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Day 2: Rainbow Stamping

By on August 9, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Today in Rainbow Maker Class we explored rainbow stamping. I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire to make this card:

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Do you arrange your clothes by color in your closet? I definitely do, and I think that yellow dress needs to be in my size! Which color do you want? Smile, It will look good on you!

All stamps by Waffle Flower.

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Rainbow Maker: Hugs Sequin Card

By on August 8, 2017 in Paper Crafting

I was inspired by Laura Bassen (and Jennifer McGuire) to make this card:

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It may not look like it, but there are over 200 sequins (4 mm) on this card, each placed one-by-one! This was definitely a labor of love. I think it was worth it, don’t you?

Loving this class so far.

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Rainbow Maker Day 1

By on August 7, 2017 in Paper Crafting

What a great day of class today at Online Card Classes: Rainbow Maker. We started out with Kristina Werner showing us many ways to blend ink and create rainbow cards. Here’s my first samples:

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The last one is actually inking AND stenciling as taught by Laura Bassen. SO, for my first card I used that first background (made with Distress Inks) and made this card:

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The “Look for Miracles” stamp is from Simon Says Stamp. And the flowers stamp is from Waffle Flower. Part of the miracle is that there is a purple flower even though there is not a purple stripe above! Lol.

I added a few sequins and some glitter embossing powder to the top. Oh, and some stickles glitter to the flowers. Love how it turned out!

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Rainbow Happy Birthday

By on August 6, 2017 in Favorite Things, Paper Crafting

I’m so excited for the upcoming Online Card Classes: Rainbow Maker. So I couldn’t resist to make a few rainbow cards to get ready.

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I used a few stamp sets from Mama Elephant and a die from My Favorite Things. Here the second card:

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And, of course I couldn’t stop there. So I made another with blue:

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Hope you enjoyed! Rainbow Maker starts tomorrow. Will I see you there?

Supplies Used:
Mama Elephant Cat Agenda
Mama Elephant Happy Birthday
My Favorite Things Bold Stripes Coverplate Die
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Comparing Distress Ink & Distress Oxides: Watercoloring

By on July 30, 2017 in Paper Crafting

[This is the second in a series of comparing Distress Ink vs. Distress Oxides. See the Blending comparison here.]

The next question I had was: “Can you watercolor with the new Distress Oxide inks?” And, since it’s the end of shark week, I used sharks as my subject.

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I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper and Distress Oxide inks here. I found that YES! You can watercolor with the Oxide Inks. They are a little chalkier than normal watercolor, and they don’t blend quite as well, or have the watercolor feel (or “blooms”). Also, they do COVER the black stamped images a little. But that is easily remedied by going over those lines with a black marker.

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The original Distress Ink was definitely more like watercolor. You could add and get that watercolor “bloom” feel. So I liked that. And it was a little easier to add water and drop in color to have it react with the water.

Here’s the finished cards:

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I realized (after I was done) that it would have been easier for this comparison to create exactly the same card for a more accurate test. Lol.

The verdict is: you can watercolor with either one. It might be easier with the original inks, but I really liked the chalkier look for these sharks!

Have you tried watercoloring with Distress Oxides?

I have more comparisons coming soon!

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Products used:
(retired products from The Alleyway Stamps)
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