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Learn to Create 20 Different Card Backgrounds

March 30, 2024 by Heather Holbrook

How to Create 20 Different Card Backgrounds

One way to spice up your card designs is with interesting backgrounds. Instead of just reaching for some pattern paper you can create your own backgrounds with a variety of different techniques and products.

Learn to Create 20 Different Card Backgrounds

Erum used watercolor to create this pretty background.

The design team over at Altenew are having a blog hop with each creator sharing a video tutorial for different card backgrounds. You’ll learn things like watercolor, letterpress, stenciling, dry embossing, stencil paste, all over stamping to create patterns and so much more. There’s a whopping 20 different videos to check out to learn all about how to take your card backgrounds to the next level! 

Visit Altenew for all the details.

-Heather

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