Penny Black Simplicity Fronds Background

Today I’m sharing two CAS cards featuring the Penny Black #40-314 Fronds background stamp.

For both cards, I inked white cardstock with Distress Inks (Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron) directly onto the paper. I then stamped the Fronds stamp onto the inked paper with Versamark ink for a subtle tone-on-tone effect. This technique was shown by Jennifer McGuire in the Online Card Classes Background Check class. For the first card, I added a heat-embossed sentiment from the #30-286 Heartfelt set and a butterfly cut with a die in the #51-132 Flights of Fancy set.

For the second card, I added a sentiment cut with the #51-104 Hello die. I cut it three times for depth and cut off the extension of the “o.”