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Hi Bloggers.

I got heavily distracted again and got a bit carried away playing with my Distress Oxide Ink Pads (finally I've had time to use them and I love them!). I have a couple of cards for you today - both using the Distress Oxides and the Woodware Erica Stamp Set which is one of my favourites from the April release. I've only used 3 of the Oxide Ink Pads on these cards - Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint.

A very simple card to start with. I stamped all the stamps in the Woodware Erica Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versafine Ink. To line them up, I placed the printed carrier sheet under my Acrylic Block and placed my stamps on my block.

I coloured in using the Oxide Ink Pads detailed at the start of this post by swiping the pads one at a time onto my Craft Sheet and picking the colour up with a Water Brush. Once each colour was finished with, I misted my Craft Sheet with water and picked up onto a piece of Coconut White Card.

Once all my colouring was complete, I cut out using a die from Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Background Rectangles and inked around the edges with Fired Brick Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I cut the next sized die out of Black Card and then popped onto a Coconut White Card Blank.

Here's the second card -

I wondered how the Oxides would cope with colouring on top. My background was created from the waste ink from my first card. I then stamped the Woodware Travel Background using the Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink Pad, applying the ink direct from the pad. I then stamped the largest flower and the sentiment from the Woodware Erica Stamp Set using Versafine Ink.

I coloured in using the same 3 inks as before. It was interesting that the lines from the Travel Background still remained under the flower petals and did not move to make a muddy colour. I did expect that my background would stay put as it had been set with water but the background stamping had not been set with water.

I trimmed my background and then edged with Peeled Paint Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Black Card, popped onto a Coconut White Card blank and added a 5mm Black Pearl to each corner.

I have made a 3rd variation of this card but that will be one of the projects at my July Workshop in Yardley Gobion.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
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