Playing with my Distress Oxides (again)

Hi, I had a little fun yesterday doing some

ink smooching with Distress Oxides.

 The colors I used are Squeezed Lemonade, Candied Apple and 

Faded Jeans.  I smooched some of each color onto a 

piece of acetate, sprayed it liberally with water and then

turned it over and placed on watercolor paper.  I put a large

clear acrylic block over the acetate so I could get even pressure and

since it was a clear block I could see the colors moving.

I stamped the flower from the Unity Stamp set "Rebuild Your Life" and

heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

I went back after it was all dried and re-wet the flower area

with a water brush, let it sit for about 20-30 seconds and then

dabbed it with a paper towel to lift a bit of the color off.

I hope you like my card.

Challenges entered

Unity Show & Tell - CAS - Facebook page

Addicted to Stamps - CAS - ends 7/10

Crafting by Design - anything goes - ends 7/31

Creative Moments - anything goes/summer - ends 7/9

  

CAS(E) This Sketch

Hi I have another card to share with you today.

I have felt like messing around with my Distress Oxides to

make some background papers.  When I saw the sketch this 

week at CAS(E) this sketch I knew it was perfect for using some

Distressed paper.

Here is the sketch this week.

Here is what I came up with.

I used watercolor paper and did some smooching using my Oxides 

in the colors Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral and Candies Apple.  I love this combination of colors.  I popped the 

                                 watercolor strip to give it dimension.

I stamped the flower using a Simon Says Stamp and then colored

it using the same colors then misted it with water and hand cut it out.

The happy birthday stamp is from Bo Bunny.

I added a few sequins to bling it up a bit and that was it.

I had so much fun making the watercolor paper I made a few

other in different colors while I was at it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Birthday Wishes

Hi all, I have a quick card to post for you today.

I was messing around with my Distress Oxide inks and made the

paper to look like water.

The fish is from NitWits "From the Sea" collection.  I just imported it into Design Space and cut it out using my Explore.  The bubbles are a stamp from Designs by Ryn you can check it out HERE.  I love how real they look.  Then the Sentiment stamp is from Rubbernecker Stamps.

That is it, came out pretty cute.

Thanks for taking a minute to check out my blog.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Animals in or by the water

Sunflowers by Bugaboo

Hi, sorry kind of running behind a week or so with

my monthly Bugaboo Crafty Challenge card

over at the Crafting Circle. 

I chose this simple Sunflower image from Bugaboo digis 

to use for this months card. 

I watercolored the image using my Distress Oxide inks and kept it

simple.  Found some paper in one of my K&Company stacks that

picked up the colors in the image perfectly.

I used a Gina Marie die to cut the scalloped frame to go around

the image.

Thanks for stopping by have a great week.

Life in Color - Bugaboo

Hello, it's that time again.  A new BugaBoo Crafty Challenge starts today over at the CraftingCircle.

The BugaBoo Crafty Challenges runs from the 15th of each

month through the 14th of the next month.  It is a challenge to use

exclusively Bugaboo images, so head on over and color up a

Bugaboo to join in the fun. 

So for this month I chose to use an image called 

Life in Color.

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks in the colors,

Wilted Violet, Broken China and Cracked Pistachio.  I colored the

image first using the same colors/inks but it was too blah so I went

over them with Sakura Gel pens so now they are all glittery.

I die cut the happy birthday flourish using a 

Wild Rose Studio die. 

That's it!  Hope you like my card and can join in over

at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge.