Thanks for More Smooshing!

I just can't stop with the smooshing technique! Since I made another background in the video for the last post, I went ahead and finished it off into this dramatic thank you card using the new Life is Beautiful stamp set. This stamp set will be available starting tomorrow in the 2020 August-December Mini Catalog. ​

I'm also posting this as part of Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights. If you like my card, I hope you'll pop over there an vote for it! Click the button to the right to head over to her blog and vote. While you're there, check out all the other awesome designers as well. 
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I love the way the smooshed background on this card creates the image of a dense forest on a sunny day. There are bits of light coming through, but the lush greens are everywhere.

Here is a summary of the technique. For a more complete explanation, see my other cards using the smooshing technique or watch this instructional video. 

Additional Smooshing Post

Instructional Video

For this card, I stamped the circles from the Life is Beautiful set in Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana randomly on the background piece, but I didn't stamp them all over. I think the circles add to the blotchy-ness of the smooshed background. On top of that, I stamped the trees with Jet Black Stazon ink. 

For the greeting, I cut the thank you using the Well Written dies from Granny Apple Green and Basic Black cardstock. I cut two black ones and one green. I stacked the die-cuts on top of each other off-setting the green from the black a little bit to create a shadow effect.

To finish the card, I tied the front with a piece of black baker's twine that I swiped from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. I mounted the smooshed background on Basic Black cardstock and then again on a Basic Black card base using black Stampin' Dimensionals.

Product List

Life Is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154871]

$17.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.75

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147163]

$3.75

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131164]

$3.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$7.50

Well Written Dies

[151816]

$40.00

Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack

[150893]

$6.00

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Clear Block F

[118483]

$17.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00