Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). In today’s video I’m showing two techniques for creating background panels that you can either cut down or die cut from! One technique features the ever-so-popular ink “smooshing” and the other features creating mono-printing with a gel plate! These techniques are fast and easy to make multiples of if you ever need to make the same card en mass. I made a set of 6 Artist Trading Cards (ATC) using one panel for the background and the monoprint for die-cutting.

Skill: Advance
Time: 45 minutes

Supplies Used
Imagine:
- VersaColor Ink - I used Violet and Turquoise
imaginecrafts.com/versacolor

- Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray - I used Lilac Posies
imaginecrafts.com/fireworks

- Brilliance Dew Drop Jewel Tones 4pk
imaginecrafts.com/brilliance/view-grid/36

Other Products Used
- Wax Seal Alphabet Stamp
- Wax Seal Glue Stick
- Spellbinders Sealed Bird Die Set
- DMC Diamant Metallic Embroidery Floss in Holo White