Dotty Lilac

This is the latest in the Dotty range made with Dotta Riffic pens from Kuretake. Dotty papers are all of the rage at the moment and it's not always easy to get the colours that you need. So why not use the Dotta Riffics to make your own backgrounds that compliment your chosen colour scheme?


In this card, I've chosen:

Baby Pink (026)
Lilac
The other things that I used were:
1 base card 10.5cm x 15cm
a piece of heavy paper or light card
a bowshaper
a white frame
3d foam from Stix2
lilac ribbon

1. I decorated a piece of heavy paper or light card. I cut a piece about 10cm x 14cm.
2. I made the stripes at the bottom of the card by simply masking off a section of the card and drawing both thick and thin lines in both pink and lilac. You can do this easily as the Dotta Riffics have a thin and a thick end. I like this bar coding effect. Try not to make everything too even. If you do, any mistake will be more obvious.
3. To make the dotty effect at the top of the paper, I used both colours of the fat end of the Dotta Riffics to dot colour onto the paper. I covered the remaining section of paper with dots. Alternate the colour for a pleasing effect.
4. Now take the decorated paper and trim to about 9.5cm x 13cm.
5. Use a bowshaper to tie a bow in the lilac ribbon. Stick to the decorated paper where the lines meet the dots.
6. Mount it onto lilac card and trim to leave a thin border.
7. Stick to the base card.
8. I took a white frame and ran the dotta Riffic pen along the edge to give the efest that you see in the picture.
9. I stamped the sentiment on a separate piece of white card and trimmed it to fit behind the frame. I used 3d foam to do this.
10. Now stick the framed sentiment to the base card as seen in the photograph.