Tutorial - Glowing Background

Jackie here today and I wanted to share with you a bit of a tutorial on how to create this glowing affect around your image. Today I am using the fabulous Sunflower Harriet image. I love pulling in the color of the sky or light to offset an image which is exactly what I wanted to show you how to do today. I started with a colored image that I then cut out with a Scalloped Oval die. Set and ready for a card as is, but I thought it needed something a bit extra.

I picked blues for my accent and added a very light color around the edges of the entire image.

Then, I used a slightly darker blue shade around those same edges building layers of ink.

Next I picked an even darker tone and put one layer around the entire image, really making those edges pop.

Finally I made one more round pulling blue dots out from the outside lines of the image in the third darkest shade layering those dots directly on top of the previous layer. I have used this affect to make the sky, to add a glow of yellow, and of course for water. It can be a great accent to any image. Give it a try and see what you think. All you need is three shades in varying tones for some fun colors.