Texture

 Hi There! We have a brand new theme of Texture for our challenge over on the Bee crafty Stamps group so I thought I would share how I made this textured background. 

I began by covering a 10cm square of card in Matte Medium and scrunched up a piece of stamping tissue over the top before leaving it to dry

Once dry, I trimmed the edges and then sprayed with Distress oxide sprays. 

When this was dry, I used a darker shade of distress oxide ink direct to the paper to bring out the texture some more. 

I used the Bakewell Big one inkable to add a little coordinating ink to the base card.

On a separate piece of card, I stamped the Doodle Art Dragonfly in Black versafine Clair and cut it out.

I used Ecoline brush pens to colour it in. 

I stuck the body of the dragonfly to the textured panel and added some glitter glue.

Here's the card once more...

along with a closeup of that texture. I have left it without a sentiment for now but will add an appropriate one when I use it.

I used:

Doodle Art Dragonfly stamp set

Big ones Inkable - I used Bakewell

6x6" card

10 cm square of card

Stamping tissue

Distress oxide sprays - I used Peacock feathers and Squeezed lemonade

Distress oxide ink - I used Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner

Matte Medium

Glitter Glue

I hope this has encouraged you to experiment a little with texture! 

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Thanks for looking!