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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Coloring with Distress & Distress Oxides

I'm playing in the cave today with water and Distress Inks, both regular and oxide.  I made a similar card on Saturday, but this time I wanted more flowers and more masking so the bouquet was fuller.  I used my Misti to stamp several similar ones.  I had to go back and add flowers at the top on two of them because my inky fingers smudged the top corner - I hate it when that happens!  Oh well, I actually like the two with the flowers in the top right corner anyway!

I stamped and masked and stamped these images from the Altenew Wild Hibiscus stamp set and stamped the sentiments from Concord & 9th Map Love stamp set.  Then I experimented with different ways to color them with Distress Inks.  Lastly, I added little tiny black dots for interest in the background.  Which one do you like the best?  And why?  I can't really decide, but I think my favs are the top left and bottom left......not really sure!  Leave me a  comment and let me know which one you like best!

This one was watercolored in Distress Inks in soft colors with lots of water:
  

This one was watercolored in Distress Inks with light and bold colors:

This one was watercolored with a mix of Distress Oxide and regular Distress Inks:

This one was sponged with Distress Oxide Inks:

I will enter one of these in the Cas-ual Friday's Off the Edge Challenge

6 comments:

  1. All are so beautiful and so nice of you to show different ways of doing the design.

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  2. So, so pretty!! I am lovin' what those Oxides can do. Your colors are gorgeous, and I love your layout too. Nice white background so that the flowers really pop. Well done!!!

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  3. Firstly, congrats on your new look. Love it! And I love the 4 cards. It's tough to choose a favorite as they are all gorgeous but if I really had to choose one I think I agree with you - top left.

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  4. That's so beautiful. I love the Altenew-stamps and your cards.

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