Flower Garden Water Colored W/ Oxide Inks

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Today, I have for you a fun die cut that I will be water coloring using Distress Oxide Inks. This die can be used to create backgrounds or can be cut apart to use smaller sections. The flowers of this die are playful and whimsical with small butterflies mixed in. Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of Water Color Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then take my Flower Garden Fancy Die and cut out of the water color paper running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I remove all of the pieces using my Craft Pick.

Next, I press several oxide ink pads onto the white area of my Glass Mat. This will be my palette for my coloring. 

Using my Water Brush filled with clean water, I pick up Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and color my first flower. I color a few more with this color then move on to my next color. *The wetter the water brush the lighter the color will be. I use a paper towel to remove water from my brush if it becomes too wet or I want brighter color.                   

Next, I pick up Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink and continue to color. 

I use Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink and also Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink to color the leaves. 

I move on to Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink and continue to color.

Next, I throw in some Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink. I add some slight shading to the bigger flowers by darkening the ink on some of the edges.

For my final color, I use Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide Ink to color the small bud like flowers and this completes my coloring.

To add some subtle detail, I take my White Gel Pen and add dots and lines to all of the images. This really adds a lot to an otherwise plain, flat image. I add small drops of Liquid Glue to the back of the images and adhere onto a white card base.

Next, I  take my Mega Hello Die and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock three times running them through my Big Shot. Using Liquid Glue I stack and glue the die cuts together for added dimension. I also take the shadow die and cut out of Vellum then glue the stacked die cuts onto it.

To add some dimension "behind" the vellum, I cut out two more hello die cuts, stack and glue them together then glue them onto the "back side" of the vellum making sure to line up the letters.

When I laid the die cut onto the card front I felt that the white got lost a bit and didn't stand out. I then took a scrap piece of white cardstock and blended Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink using my Blender Brush. I then took the same hello die and cut out of the blended piece, running them through my Big Shot. I added Liquid Glue and adhered over the white die cut and this stood out much better!

 

For my sentiment, I placed a scrap piece of white cardstock into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamped a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 Stamp Set using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink. I then trimmed it down to a thin strip and angle cut the two ends. I use Liquid Glue to adhere my greeting onto the front of the card then glued two thin strips of scrap cardstock to the back of the sentiment strip and mount across the greeting using Liquid Glue. To finish off the card I use my Jewel Picker and adhere gems from my stash onto the center of each flower using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

This was a fun card to make. I kept it simple without layering and instead paid attention to the coloring and accents. This die cut would also look nice if was kept white or black on a brightly blended background.

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Jeannie