Shimmering backrounds

Hallo,

Just poppin' in for the Gina K challenge blog hop. Our challenge this time was to pick one of the backrounds from the sidebar on Stamp TV and make a card.

I chose the 'shimmering backrounds' although its really hard to see any shimmer in this first card.....

I ran white cardstock through my snowflake cuttlebug folder and the used glitter gel pens to highlight the texture.

I then used a label from the Lovely Labels 2 set for the main image - stamped in navy. Phrase and snowflakes are from the 'Holiday Hospitality' set - phrase stamped in navy and snowflakes in light blue.


My second card is much more colorful and I was accually able to catch some shimmer in my photos - I used an oriental lantern texture folder and more glitter gel pens to color the lanterns.

I used another label from the 'Lovely Labels ' set stamped in red and edged with black for a faux layer.

The phrase is from the 'Inside and out' set and the koi from the 'By your side' set.

The koi is colored with the glitter gel pens too.

I added tiny red rhinestones to the label design and larger red rhinestones to the card.
All for me tonight - make sure and stop by the other DT blogs to see their favorite techniques....
Take Care
Tera

For more of the design team's favorite background techniques, please visit these designer's links participating in tonight's hop:

• GinaK








• Jessica








• Melanie








• Nina








• Theresa








• Tami








• Lee








• Cathy








• Donna








• Tera - our guest designer this month! That's ME!!!! :) :)