Etc by Danyale's January Blog Challenge

[bestcee]

Hello everyone! How did it get to be a 2016 and a new year already?!?!?

This month's blog challenge is a technique challenge: Blending Your Background.

We are going to be focusing on our background as the building block to our layout. We are going to make the background super special with a blend of at least 2 of Danyale’s gorgeous papers. Danyale is so amazing at making fabulous papers that are a perfect building block to your layouts, and now we are going to make them our own with some blending.
Head on over to Danyale's blog for more details, and we can't wait to see your beautiful pages!

 

[dvhoward]

I love blending backgrounds. I like to pick two interesting papers and try out the different blend modes on the top one to create a new, interesting background. I love the surprise that I often get that adds just the right touch to my page.

 

[lorryfach]

 

[readingfool]

I had so much FUN with this! I only had one actual mask of Danyales, but I used a lot of her paint pieces as clipping masks, and a flower & a butterfly - I don't know how many different combos of blending modes I tried out, but I'm quite happy with the end results.

 

[jesskab]

I really like how this came out.

 

[NancyP]

These are wonderful!! I stumbled on blended backgrounds a while back quite by accident when I had one paper on top of another one. I was going to cut the top paper but accidently hit a wrong key, and viola!!! Some of the color in the top paper disappeared and I had a blended background!!! From there I started playing and now I LOVE blended backgrounds!!! Looking forward to doing this challenge!

 

[Jan]

I used three papers. Had a good time doing this.

 

[Cath_]

know how to do in photo shop?

 

[lorryfach]

know how to do in photo shop?

You can just change the opacity on the top layer.

You can clip a paper to a mask.

You can add a layer mask and use a gradient or some brushes.

You can use the "blend if..." sliders. Anne shows how to do this on fonts here, but you can also do it to papers or anything else.

 

[bestcee]

know how to do in photo shop?

There's a blog post on the blog that shows Photoshop elements and I believe Photoshop is similar.

 

[fruitysuet]

I love blending backgrounds. I like to pick two interesting papers and try out the different blend modes on the top one to create a new, interesting background. I love the surprise that I often get that adds just the right touch to my page.

That is me too, I especially like to use tone on tone patterned paper backgrounds so do this often to get the look I want. I'm really looking forward to playing along with this challenge.

 

[Cath_]

 

[fruitysuet]

I blended two papers for the back background (if you follow me) then more blending with the card paper and another solid paper to tone it down a little then added a further paper with the masking and changed the blending mode on that too. I also blended a woodgrain paper over the alpha.

 

[chigirl]

i love using masks to add depth and interest to background papers,

 

[lorryfach]

mine not showing on blog, did i boo-boo

I see it

 

[bestcee]

@Cath_ I have to moderate the comments because we get a lot of spam! I did see yours there, and it's posted.

 

[Danyale]

Okay, I know I say this every month but WOW!! You ladies are so creative in the ways you embrace our challenges then create pages!

 

[Kate W]

Here's mine

 

[Lor]

Amazing creations everyone! I'm hoping to play along too!

 

[dvhoward]

I LOVE all these pages!! Dynamite, ladies!