Sometimes a stamp is so pretty it can take centre stage. But what about the background? You want to add a background but at the same time, you don’t want it to detract from the focal image. A great way to create a background is to add a textured background with simple stamping. You don’t need anything fancy, just a stamp and some ink. So let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR THE LITTLE PAPER TREE - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Creating the textured background with simple stamping
For this card, removed your foam pad from your MISTI stamping platform and place the Catherine Pooler Painted Stripe background inside. Next, ink up the stamp with Catherine Pooler Coral Cabana Ink and stamp this off onto a piece of scrap paper.
Without inking the stamp up again, add a piece of white cardstock into your MISTI and restamp the background. This will give you a faded and at times patchy background stamped image creating the textured background with simple stamping.
Creating the rest of the card
Stamp the Peace, Love & Holly Catherine Pooler garland onto a piece of white card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Next, use Copic markers to colour the image in. The colours used in this card are:
- R59
- R29
- R17
- G29
- G28
- G07
- G05
Once coloured, use the coordinating die to cut the image out and foam mount onto the front. Next, die-ut the Catherine Pooler Happy Holidays die out of Tonic Studios Burnished Rose Mirror cardstock as well as a piece of white fun foam. Layer the die-cut ontop of one another and add to the front of the ard. lastly, finish the card off with red sequins.
Supplies
Textured background with simple stamping
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Painted stripe background – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Peace Love & Holly stamp set – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Peace Love & Holly die set – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Coral Cabana Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Coral Cabana Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Coral Cabana Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink – Tsukineko Shop at: SB |  Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Burnished Rose Satin Mirror Craft Perfect Card – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | TS (UK) | TS (US) |
 Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for THE LITTLE PAPER TREE have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from WOW! Embossing Powder to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
