Create your own background papers

This week's bloggers challenge is to create your own background papers, so I've had a nice inky time.

I made my own spray of shabby shutters DI, a touch of broken china DI, perfect pearls neutral colour and water misting it on to white card. I sprayed well over the edges of the card and also blotted with another piece of card that then mopped up the rest of the stray ink on my craft mat. I finished up being able to make three cards with these backgrounds and still have own or two bits left over.

So here is the first card.I stamped down the side with a lovely Magenta stamp, colouring with copics directly on to the sprayed background - I love the way there are some snails hiding. Just the addition of the sentiment panel and the card was complete. There is more of a shimmer to the spray than you can see here.

This is also for:

Our daily bread 106: no designer paper
Stampin' sisters in Christ 137: use green thumbs
Cutie pie 17: monochromatic
Divas by design 33: monochromatic
Stampavie and more 167: monochrome
Craft us crazy 26: inspire us - favourite stamp company - I just love Magenta wood mounted stamps -  I have quite a few of them and love them all
S J Crafts 4: favourites (Magenta - favourite stamp company)
Simon says: birthday
Stamp, scrap & doodle: birthday
Penny's 78: happy birthday
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Amusing challenges (Stamped blessings): anything goes
Lollipop crafts 78: anything goes
Paper playtime 73: anything goes
Creative Mondays (always crafting) 7: anything goes
Creative craft: anything goes
Emerald faerie garden 23: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Make it Monday 87
Inspire me Fridays 56
52 card pickup 17