One of my favorite ways to use Distress Oxide inks is for creating water color backgrounds. I swipe some ink on a craft mat, spritz it with water, and swipe my paper through it (I use mixed media paper for this). I dry it with a heat tool, swipe through some more ink, sometimes adding a second or third color, and repeat until I have the look I want.
Besides using these pieces as backgrounds, they are also ideal for cutting out die cuts. You can see the variation in color and get a true water color look. That’s what I did to create the flowers on this card.
The other technique I did on this card was to use some inlaid die cuts. Instead of just gluing the pieces on the cardstock I cut some of the flowers and leaves right from the base. I then used the same kind of pieces that were cut out from the backgrounds to place in them the negative space, creating the look of just one layer. The additional pieces on top then create a lot of dimension.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Color My Heart Color Dare #405 – tic tac toe board
Seize the Birthday #196 – tic tac toe
Watercooler Wednesday #283 – Anything Goes w/feminine twist
Gem of a Craft Challenge Week 16 – Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge #142 – Anyting Goes
Love your pretty flower card. The inlaid pieces are a great touch with the colored flowers on top for dimension. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.
Thanks for entering our Anything Goes challenge… your floral card is very pretty. Good luck in the draw and we hope you will come back again soon.
Diane Louise [Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]
The flowers look like suede because you used the oxides. Great card. Thanks for joining us at Color My Heart Color Dare!
Such a pretty card Melanie. Love the colour scheme and those flowers have great texture. Thanks for joining us this week at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge. Tristan DT.
Love your mix of both inlay and not! Your flowers are beatiful too! This is really a stunning card! Thanks for playing along at Seize the Birthday!
Beautiful layout of all the die-cut stitched flowers and leafs, and excellent color choices. Bright and beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.
Great card, thanks for sharing your creation with us at Crafty Friends, we hope to see you back again.
Great techniques!
Thank you for sharing with Color My Heart Color Dare!
Susan
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Love the flowers with the colored papers you created! Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!