Happy Saturday.
Today, I am playing with my Acetate Inking Technique again.
It is so easy and fun and I can get great layering results using my Distress Oxide inks.
So here is what I did to create my card.
I began by taking a piece of acetate and inked it with Distress Oxide ink (colours listed below in the supplies list), sprayed with water and pressed onto my card, keeping the ink to the middle section of my card as I wanted to leave white space.
It's a bit hard to see, but when that was dry, I stamped a butterfly collage stamp and a clock in the background using the same colour as the inking so it became more of a shadow and not a focal point.
Using my Misti, I stamped the thistles and flowers with black ink over the inky bkgd.
I tucked the sentiment in beside the flowers.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES
Craft Stamper Magazine- STAMP IT, ANYTHING GOES
Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES
Supplies
Stamps- Weathered Clock (Hampton Arts); Butterfly Collage (Prima);
Nature Flowers (Art Journey);
Dans la Nature (Carabelle)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber,
Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide (TH)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti; acetate sheet; Mister (TH)
Love the warm colours, gorgeous card! xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Karen and I love the colours of oxide and the super background stamping with the lovely silhouette teasels and grass stamps in black over the top. I love the way the sentiment follows the stem too. x
ReplyDeleteSo very beautiful. Wonderful colors.
ReplyDeleteLove your layered DOX's inks, Karen. It was fun finding your hidden clock, butterflies and script in the background:-) I never tire of your silhouette stamped thistle and wildflowers. Clever stamped sentiment along the stem of your thistle too. TFS my friend. Hugs...
ReplyDeleteLove the colours you used - what a beautiful combination! And I can see the texture from the faint background stamping. Fabulous combination of stamps for the focal image, and great way to tuck in the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Karen! Love the colors you chose for the acetate inked background! ANd very cool how you also added some stamped the images in the background! Perfect Look. The thistles and flowers and sentiment look wonderful on your background! Thanks for sharing! Hugs, Laura
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning card, Jo x
ReplyDeleteWow ... fantastic design.
ReplyDeleteYou get such wonderful backgrounds, my friend! I love that subtle stamped background! I'll have to remember this color combination!
ReplyDeleteyou make the most awesome DOX backgrounds. love the card :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you've had fun making this gorgeous background .
ReplyDeleteLove these beautiful spring colours Karen. Your acetate inked background is so pretty and I love the subtle shadow stamping in the background. It creates so much depth to the card. xx
ReplyDeleteGreat colors!! I love, love, love the background. Great detail to add the images in the same color. So interesting!!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully designed and coloured card Karen, fabulous background, Kate x x
ReplyDeleteI have yet to put this technique to use, Karen, but both this and the blue card are wonderful and so is that thistle stamp. That was a perfect place to stamp the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous card Karen x
ReplyDeleteThe shadow stamping is gorgeous and adds a wonderful layer without dominating. Great colours and the black stamping looks fabulous x
ReplyDeleteLove the layering effect ... and such warm colours. I love it.
ReplyDeleteSo artistic and beautiful, Karen!! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge! Beautiful colors and design. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI need to try this technique.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, love the warm colours x
ReplyDeleteYour card is so gorgeous. I love the stamp and color choices (those thistle!
ReplyDeleteYum). I'm going to have to try that technique.
SO VERY beautiful, love those colours and the stamp.
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This is gorgeous .... love the inky background. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge xx
ReplyDeleteI love your Oxide technique. Especially the shadow stamping!! The composition of the card is beautiful. Thank you for playing along in the Craft Stamper Challenge.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and serene card! Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge! xo Cheetarah
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