Tonic Studios Stamp Club Release, VIDEO and Giveaway: Backgrounds & Borders!

Hi everybody and welcome to the newest Tonic Studios Stamp Club release: Backgrounds & Borders! This month's release is a really fun one and can be used to create so many different backgrounds using both the stamps and dies. It can also be used to make abstract or modern art. The die set has quite a few uses as well but the most obvious is to create sentiments with the large word dies. Before I get deep into this post I want to let you know that there is a GIVEAWAY and the details are at the bottom of my post.

I've also made a VIDEO for you because I think that might be easier to show many of the different ways that you can use this bundle. Click HERE to watch my video. I do want to let you know that once this bundle sells out it is gone for good. So, if you think you might want to add it to your stash I'd recommend picking yours up quickly. Here are links for that:

Backgrounds & Borders: Tonic Studios USA

Backgrounds & Borders: Tonic Studios UK

I made about a bazillion cards so I'm going to keep my descriptions brief today because I also share all of these cards in the video and explain the techniques that I used. 

Here's that video I've been talking about...

 

If you're having trouble viewing this video please click HERE to watch it.

This first card was made by die cutting an ink blended background with one of the the die cutting plates. I layered that on top of textured, silver cardstock.

Next, I added my stamped and die cut sentiments. 

For this next card I stamped the background out using white ink. The amazing thing about this stamp set is that each patterned stamp strip is designed so that you can stamp it, move your cardstock one inch and stamp again. These stamps also line up from end to end so that you can stamp large areas seamlessly.

I stamped part of sentiment onto my card.

Then finished it off by adding the "Smile" sentiment which I created from the letters of the dies in the set.

This next card was stamped with the hexagon chain stamp in gray ink.

Then, I filled in the hexagons in by stamping repeatedly with the solid hexagon stamps.

I finished the card off by using the negative piece of the die cut and backing it with a lighter color of cardstock.

On my next card I ink-blended a cardstock panel and then stamped the whole background with clear embossing ink. I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Then, I cut the "hugs" sentiment out nine times. I glued three sets together, three times so that I had three thick die cuts to use.

I glued the dies to my card with liquid glue.

I started my next card by clear embossing my background onto watercolor paper. 

I watercolored the background using my Nuvo Aquaflow pens. Then, I cut "miss you" out of the panel and saved those letters for my next card.

I die cut the same sentiment in black and inlaid it into my background panel. I added some black rhinestones and that was it.

My next card has more of a mixed media look. I ink blended the background in oranges. Then I splattered with shimmer and color and stamped on it in both gray and gold embossing.

I cut extra die cuts in white and then glued them onto the back of the Miss You dies from my previous card.

I glued those stacked dies onto my card to finish it off.

This next card was made using dies only.

I cut the hexagon strip die in mulitple shades of blues, blue-greens and gray. Then I nested them together to build my background.

I added gold foil hexagons and sentiments.

This card was made using the exact same technique but different colors.

I used glittery silver cardstock for embellishement.

And, added the bold sentiment in white.

These stamps can also be stamped randomly to create fun designs. I started this card by watercoloring the background with Nuvo aquaflow pens.

Then I heat embossed my stamps in black randomly on top of the color.

I added a sentiment from the Happy Mail stamp set on gray cardstock.

I went for more of a modern art look with my next card. I masked off a circle and then stamped some lines randomly inside.

I used those lines as guides for watercoloring.

Last, I added my heat embossed sentiment.

This is a shaker card that I created using the negative piece of one my die cuts.

The background was created using the stripe stamps arranged on a diagonal.

Inside of the shaker I added glitter, stars and some sequins.

This card was made by repeatedly stamping the background in rainbow colors.

Then, I mounted the stamped background on black and popped that up on a white cardbase.

Finally, I added the die cut sentiment.

My last card is a slimline card. I watercolored the background panel.

Then I stamped the stripey circle stamps and heat embossed them in white. 

I used the negative pieces of my die cuts to add the sentiment. The final touch was adding some hearts that I die cut from the Party Animals die set.

That's all for today you guys! Thanks so much for stopping by and remember to comment below to enter into our giveaway! If you're interested in any of the products that I used today you can check them out below.

Have a great day!

Maria

GIVEAWAY:

One lucky winner will win a £50/$50 Giftcard to Tonic Studios and the Backgrounds & Borders Bundle!

To enter comment on every blog in the hop by 11:59pm PST on February 3, 2021/ 7:59am GST on Feb. 4, 2021

Winner will be announced on February 5th, 2021 on IG and FB so make sure you're following all Tonic accounts!

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