Easy Color Wash Background for gorgeous Gather Together metallic leaves

- October 23, 2020

I saw a technique the other day, with alcohol markers and a window sheet that gave a beautiful watercolor background. But for the life of me I couldn't get it to work, sadly. It seemed to dry out too quickly for me, even when I spritzed it with the alcohol. Changed the game plan a little bit and used one of my larger clear blocks and some shimmer paper.

If you wanted to use a larger piece of paper you could used the largest clear block F which measures 4-7/8" x 6". In this video I used our clear block E, which measures 3-7/16" x 4-7/16".

I think it turned out beautifully!

Here's a video on how I did it, if this video does not show up on your phone here is the YouTube link. Google has changed something in Blogger and videos aren't showing up on phones like they used to.

One thing I forgot in the video was die cutting the color wash piece with one of my Rectangular Stitched dies. It does give it a more finished look. The one shown here is the one I did in the video.

This is also the first time that I tried to heat emboss on foil. I think it turn out pretty well!

TIP: remember if you are die cutting something in the same color as your background layer. Cut your pieces from the background layer. It's going to get covered up anyway, you'll save on cardstock and no one will be any the wiser! Smart Stamper!

Here are the supplies and dimensions:

Whisper White cardstock: 8-1/2" x 11", scored at 4-1/4"

Shimmery White cardstock: 4-1/2" x 3-1/4 (you should be able to die cut this piece) if you choose.

Brushed Metallic cardstock, I used gold here: 4-3/4" x 3-1/2"

The dimensions for the Shimmery White and the metallic paper are a little larger that what I shared in the video, this is to allow for the die cutting of the Shimmery White, should you choose. I would suggest doing your color wash first and then die cutting, to allow for any white areas on the edges of your layer.

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