NatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:34 am
OHHH I super love this layout! That background is perfection. I'm adding this to my favorites!
Thank you!! One of my faves from the week too
NatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:34 am
OHHH I super love this layout! That background is perfection. I'm adding this to my favorites!
QueenBee89 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:44 amNatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:34 am
OHHH I super love this layout! That background is perfection. I'm adding this to my favorites!
Thank you!! One of my faves from the week too
NatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:47 amQueenBee89 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:44 amNatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:34 am
OHHH I super love this layout! That background is perfection. I'm adding this to my favorites!
Thank you!! One of my faves from the week too
I just visited your gallery and I'm BLOWN AWAY by how many layouts you have created! Great job on scrapping so many in celebration of NSD!
FoxyStamping wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 3:23 pmHere is mine. First the background was pounced with a mixture of stazon ink refills & alchohol, and after dry I stenciled the doily all over it. Thanks for the challenge.
NatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:28 amThis is INCREDIBLE! I absolutely love how you mimicked the background to look like the photo!
Did you make a process video? I would love to see how this came together!!! Absolutely stunning!
Lisn2cats wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 1:59 pmNatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:28 amThis is INCREDIBLE! I absolutely love how you mimicked the background to look like the photo!
Did you make a process video? I would love to see how this came together!!! Absolutely stunning!
No process video but super easy! For the sky I used a sea sponge and started with blue inks. Then I picked one of the blues (I think it was distress Stormy Sky) and used my blending brush to try and even out my splotches. The clouds were sort of a happy accident. I was too heavy-handed with the blues in a few areas so I sponged on some white acrylic paint (light hand) to make fluffy clouds. The water was even easier. I blended 2 darker blues (distress Mariner and Blue Jeans I think) for the base of the water. Took my Stampin Up High Tide ripples stamp and ink the "waves" with my darkest blue ink (Chipped Sapphire). Done. I stuck the washi skyline on top and didn't realize that the inking was dark enough to show through the white parts so I took my inks and just blended it all on top with my blending brush. It grayed out some of the yellow window lights but that doesn't bother me.
NatalieDill wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:10 pmThank you all for playing along so much! I absolutely love seeing everyone's layouts and amazing backgrounds!
They're all too great, so I used a random number generator and the fabulous winner is FoxyStamping! Congrats!
Please send Jessica Harvey a private message on here and tell her you're the winner of the the DIY Background Challenge and where she can send your Let's Create + Day In The Life from Echo Park prize!
Here's FoxyStamping's beautiful background:
FoxyStamping wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 3:23 pmHere is mine. First the background was pounced with a mixture of stazon ink refills & alchohol, and after dry I stenciled the doily all over it. Thanks for the challenge.