Distressed oxide backgrounds

𝕊𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 🌿🐦 🎨 on Instagram: "Making the background on an index card with lots of gorgeous texture by using Distress Inks and Oxides and my Small Triangles stencil with Micro Glaze. Love the result. A full length video will be on my YouTube channel tomorrow The stencil is available at rubberdance.com #icad2024 #alteredcard #mixedmediaart #cardmaking #artjournaling"

Hello, happy Saturday everyone!! Have you seen Tim Holtz's video introducing the newest release of Distress Oxides? After watching the video I realized the importance of swatches. It was from seeing the swatch of Vintage Photo that my brain instantly thought RUST!!! I also walked away realizing the importance of letting your backgrounds air dry for the full effect. Inks used Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Iced Spruce, Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber. Additional supplies…

Hello, happy Saturday everyone!! Have you seen Tim Holtz's video introducing the newest release of Distress Oxides? After watching the vide...

Hey, sorry for the scarcity. meagerness. paucity, deficiency, irregularity (more synonyms on Google) of my blogginess of just late. Between opening Mixed Media Watercolor (see more here) and other stuff,* I've had more of the computer than I can take. Arrrrgh. My long-time readers know that I'm kind of a...

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I have a post over on the Country View Project Blog today showing how I made this set of small 4 x 4 cards using the distress oxides again. I just love using these and the colour combinations you can get. This set will be going into the Packhouse to sell. If you would like more details please pop over to the CVC blog and thanks for stopping by here today. hugs Brenda xxx

At the Creativation show this past January, Tim Holtz introduced a really cool technique you can do with Distress Oxides. He was playing around with different substrates for Distress Oxide, and tried the inks on glossy paper, specifically the Ranger Alcohol Ink Cardstock. It seems like Tim Holtz will try anything with his products, including licking the paper (not recommended). He found that the oxidation of the inks was especially pronounced on the glossy cardstock, (that's when he licked…

At the Creativation show this past January, Tim Holtz introduced a really cool technique you can do with Distress Oxides. He was playing around with different substrates for Distress Oxide, and tried the inks on glossy paper, specifically the Ranger Alcohol Ink Cardstock. It seems like Tim Holtz will try anything with his products, including licking the paper (not recommended). He found that the oxidation of the inks was especially pronounced on the glossy cardstock, (that's when he licked…

Hi friends! I hope you are well! Today I have a dry embossing tutorial to share with you, for three winter cards. Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you. I used debossing on these cards, instead of the embossed side and combined that with a distressed white embossing technique. You can do this technique with any embossing folder. I used a new 3-D folder by Simon Says Stamp called Tall Pines…