Saturday, January 31, 2026

Create Your Own Background

 My turn to chose the theme at Allsorts challenge.  I went with create your own
background, of course anything goes is always allowed too!
 

I used AAL L& Creates Cascading Dots stencil, and AALL & 
Creates stamp set Glide.  Die is  Tim Holtz die stacked deckle. 
 
 
I positioned my stencil and pressed Gold Versa Color ink over all the 
dots until I had good coverage, I then embossed it in gold.  I also embossed
the stamp set.  A little die cutting and layering and my card
was complete:
 

 For a chance to win the following from AALL & Create, guest design
or to be inspired visit Allsorts challenge. 
 
A set of four background stamps from AALL and Create
  
 
A few fun challenges:  
Alphabet Challenge: T for texture 2/11 
Crazy is our Fame January -stencils  12/1
Time Out Challenge #305 -favorite card making technique embossing and stenciling 2/5
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Spots and dots  2/9
Triple B  1/31 

18 comments:

Sarn said...

Fabulous theme for Allsorts and a lovely example card in this post.
I shall be joining in! xxx

brenda said...

The gold is so striking on black Donna, looks really luxurious, great theme which I enjoyed, thank you.

B x

Darlene said...

WOW this is outstanding! Really POPS! Beautifully done Donna! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Stencil Fun, Triple B and Sisterhood of Crafters challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Stencil Fun Co-Owner
Triple B Co-Owner
Sisterhood of Crafters Owner

Gail L said...

Lovely card, and great theme!

Ellibelle said...

A great background idea Donna. Love how this turned out!

Laurie Unger said...

This really pops! The gold against the black is so striking!

Linby said...

A great theme choice and your card looks so good. Forgot all about stencil embossing - thanks for the reminder.

Liz said...

Gorgeous card Donna, beautiful way of creating a background.
Liz xx

Craftyfield said...

Great choice of theme Donna, there are so many possibilities... Love you card, the colour scheme has great contrast. x

Sarah said...

Love this elegant colour combo Donna, super stencilling. A lovely theme too, really got me inspired x

Lynne said...

Lots of gorgeous embossing Donna, a beautiful card x

Pamela said...

thank you for sharing this creation with us at Alphabet challenge

Darnell said...

I love shiny gold on black! This is ticking all my boxes, Donna, and I love how you have done a frame in a frame! Thank you for your visit and lovely welcome back! Hugs, Darnell

Maria said...

Oh, wow!! What a gorgeous card! Love all the gold and the butterfly is so pretty! Wonderful polka dot background, too!

Lisa said...

The gold embossing over the stenciled dots creates such a rich, luminous background, and it pairs beautifully with the embossed butterfly. The contrast against the black really elevates the whole design. Your layered deckle framing adds just the right amount of structure without taking attention away from that striking texture.

wannabcre8tive said...

Absolutely gorgeous and so elegant. Love the dot stencil.

Kate said...

Very striking Donna! Thanks for sharing your Favourite Cardmaking Technique with us at Time Out, hope you'll join us again soon!
Hugs, Kate (DT Time Out)!

Marina said...

All that gold is gorgeous. Well done for the heat embossing using a stencil - I find that tricky.