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You can use dye inks and sponges to create great backgrounds on gloss cardstock. Just pat the sponge onto your ink pad to pick up some of the ink and then wipe it across your gloss cardstock. This really works well if you use a rainbow dye ink pad and a damp sponge (very slightly damp!).