I made these "bubble wrap background" cards after seeing Natasha Foote's Youtube: #UseWhatYouHave - BUBBLE WRAP Edition! Inking/Cardmaking fun with BUBBLE WRAP! from Nov 25, 2020.
I cut a used bubble wrap bag from Amazon to fit my 4 by 5-1/4 inch layers of cardstock, cutting the bubble wrap slightly bigger so it would extend over the edge of my cardstock.
I dabbed the ink pad directly onto the bubble wrap. Then pressed that onto my cardstock sitting on scrap paper on my desk.The bubbles transferred nicely, just pressing with my hands. I did not sponge a second color of ink like Natasha did. May try that sometime. I liked her brown and victorian velvet combo.
I used distress oxide inkpads: wild honey, broken china and worn lipstick.. However after these were done, I did a test comparing the plain distress ink with the oxides and both looked very similar.
Once the bubbles were dry, I trimmed to 3-1/2 by 4-3/4 inches except for the blue one, which was an odd shaped small scrap, 3-3/8 by 4 inches.
Butterfly from Momenta Set of 5 Embossing Folders Hello There Butterfly
Leaves from Gina K Perfect Poinsettia, stamped in Gina K sandy beach ink
Oval vellum layer cut from Hero Arts Nesting Oval dies
The kraft card base was from my stash which already had the white small circles stamped on the edges. I think that was white acrylic paint.
Scalloped circle vellum layer cut from Spellbinders
Leaves from Gina K Perfect Poinsettia, stamped in broken china and distress hickory smoke
Used a pumice-grey cardstock from my stash.
Leaves from Gina K's Perfect Poinsettia set, stamped in distress broken china and distress hicory smoke.
Butterfly die cut from Momenta Hello There Butterfly set. Distress spun sugar ink blended onto it. Used a cut out layer of the center of the butterfly from a separate, botched butterfly.
Leaves stamped in distress hickory smoke.
Used a pumice-grey cardstock from my stash.
Butterfly stamp from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mixed Media collection Stamps/Stencil THMM144 (wow that's a big name for a stamp set!). Stamped in oxide worn lipstick and fussy cut.
Leaves stamped in distress broken china and distress hickory smoke.
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