See the Light

Happy Friday!  Things have been a whirlwind here with my day job and family activities. My poor craft room might even be gathering dust!  (The only room in the house that usually doesn't collect any. :)

I saw something on pinterest today which peaked my interest and this project was inspired by an idea of how to re-create the effect.

The project on pinterest was a layout which looked like stripes of color behind a photograph.  That had me thinking how I could create a faux tissue tape of color. 

Here is how I achieved the stripes of color in the background or my faux washi tape:

 I took a piece of cardstock and cut it to the approximate size I wanted my background. (I ended up cutting it down further after I finished stamping and everything else)

I used tissue tape and tore it up to give me rough edges.  I framed the edges of the cardstock with tissue tape.  I put two full length strip of tissue tape on the sides to keep a clean edge.  Along the top and bottom I added layers of torn tissue tape to create the faux tape edges.

I left a few gaps in between the pieces along the top and bottom to allow a bit of color to seep through.  I then came back with a thinner tissue tape and taped off a few stripes in the middle. I would have liked even a thinner strip but was pleased with the end result.

After all the tape was laid out I just started sponging in the different distress inks to get a variety of colors blended together.  (Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Antique Linen, Fossilized Amber)

After I was happy with my colors I pulled up all the tape. Now I had a background for my stamping.  I also took a few pieces of tissue tape and went the other direction and tore pieces to apply on the background.

 I added splatters of the distress inks and some paint in the background to add additional colors and spots.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Suzz