Let’s Create a Magical Card Background with Natasha

Hello Gang! I am excited to be back up on the blog today! Today I am sharing a card design where the background is the focal point of my card! I love using Lindy’s Gang Sprays and Magicals to create gorgeous backgrounds with lots of texture and interest! So let’s get started!

For today’s card, I started by choosing my color palette. I wanted to create a variety of blue tones using sprays and Magicals. I used the following colors:

Flat Fabio Sprays: Merci Beaucoup Mint, Danny Zuko’s Denim, Caribbean Blue
Starburst Spray: Time Travel Teal
Flat Magicals Natalie May’s Words of Wisdom

Creating backgrounds is one of my favorite things to create for my cards and inside my journal. To create the background I started with a piece of Canson Mixed Media paper. I lightly spritzed the paper using my water bottle. Next, I started to add sprays to the damp background. I typically add 1-2 colors at a time. Then I dry the background with my heat tool, add droplets of water, and “pull off” the color with a paper towel. I continue this process by adding more colors (Magicals and Sprays) until I have the colors in the background I am looking for. I find the more layers of color I add the more depth in my background!

Once my background was dry, I applied Distress Micro Glaze over the top. I allowed this to dry, then added a text stamp to various sections of my background using Archival Ink. Next, I die cut the background using a rectangle die from my stash. I then inked up the edges a bit using Distress Ink. I then added white splatters and set the background aside to dry.

Next, I die cut the Flower Field Silhouette using a die. I then adhered the flower field background to my magicals background using both foam tape and liquid adhesive. I added some dried flowers on top and adhered them with a dot glue. I then stamped the sentiment and adhered this with foam tape.

I had so much fun creating today’s card! It was fun and easy to put together! I will be back soon!