Hello, welcome back to my blog!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed time spent with family and friends. We had a nice time visiting with family and seeing the grand kids. The weather has been nice in Minnesota, but more snow is coming our way!
Today's project is using Oxide Distress inks to do some ink smooshing to make a background. Oxide inks are different than regular Distress inks, in that they are opaque and layer on top of one another creating some fun and interesting backgrounds, with a different look each time.
Let's get started!
To start out, I use Bristol Smooth cardstock and cut a panel that is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I found this cardstock to work very well with this technique. Using my Tim Holtz Tonic Glass Media Mat, I smoosh Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China and Wilted Violet Oxide inks onto the white silicone mat that comes with the glass mat. Next, I spray some water onto the ink using my Distress Sprayer to form colored droplets.
I then take my white panel and lay it over the ink and smoosh it in, twisting it just little to blend the colors. I lift the panel and dry it with my Ranger Heat Tool. This heat tool is different than an embossing tool. It gives off high heat but uses less force so it doesn't blow the ink around, it just dries it. If areas of ink pool up while drying, I take a paper towel and sop up those areas. When drying the panel, the cardstock will start to bow or curl a bit. As the ink dries, it will flatten out again. If the panel gets too warped after it is dry, I gently bend it back to get it back to shape as best I can.
You want to dry the panel before adding another layer of ink droplets so you don't get muddy colors. I then take the panel and bring it back to the unused ink droplets and smoosh again. If your droplets become too muddy or you need more ink, just wipe the mat with a paper towel and lay down more ink, remembering to spray again with water. Continue adding layers of ink (remember to dry in between) until you are satisfied with your background.
Next, I take a small paintbrush and with clean water I spatter over the top of the panel. I leave it sit for about 30 seconds then lay a paper towel over the top to remove the water. This lifts up some of the ink creating water marks. I again spattered some clean water and dried most of the droplets with my heat tool. Drying the water droplets gives a bit of a different look, the edges pool up a bit where using the paper towel removes the ink.
Satisfied with the look of my panel I trim it down to 3 3/4" x 5". Next, using my MISTI stamp platform, I stamp the panel with Penny Black Script background stamp using Vintage Photo regular distress ink. I end up stamping the panel a second time moving the panel up in my MISTI as the stamp didn't cover the entire panel. I then mount it onto a 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed cardstock panel.
Next, I mount the panel onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Gina K. Designs Turquoise Sea card base and set it aside. Using my Big Friend die, I die cut the word friend out of Gina K. Designs Turquoise Sea cardstock with my Big Shot die cut machine. I then cut the shadow die out of Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed cardstock. I glue together the friend and shadow die cut pieces using Gina K. Designs Connect Glue. Next, I white emboss using Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder a greeting from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words onto a piece of Poppy Seed cardstock. I then use the smallest die from Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label Wafer Dies and cut my greeting out, running it through my Big Shot. Next, I glue the greeting onto my card and mount the word Friend just above it onto the front of my card. To finish off the card, I glue down Studio Katia Clear Round Drops using my Connect glue. This glue is perfect for these clear drops, as it dries completely clear.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Working with Oxides is a lot of fun and a great way to create a unique background. Using only a word die cut is a great way to show of the beauty of the oxide background.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, I will be back on Monday with another fun project!!
Thank you for visiting my blog. If you have any questions, comments or project ideas, please leave them in the comments section.
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed time spent with family and friends. We had a nice time visiting with family and seeing the grand kids. The weather has been nice in Minnesota, but more snow is coming our way!
Today's project is using Oxide Distress inks to do some ink smooshing to make a background. Oxide inks are different than regular Distress inks, in that they are opaque and layer on top of one another creating some fun and interesting backgrounds, with a different look each time.
Let's get started!
To start out, I use Bristol Smooth cardstock and cut a panel that is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I found this cardstock to work very well with this technique. Using my Tim Holtz Tonic Glass Media Mat, I smoosh Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China and Wilted Violet Oxide inks onto the white silicone mat that comes with the glass mat. Next, I spray some water onto the ink using my Distress Sprayer to form colored droplets.
I then take my white panel and lay it over the ink and smoosh it in, twisting it just little to blend the colors. I lift the panel and dry it with my Ranger Heat Tool. This heat tool is different than an embossing tool. It gives off high heat but uses less force so it doesn't blow the ink around, it just dries it. If areas of ink pool up while drying, I take a paper towel and sop up those areas. When drying the panel, the cardstock will start to bow or curl a bit. As the ink dries, it will flatten out again. If the panel gets too warped after it is dry, I gently bend it back to get it back to shape as best I can.
You want to dry the panel before adding another layer of ink droplets so you don't get muddy colors. I then take the panel and bring it back to the unused ink droplets and smoosh again. If your droplets become too muddy or you need more ink, just wipe the mat with a paper towel and lay down more ink, remembering to spray again with water. Continue adding layers of ink (remember to dry in between) until you are satisfied with your background.
Next, I take a small paintbrush and with clean water I spatter over the top of the panel. I leave it sit for about 30 seconds then lay a paper towel over the top to remove the water. This lifts up some of the ink creating water marks. I again spattered some clean water and dried most of the droplets with my heat tool. Drying the water droplets gives a bit of a different look, the edges pool up a bit where using the paper towel removes the ink.
Satisfied with the look of my panel I trim it down to 3 3/4" x 5". Next, using my MISTI stamp platform, I stamp the panel with Penny Black Script background stamp using Vintage Photo regular distress ink. I end up stamping the panel a second time moving the panel up in my MISTI as the stamp didn't cover the entire panel. I then mount it onto a 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed cardstock panel.
Next, I mount the panel onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Gina K. Designs Turquoise Sea card base and set it aside. Using my Big Friend die, I die cut the word friend out of Gina K. Designs Turquoise Sea cardstock with my Big Shot die cut machine. I then cut the shadow die out of Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed cardstock. I glue together the friend and shadow die cut pieces using Gina K. Designs Connect Glue. Next, I white emboss using Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder a greeting from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words onto a piece of Poppy Seed cardstock. I then use the smallest die from Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label Wafer Dies and cut my greeting out, running it through my Big Shot. Next, I glue the greeting onto my card and mount the word Friend just above it onto the front of my card. To finish off the card, I glue down Studio Katia Clear Round Drops using my Connect glue. This glue is perfect for these clear drops, as it dries completely clear.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Working with Oxides is a lot of fun and a great way to create a unique background. Using only a word die cut is a great way to show of the beauty of the oxide background.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, I will be back on Monday with another fun project!!
Thank you for visiting my blog. If you have any questions, comments or project ideas, please leave them in the comments section.
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
Love this technique Jeannie! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol!!
DeleteThis is a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing your technique!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bernie!
DeleteBeautiful! Oxides are so fun to play with!
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen!
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