I made this background a few weeks ago, for Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge CC485. And didn’t like it right away. But I kept it around, pondering what to do with it.

I applied inks directly to the stencils from my ink pads, and pressed onto wet watercolor paper.

Supplies: Stamp – Papertrey Ink, paper – Canson watercolor, Papertrey Ink White, Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry, Night of Navy, inks – Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, VersaFine Onyx Black, stencils – Heidi Swapp, die – Spellbinders, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear, twine – We R Memory Keepers.