Tutorial: Creating A Tropical Background

Hello! Lindsay here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today. I’m going to be sharing a card using the Tropical Toucans Stamp Set, Tropical Toucans Coordinating Dies, Aloha Shaker Die, and Tropical Leaves Stencil. 

To begin, I cut a piece of smooth cardstock to 4” by 5 ½” to fit into the Gina K Wreath Builder 4” template. I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use the wreath builder template with stencils and I knew ALL of the PPP stencils would be so great for the technique! Check out her video here for even more details and amazing examples. 

To set up the wreath builder and stencil, I taped down the wreath builder onto my craft mat. I added the stencil off to the side, taping the top of the stencil down to create a hinge in order to be able to move the cardstock around freely in between rotations. I started with the top part of the cardstock lined up as pictured, that is the edge that will always stay in the stencil as you rotate around to create the pattern. I then rotated the cardstock around in the wreath builder, changing up the ink blending colors as I went between Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, and Twisted Citron.

After I was done, I added in some individual leaves where I felt I needed a bit more color and ended up with this as the background. 

With the background complete, I started on my images from the Tropical Toucans Stamp Set and stamped them with a copic friendly ink and got to coloring with my copics. I added white details with a gel pen for a little pop. 

For the sentiment I heat embossed the sentiment on matching green paper and paired it with a black die cut Aloha Shaker Die. I then arranged all of my die cuts around the white aspect of my background to finish up the card.

I hope you enjoyed this card and got some more ideas for how to use all the amazing stencils that PPP has to offer!

Lindsay