I have seen quite a few cards in the last week with a Rainbow background. I decided to give it a shot myself. I am not the greatest with watercolor backgrounds, but am quite happy with the results.
The sentiments that I used are from the New Early Release of the Ornate Suite of products. This is the Ornate Thanks stamp set. You can get it all now, or wait until the next Annual Catalog, which is not very far away!! I do love the mix of the bold and the cursive fonts.
My background is made using all of the 2018-2020 In Color re-inkers. These colors will be going away with the end of the current Annual Catalog. Actually they will probably be gone before then. Usually everyone decides at the Retiring List debut that they need to stock up on the colors they love. The In Colors retiring are usually the first to go. And as you can see, these colors are all bright and gorgeous. I recommend that if you like these…..order them now!
For the background, I put a drop of each ink color on my Clear Block “H”. I then used my Aqua Painter with water to pick up each color and add it to the Shimmery White card stock. (You can use water or alcohol in your aqua painter. Alcohol dries quicker, but at the same time occasionally dries too quickly) You can use Watercolor Paper, and it may work better, but I love the shimmery effect you get as a bonus. I went in the order of colors I thought would look best. I am not sure how a rainbow goes 🙂
The ribbon is from the 2018-2020 colors as well. I used the Grapefruit Grove as the base and then added little strips of the Pineapple Punch and Blueberry Bushel. A great look with very little ribbon use.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you were able to enjoy the Easter weekend.
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