Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combos - Week 4

Hello, here is my belated post for week 4 of the Distress Oxide ink blending combinations as set out by Kristina Werner's blog. You will find all the details and videos there to inspire you.  Week 4 of Kristina's colour blending can be found here. This week's selection concentrates on browns, greys and black.

I made my samples big enough to make into cards. I have treated them all with different techniques. For the blends I used Distress Oxide Inks, Mini Round Blending Tools and foam pads all purchased from Papermaze. In previous weeks I have used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White from Crafter's Companion, this time I have used watercolour paper.

Oxide Combo 1 - Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord

This card is a small 5" square card blank. I trimmed the blended card to fir and inked the edges. Then I cut my flower stem with one of the new dies from Tim Holtz Wildflower Stem set. The greeting is from Crafter's Companion. The card I die cut is also from Crafter's Companion - Centura Pearl.
Oxide Combo 2 - Shaded Lilac, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

For this card I used Tonic Studios Wings and Things dies to cut the butterfly from silver miri card and and the body from black card. Then I cut a shadow for the wings from the blended card. This was mounted on the card blank with 3D foam pads. The greeting is Crafter's Companion.

Oxide Combo 3 - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch

This card was created with another Tonic Studios die set. I cut the die twice onto one piece of white card and cut it out to make a square frame. this was layered over the blended card. The flowers remaining from the die cut were inked and curled than stuck back into place with a dot of glue in the centre only. This allowed the blended colours to show through.
I used miri card to mount the design onto and to cut a greeting (Crafter's Companion). Large flat-blacked pearls were added to the centre of each flower.

Oxide Combo 4 - Milled Lavender, Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany

The last card for this week was made with more of the Wings and Things Tonic Studio dies. I die cut directly into the blended card this time. The butterfly was stuck onto the card blank along the body only, so the wings move. The greeting is from Crafter's Companion again and the words and butterflied have a light touch of glitter added with Nuvo Crystal Glitter Drops.

Thanks for looking, I will be back with week 5 as soon as the cards are made.
Lynn x

See previous week's cards here:
Week 1 
Week 2
Week 3

It's Raining Men & Beautiful Bride

Here are my first Papermaze layouts and details of the January kit. Both these layouts have photos taken at my nephew's wedding last September. As always the kit has a lovely combination of papers, card and embellishments. A beautiful range of purples, blues and aqua with a touch of sparkle. Please see Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for details

First of all here is a photo of the kit and details of what it contains. The kit is currently available in the shop and remains excellent value for money at just £10.00

Patterned Papers:
Pinkfresh Studio - Indigo Hills 2 Collection - Glen & Gorge
Prima - Moon Child Collection - Love Constellations (foiled)
Kaisercraft - Misty Mountains Collection - Eclipse
Kaisercraft - Stargazer Collection - Orbit
Stamperia - Wonderland - Dragonfly
Bazzill Basics: Avalanche & Mardi Gras

Extra Bazzill Pack: Quartz, Admiral, Whirlpool & Smoky

 

Embellishments: Exclusive Papermaze stencil, Pinkfresh Alpha, Prima butterfly, 3 Prima flowers, 50cm ribbon, 2 Dusty Attic words, 50cm Baker's twine, Prima Enamel Sticker,10 Dew Drops, 15 gems.

Beautiful Bride is the title of my first layout, although the colours of the papers are perfect for the wedding, I chose a black and white photographs of my nephew's bride.

The backdrop for this layout is the foiled side of Prima's Moon Child - Constellations. It's difficult to show off the quality of the foiled dots in the photo. I added more sparkle using the exclusive stencil from the kit, together with texture paste and some ultrafine glitter. I sprinkled the glitter onto the paste while it was still wet. Once dry, I worked out where I wanted my photo to sit and gutted a piece of paper approx. 4.5" x 4.5" from the centre. I did a little fussy cutting from this piece and set them aside for later.

I picked three different small doilies from my stash and arranged them where I wanted them to sit under my photo, and covering the gutted hole. Using the Mardi Gras Bazzill, I made a photo mount, and cut some ferns using dies from Funky Florals #1 set (Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits). I also cut my title from the same cardstock - I used a Sizzix Sizzlits Alphabet (Boxed Brush) and a Tim Holtz die from the Handwritten Love Thinlits set.

After sticking the photo into place I arrranged flowers around it, I using flowers from the kit plus a few extra smaller flowers from my stash and the flowers I cut from the reverse of the paper earlier. I added the enamel Sticker from the kit, this pretty moon has a real sparkle from the stars and shine from the glossy surface. I also added the ferns cut from Bazzill.

The title was glued in place, and silver Stickles was added to the centre of the cut out flowers. Finally I added the flat-backed gems to one of the doilies in a circle. 

It's Raining Men is my second layout from the same wedding.

I picked from the blue and white papers for this layout. I started by gutting the Admiral Bazzill, so I had a frame of about 1" all round. I trimmed the Orbit paper to 11.5" x 11.5" then gutted it so I had a frame of 1.5". The Orbit paper frame was mounted centrally over the Admiral cardstock frame. I then cut the Smoky Bazzill to 9.5" x 9.5" and mounted this over the other two.

The next few bits of cutting will depend on the size of your photo, but as a guide mine are as follows. Use the Admiral Bazzill to make a photo mount 6" x 4.2", a journalling block mount 3" x 4.2" and then a mount for the bottom panel 9.2" x 4.2". I cut some lined paper for the journalling and trimmed down one side with an ek success punch (spiral bound notebook edge), I cut a band of the stripe side of Eclipse paper, with the stripes running vertically. I hand stitched seven stems with leaves onto this paper using embroidery thread.

Mount the photo, journalling panel and patterned paper onto the Bazzill mounts and arrange onto the layout, leaving a gap of about 1" in the centre for the flowers. I then glued a paper daisy at the top of each stem across the middle of the page.

My title was designed and cut using my Cricut Design Space and the remainder of the Admiral Bazzill. I stuck this onto the layout and covered it in Glossy Accents.

After writing the journalling and arranging the butterfly from the kit, I added a trail of sparkle along the journalling block and wings with Crystal Stickles.
That's it for today, but I have more layouts made with this kit to share soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn

Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combos - Week 3

Today I'm here with some more Distress Oxide ink blending combinations as set out by Kristina Werner's blog. You will find all the details and videos there to inspire you.  Week 3 of Kristina's colour blending can be found here. This week's selection concentrates on browns, greys and black.

I made my samples big enough to make into cards. I have treated them all with different techniques. For the blends I used Distress Oxide Inks, Mini Round Blending Tools and foam pads all purchased from Papermaze. I purchased the Neenah Classic Crest Solar White from Crafter's Companion.

Oxide Combo 1 - Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs

To make this card I used a Kraft card blank and mounted the blended card onto some grey Bazzill.
Then I cut a coffee cup using the Fresh Brewed Sizzix Bigz die from Tim Holtz. I cut this with some corrugated card, and Bazzill scraps in grey and white. I cut a heart from white card and inked this lightly with some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide. Then with sentiment stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie, I stamped and heat embossed in black onto a scrap of the blended card. I sprinkled a few drops of water onto the big heart.

 
Oxide Combo 2 - Old Paper, Evergreen Bough, Black Soot

For this card I used a Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits die set - Swirling Stars, cutting the stars from the blended card. This was mounted onto silver miri card. The greeting is a Tim Holtz rubber stamp,finishing off with some gems to add extra sparkle.

Oxide Combo 3 - Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans

For the third card I die cut  the flowers in black Bazzill with Memory Box dies - Chloe Stem and Chandra Stem. I also cut a greeting and punched some butterflies (Martha Stewart).
Gems were added to the flowers and white Nuvo Crystal drops to the card and butterflies.

Oxide Combo 4 - Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany, Ground Espresso

For this Valentine card I used some Tonic Studios heart dies and Crafter's Companion greetings dies, all tied up with a scrap of ribbon.

Back with the next four cards soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x
See previous week's cards here:
Week 1 
Week 2

Bubbles and Lucy

Some time ago I made a page about the day we took Heather and Nicholas and their children to Jambs Owls. I made a layout for Hannah, so here is one for her sister, Lucy. There is one to follow for Oliver too. 

When I saw this feathery paper called 'Wander Always' from Vicki Boutin's Field Notes collection (American Crafts), I knew it would be ideal for this layout. The grid paper was from the same collection and is called 'Collect and Document'. I also used some scraps of Authentique - Sea Maiden 7 and Kaisercraft's Anthology - Herbs.


I fussy cut some of the feathers to arrange along the bottom of the photos. The moths were cut from another Field Notes paper 'Take Flight'.

My tag was cut from scraps of Basic Grey paper using a Tim Holtz - Sizzix - Thinlits die. The other dies I used were also from Sizzix - Bright Bubbles and Paper Cuts Alphabet. I tied some jute twine onto the tag and a small silver owl charm.

Over the die cut bubbles I attached some clear watch crystals and added some dots of Diamond Glaze. I cut some bingo cards from Kaisercraft's Pen and Ink collection - Stamps paper. Finally I added a little glitters to the feathers with Stickles.

Thanks for looking, back with Oliver's page soon.
Lynn x

Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combos - Week 2

Back this week with some more Distress Oxide ink blending combinations as set out by Kristina Werner's blog. You will find all the details and videos there to inspire you. I started by making four cards with my blending last week and here are my next set. Week to of Kristina's colour blending can be found here.

I made my samples big enough to make into cards. I have treated them all with different techniques. For the blends I used Distress Oxide Inks, Mini Round Blending Tools and foam pads all purchased from Papermaze. I purchased the Neenah Classic Crest Solar White from Crafter's Companion.

Oxide Combo 1 - Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch

I stamped a house onto the blended card, with a Woodware stamp. This was cut out and then I re-stamped the door, chimney, hearts and trees onto different coloured areas of the left over card.
I cut out these items and stuck them over the same images on the house. The house was stuck to a white card blank using 3D foam pads.
The greeting was cut using a Crafter's Companion die and some dark blue cardstock.
I lifted some colour from the curtains with a little water brush.

Oxide Combo 2 - Twisted Citron, Pine Needles, Chipped Sapphire

 This time I forgot to photograph the blend before setting to work on the card!
I used a set of Sizzix dies - Under the Sea, to cut the elements and arranged them on the pale blue pearl card blank. I stuck some onto the card and others raised a little with 3D foam pads.  I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops to decorate. The Greeting was stamped in black Archival Ink onto white card using Tim Holtz stamps.

Oxide Combo 3 - Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Stormy Sky 

For this card I used a Tim Holtz layering stencil - Bubble, to pull colour off the blended card with the water brush.  With the Pretty Wreath die set from Sizzix, I cut the elements from kraft and dark blue cardstock. I would some jute twine around the wreath before sticking it to the card and adding the flowers. Nuvo Crystal Drops was used to make the flower centres and add a few drops of glitter around the wreath. The greeting is a rub-on onto more blue cardstock.

Oxide Combo 4 - Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Ground Espresso

 For this card I used another Tim Holtz, Sizzix die, this one is called Branched Birch, and I used Kraft Cardstock, This was inked with some Picket Fence Distress Ink. I punched a circle from silver miri card and attached this to the card before overlaying the trees.

I will be back with the colour blends for week three soon, I finished making them today!

Thanks for looking
Lynn xSee previous week's cards here:
Week 1  

Handfasting - CSI #274

This month's cold case (#274) over on CSI involves winter colours and using old papers. The photo from Emily and Jack's hand fasting last year was perfect for this challenge. Here they are as Veve or Geniveve d'Tensel and Arden, cutting their cake made by The Woodwich Harts or bridesmaids. The colours and the image from the challenge made me think of the photos from this occasion straight away.

The Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' collection was perfect for this and an example of using Christmas papers for a non Christmas layout.
I also used:
M & C Boutique Craft Vine from The Works
Mini Tuscan Wall Stencil by Gabrielle Pollacco
Owl charm from my stash
Distress Ink Pads
Stickles
Cherry Blossom Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Rose brads
Martha Stewart Fern punch
Glitter Thickers Alphabet Stickers from American Crafts
Red ribbon
Here are the clues:


Thanks for looking:
Lynn x