I *heart* my background stamps - not counting the monograms I currently own 19 SU BG's. My biggest challenge is *not* using them on every card I make! lol
I really like the crisp clean look of cards made NOT using BG's and I challenged myself to make a card I would be proud of w/out resorting to using a BG (or 2 or 3!). This is what I came up w/ and I *am* pleased w/ how it turned out!
This is a pretty simple card - the watercoloring took a while b/c I actually did several layers of color on the octopus to get it to where I wanted it (I stamped him w/ Stazon on SU watercolor paper and colored w/ WCC's and an AquaPainter). The little photo corner tab I made by hand out of Certainly Celery CS sponged w/ Old Olive. This sentiment from Warm Words was too *perfect* - Silly Sealife (and Fishy Friends) are such goofy sets - I love them! I was *really* tempted to break out the DD Glitter and CE but I decided to leave it as is.
