Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Backgrounds to share

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts..
It was one of those rare moments...

anyways

I've made some backgrounds to share with you...


you may wish to download and use them for your personal art..



These backgrounds were created with layers of acrylic paints and water medium..
scrape them with an unused credit card. 



Note: Michelle Ward posted her latest Crusade 44 and it's about "in a scrape" go check it out!

Cheers!
steph


23 comments:

~*~Patty S said...

Thank you so much for sharing these lovely (and rich) backgrounds dear Steph.
Happy Day to you!
oxo

Betty said...

Very nice for a background! good for digital altered art! thanks for sharing...

~*~Patty S said...

SO amazing in the closeups Steph, thanks again!

Anonymous said...

Scraping and scraping paint, so much fun, I do it all the time. These backgrounds are excellent almost looks like salt dispersal too. Thanks for being so generous. xox Corrine

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

These are beautiful. I love the rich colors you used. I would love to sit with you for one day to watch you work. Thank you for sharing.

michelle ward said...

Steph - what synchronicity! Thanks for sharing these terrific backgrounds. I can see have quite a handle on spraying water and scraping. Great effects!! Thanks for sharing your work with the street team!

Julie Prichard said...

So pretty, Steph!

Christy said...

beautiful color, pattern and texture effects.

K J D said...

Fab effects and colours... love them!

teri said...

Just dropping by from Michelle Wards Link. Loved seeing your scraped backgrounds.So unique!

Jessica said...

I love the dots in your background. They make the images feel like the colors are dancing.

Jester said...

I love the effects you have created, Steph, and your pieces are so vibrant. Wonderful!

Jessica said...

Nice! i love the colorsyou used and your pages turned out fantastic. How cool that you share them for people to use as backgrounds!

VStarRider said...

thanks for sharing the backgrounds - what a great opportunity they will be!
Cindi

Anonymous said...

Wow! Love the warm colours of the bottom one in particular.

Kim Tedrow said...

Love the technique and color combo, beautiful. -Ki,

Kim Mailhot said...

Gorgeous spraying and scraping !You be a pro at this !
Cheers !

Gez Butterworth said...

Amazing pages. Thanks for sharing. Love the water spraying. Will definately try this on my next pages. :) I have loved loved at your amazing photographs on your blog. Terrific.xx

*jean* said...

o fabulous! i love the spray too! gotta try that one!

Brigitte aka Scrappassie said...

Fabulous backgrounds !Can't wait to try this technique ;-)

Kari Desi said...

Love the colorful backgrounds you created and textural effects from the water drops. Creates a beautiful motion. (I love your posts about tea too!)

goudenregen said...

Loved seeing your gorgeous backgrounds.

TJ said...

I love the splatters in your pages. They look full of energy! Happy creations from germany, tj