Simon Says..........Make Your Own Background

Happy Wednesday and welcome to another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week we're asking you to make your own background.....use stencils, splatters, gelli plates, you get the picture.  The design team are all using Gelatos this week.  And if you have them, we'd love to see you using them, too, but you don't have to in order to enter our challenge.

I had a fun play this week and made 2 cards for the challenge.  For this first one, I started with Simon's Woodgrain cardstock and used the emboss resist technique to show off my Gelatos.  

supplies: Woodgrain cardstock, Hero Arts Bold Blossoms and Made With Love sets, Watermelon and a yellow Gelato, Studio Calico wood veneer bird, painted white, pink and white sequins.  After stamping and heat embossing the sentiment and flowers in white embossing powder, I scribbled over the surface in my 2 Gelato colors, and then smoothed and blended them out with a damp paper towel.

For my 2nd card I chose some blues and a chartreuse green Gelatos, and scribbled across a panel of white cardstock, then spritzed them with water and blended them with my finger.  After my panel was dry I embossed the beautiful floral design, and then added my sentiment, a butterfly, and some clear irridescent sequins for a little sparkle.

supplies:  Poppy embossing folder, Snow Cone and Margarita Mix (from the Tropical Set) Gelatos, and other blue Gelatos (Cotton Candy and Blueberry), Wplus9's Hello die and Hand Lettered Hello sentiment, Splash ink, and the Leanna butterfly die cut from aqua foil paper, Moonshine sequins  

Now it's your turn!  As always, we have a $50.00 gift voucher to the super Simon Says Stamp Store for a random winner of our challenge!