copper Foil using my Everyday Label Punch. I just lined the edges with a black permanent marker to add dimension. I also added a linen thread bow for embellishment.

And those are my cards for today, I hope you like them as much as I loved making them! I love this simple technique, I think I'll be using it lots with other color combinations. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you next time! Happy crafting!