Inky Splatter Background with Stamped Lily Card

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A striking card featuring a hand-painted inky splatter background in pink, ocean blue, gold and white, layered with a large stamped lily image and coordinating leaf stamps for dimension. The result is a bold, artistic card with depth and movement.

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Step by step

1. Wet your card base with a spray bottle of water. ▶ watch 28:30
2. Tilt the card and spot ink onto it with a paintbrush, allowing it to drip down naturally. ▶ watch 28:45
3. Apply pink ink first, then let it dry slightly. ▶ watch 28:50
4. Wet the card again with water spray and repeat the process with ocean blue ink. ▶ watch 29:00
5. While still damp, splatter gold ink across the background. ▶ watch 29:15
6. Add white splatter details, then black splatter accents. ▶ watch 29:20
7. Allow the background to dry completely. ▶ watch 29:30
8. Stamp the large lily image onto watercolour card using the stamp set. ▶ watch 31:00
9. Ink up the solid leaf stamps with fandango ink and create a trail of leaves behind the main image for depth. ▶ watch 37:45
10. Vary the leaf stamp direction and add a second colour of leaves for layering effect. ▶ watch 38:30
11. Edge the main image with ink pad edge to create a matted appearance without using a matte layer. ▶ watch 40:00
12. Mount the stamped lily image onto the inky background, raising the edges slightly for dimension. ▶ watch 40:30
13. Add white gel pen highlights to the leaf details to bring them forward. ▶ watch 41:00
14. Stamp the sentiment 'You had me at high' onto the card using the coordinating stamp set. ▶ watch 41:30

Tips from the show

• Watercolour card works well for this technique, but any card will do.
• Adding solid leaf stamps behind the main image helps to bulk out and frame the focal point.
• You can edge your image with the ink pad edge to create a subtle matted effect without using a separate matte layer.

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