For a fun and easy background try this technique.

You Need: 5 1/2" x 4 1/2" card stock, a brayer, any ColorBox Petal Point ink pad.

Step 1: Cover the brayer with all colors of ink. Simply roll the brayer back and forth across the top of the petal point pad. If you don't want one of the colors, simply take it out before starting. It won't matter that you have a blank spot. Take care not to roll the brayer far enough that you contaminate your ink but be sure to cover as much of the brayer as you can.

Step 2: Anywhere on your card stock roll the brayer for about 1 inch. Turn the brayer in another direction and roll 1 inch again. Repeat until the card stock is covered. If you missed a corner or left any blank spaces in the middle, simply use one of the petals to apply color direct to paper.

The more times you run over an area the more smudged together the colors get. This can be a desirable effect depending on the color combinations.

If you use a larger piece of card stock you are likely to run out of ink before you completely cover the card stock. If you do run out of ink, be sure to completely clean the brayer before re-inking

This will work with other pigment ink combination pads but the petals seem to produce a nice non-symmetric combination compared to other ink pads.

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The first background was created with the ColorBox Petal Point Orient Colors.

This background was made with the Brocade Petal Point and stamped over using a slightly darker dye ink.

This card shows what happens when the card is brayered multiple times and it smudges. This was created using the Verona Petal Point.