Distress Oxide Blends: Using Your Leftover Pieces

Since I don't always use an entire panel of blended Oxide inks, I often have leftover pieces that I can use on other cards. I don't throw any scraps away! I love, love, love this card, because it uses a little leftover piece of blended Oxides, an older Magenta stamp that I love, and a Die-namics die that I have been meaning to use.

I cut a panel of white textured cardstock to 5" x 3.75", and used the Die-namics MFT-1113 Square Peek-a-Boo Window die to die cut an opening in the upper center of the panel.

I stamped the Magenta 14.591.H Ornamental Onion Blooms stamp onto a scrap of Distress Oxide blended cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink, and then cut it to size (slightly larger than the opening) using the Memory Box 30088 Square Basics die set. 

The Distress Oxide colors I used on this scrap were Peeled Paint, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Wilted Violet. I had spritzed the panel with water, and after putting some of the Broken China ink on my craft mat and spraying it with some water, I flicked it onto the panel with a brush. I used most of the rest of this particular colored panel on another card, but I feel like the way the colors and spots ended up on this square look like they were put there just for this card. I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I will tell you now, that mounting that colored, stamped square to center in the opening is not easy, and I still didn't get it perfectly centered. Next time I would adhere the colored square to the back of the white panel so that it shows through the opening, and THEN stamp it in the center, using a stamping tool. I think that would be much easier.

I stamped a Magenta Happy Birthday sentiment just underneath the square opening, using Versafine Onyx black ink. This stamp is the Multilingual Happy Birthday stamp, but I am using just the English sentiment for this card.

I matted the white panel with Stardream Fairway cardstock, and mounted the entire panel onto Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

If you have not had a chance to look at my Distress Oxide Overview post, you can see it here. 

If you would like to purchase any of the Magenta stamps used here, you can click on the links below the images to go to the Magenta online store.

Products Used:

Magenta 14.591.H Ornamental Onion Blooms

Magenta Multilingual Happy Birthday 07.907.L

Die-namics MFT-1113 Square Peek-a-Boo Window

Memory Box 30088 Square Basics die set

Distress Oxide inks: Peeled Paint, Cracked Pistachio,

Broken China, Wilted Violet

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Stardream Fairway cardstock

Core'dinations 80# White Canvas cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Time to Celebrate

When I make Distress Oxide backgrounds, I usually like to blend lots of colors together. They blend so well and so effortlessly. However, this time I just used two colors, and I really love the soft look this has. It's too bad that blogger won't let me make this larger. The next step up is Extra Large, and when I make a horizontal card, it sticks out too far into the margins. It's really so pretty in real life.

In inked a panel of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock with Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick. These two colors together combine to make such a pretty coral color. I spritzed the panel with the Tim Holtz sprayer that will spray a fine mist if you pull the trigger back, but will spit larger drops if you just pull it back a bit. I think this gives such a lovely bokeh look.

I cut the panel with the  Die-namics 463 Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die that cuts the panel to 5.25" x 4".

Using another piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that was adhered to Stick-it adhesive, I die cut the Poppy die 1429 Kaysen Oval Frame and adhered it to the center of the colored panel.

The sentiment is from Penny Black's clear set 30-286 Heartfelt, and I stamped it into the center of the oval with Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

After doing all of this, I thought I would like the panel to be more sparkly, so I sprayed the whole thing with the Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz. It would have been better to spray it earlier in the process, because it reactivated the ink and a little of the coral color got onto the white oval. I used a Tombow Mono Sand eraser to get it off. 

I mounted the finished panel onto a So Silk Fashion Black mat, and then onto a base card of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

If you have not yet had a chance to look at my Distress Oxide Overview post, you can see it here.

Products Used:

Poppy 1429 Kaysen Oval Frame

Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die set

Penny Black 30-286 Heartfelt stamp set

Distress Oxides: Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz

Stick-it Adhesive

So Silk Fashion Black cardstock

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Heartfelt Sympathy

I have had to make a number of sympathy cards recently, and I always find them hard to make. It's easier to have some made in advance, but I never seem to. This card is another blended panel that I had already made and had in my stash.

The original panel was made by blending a lot of colors of Distress Oxides. Once the colors were blended, I stamped this lovely Magenta Clover Silhouette image in Faded Jeans Distress Oxide. I think this stamp is really one of my very favorite stamps; it was designed by Magenta DT member Ellie Knoll. I really think that no matter what you do with it, it will look beautiful.

After stamping, I spritzed the entire panel with water and then speckled it with a little of the darker ink that I had put on my craft mat with some added water. I think that the water drops give it a more ethereal look.

I cut the panel out with the Die-namics MFT 846 Inside/Outside Stitched Ovals. I adhered the oval to the top center of a white textured cardstock that was cut using the Die-namics MFT 463 Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die that cuts the panel to 5.25" x 4"

I stamped the Impression Obsession sentiment onto the bottom of the white panel with Versafine Onyx Black ink, and the panel was matted with Stardream Blue Steele cardstock. I adhered the panel to a base card of 110# Neenah Solar White cardstock.

I love how this card turned out, and I almost always feel that way when I use this Clover Silhouette stamp! If you have not yet looked at my Distress Oxide Overview post, you can see it here. If you wish to purchase the Clover Silhouette, you can click on the link below. Both Magenta and Impression Obsession offer all of their stamps in wood or cling rubber versions.

Products Used:

Magenta 48.011.L Clover Silhouette

Impression Obsession C13521 Heartfelt Sympathy

Distress Oxide inks: Wilted Violet, Broken China, Spiced Marmalade, 

Peeled Paint, Cracked Pistachio, Fossilized Amber, Faded Jeans

Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13

Die-namics MFT-846 Inside/Outside Stitched Ovals

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Stardream Blue Steele cardstock

Core'dinations 80# White Canvas cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Make My Heart Smile

I made this card for my and my husband's 38th anniversary. This is another example of a card that you can easily make petty quickly, but that has a big impact. This is why it's so nice to have a stack of blended Distress Oxide panels sitting around.

I blended some of my favorite Distress Oxide inks onto a panel of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock using a blending tool, and spritzed it with water using the Tim Holtz spray bottle.

I cut out the panel using the Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die that cuts a panel 5.25" x 4". I love the beautiful stitched finished edge this die gives.

I cut the heart out of the center of the panel using the Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity die set DI334.  I just love this die set! These are beautifully shaped hearts, and you get 10 different sizes, so pretty much any size you need! The heart was popped up using a piece of black craft foam that I cut using the next smaller heart die.

I die cut the sentiment out of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp SSSD111680 Heart Smile die, and adhered it to the center of the heart.

The panel was mounted onto a mat of So Silk Passion Purple cardstock and then onto a base card of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

My hubby let me show this here on the blog. I hope you like it (he did).

Products Used:

Hero Arts DI334 Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies

Simon Says Stamp SSSD111680 Heart Smile die

Die-Namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die set

Distress Oxide inks: Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, 

Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade

Black craft foam

So Silk Passion Purple cardstock

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Ornament Collage Christmas Tag

Just a little pause in my Distress Oxide posts to show you the Christmas tag I made recently. I'm actually making multiples of these. I'm trying to get ahead of the stress I usually feel around October, trying to get Christmas cards and tags made. I'm planning to do a design each month. alternating cards and tags. I will make multiples of each design. This tag design was supposed to be done in February, so I'm already behind (shock).

I love these tags, and there is no stamping whatsoever. Although in the photo, it looks like the sparkly ornament and Christmas are raised up above the cardstock, they are not; the glitter paper is behind the die-cut.

I first used the Simon Says Stamp SSSD111393 Holiday Frames die, and cut it out of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock and Hopsack Red cardstock from The Paper Cut. The die cuts away the square behind the word MERRY, and if you are using two colors, you can switch the backgrounds out. You have to save some of the bits around the word MERRY to piece back in, and also save the centers of the "R" and "A" in CHRISTMAS, but it's worth it.

Here's the reverse one with white as the background. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp S404 Corbel Ornament Collage die out of the center of the background on each tag.

After placing gold glitter cardstock on the back that shows through the ornament and the word CHRISTMAS, I covered the back with a plain white rectangle, cut to 3" x 3.75", which is the size of the Holiday Frames panel.

I rounded the corners using a 1/4" corner rounder, and put a little bow on the top made from some wired gold ribbon from Michaels. Here is a photo of the two together. I have made 20 of these tags and put them away for Christmas.

To see my first Christmas card design for this year, click here. I still have lots of Christmas stamps and dies I have not yet used. My next Christmas design will be a card.

Products Used:

Simon Says Stamp die SSSD111393 Holiday Frames

Simon Says Stamp S404 Corbel Ornament Collage

Core'dinations Gold Glitter adhesive paper (sold at JoAnns)

Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock

Hopsack Red cardstock from The Paper Cut

1/8" Galena wired gold metallic ribbon (sold at Michaels)

Distress Oxides: Making the Most of Your Inked Panels

I have three cards for you today, and I made them all from one Distress Oxide inked panel. I had been experimenting with blending different colors together, and went in rainbow order so I wouldn't get mud. (The panel on one of these cards is mounted upside down from how it was on the full piece, but you get the idea).

I sprinkled some water drops onto the panel and then when that had dried, I sprayed the entire panel with Imagine Crafts' Sheer Shimmer Spritz. This spray does not alter the colors, but puts a fine sparkle all over the panel. You can't really see it in the photo, but it's beautiful in real life.

I cut these strip panels out using Die-namics MFT-470 Horizontal Stitched Strips. The set comes with several dies, and I chose the larger one that cut strips that are 4" x 1.75"

To get the images to stamp correctly and not get any line where the Distress piece is adhered, I used a stamping tool. I temporarily adhered the Distress Oxide panel to the white cardstock. I played with positioning up or down depending on the stamp.

I inked the stamp with Versafine Onyx Black ink and stamped it several times, until I was happy with the darkness of the ink on the Oxide panel. I removed the Oxide panel and inked and stamped it a couple more times until I was happy with it. I then permanently adhered the Oxide panel in the correct place, and stamped the sentiments afterwards.

I love how black, solid or semi-solid images look on a highly colored background. I also love the look these stamps get when stamped on the textured paper. The white textured cardstock was cut to 5.25" x 4" using the stitched rectangle die from the Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die.

Each card was mounted onto a piece of colored cardstock to mat them, and then adhered to a base card of 110# Neenah Solar White cardstock.

These cards are so easy and fast to make! Go through your stamps for some vertical images that have a lot of solid surface to them. If you like these Magenta images, you can link to them at the Magenta online store using the links below. If you have not already seen my Distress Oxide Overview post, you can see it here.

Products Used:

Card #1

Magenta 48.011.L Clover Silhouette

Penny Black 30-286 Heartfelt

Die-namics MFT-470 Horizontal Stitched Strips

Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13

Distress Oxide inks: Cracked Pistachio; Peeled Paint; Broken China; Wilted Violet

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz spray

Core'dinations 80# White Canvas cardstock

So Silk Passion Purple cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Card #2

Magenta 0672.L Wild Branch

Magenta 07.971.F Sending hugs

Die-namics MFT-470 Horizontal Stitched Strips

Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13

Distress Oxide inks: Peeled Paint; Spiced Marmalade; Fossilized Amber; Worn Lipstick

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz spray

Core'dinations 80# White Canvas cardstock

Stardream Fairway cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Card #3

Magenta 14.634.O Wildflowers - Umbells

Die-namics MFT-470 Horizontal Stitched Strips
Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13
Distress Oxide inks: Worn Lipstick; Fired Brick
Versafine Onyx Black ink
Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz spray
Core'dinations 80# White Canvas cardstock
So Silk Fashion Black cardstock
Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Fabulous Birthday

This is the second in a series of posts with cards I made using Distress Oxides. On this one I started with a full panel (4.25" x 5") of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock, on which I had blended various Oxide inks. I then put some of the inks on my mat, spritzed with water and dipped in parts of the panel. I also picked up some of the ink from my mat and splattered it onto the panel. Anything goes with these inks, as long as you try to use colors that won't make mud. Remember, wet on wet blends, and wet on dry layers. That means that if you dry your blended layer, the ink you add on top of that will layer rather than blend, so you are less likely to make mud.

I die cut my panel with the largest die in the Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Set. This cuts a rectangle that is 3.75" x 5".  I stamped this beautiful Magenta image and the sentiment in Versamark ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder.

I mounted the panel onto So Silk Passion Purple cardstock and then on to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

I tried to taka a picture of this card at an angle so you could see how pretty the gold is in real life. My lighting wasn't the best, but you get the idea!

I love how this turned out, and it's so easy to do. You can see my Distress Oxide overview post here.

Products Used:

Magenta 0647.K Miscanthus

Penny Black PB-30-286 Heartfelt

Distress Oxide inks: Broken China; Wilted Violet; 

Wild Honey; Cracked Pistachio; Spiced Marmalade

Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Versamark Ink

JudiKins Detail Gold Embossing Powder

So Silk Passion Purple cardstock

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Beautiful Day

This is the first post using a bit of the Distress Oxide backgrounds I made recently. Honestly, I think that whatever you do with these inks will be pretty. To see my overview post about Oxide inks, please click here.

For this Oxide panel, I blended Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade and Broken China. I spritzed it with water and using a brush, I liberally splashed it with Broken China ink that I had added to my mat and spritzed with water. 

I cut the Oxide piece using the largest die in the Die-Namics MFT-482 Vertical Stitched Strips die set. The white panel is a piece of textured cardstock that I cut with the stitched rectangle from the Die-Namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 Set.

I placed the white panel and the Oxide panel together in my stamping tool, and lined them up carefully so that the stitched edges matched. I inked the Magenta 0648.N Wild Miscanthus stamp with Versafine Onyx Black ink and stamped it a couple of times. Some sort of stamping tool, such as the MISTI or Tim Holtz works best for this. I removed the Oxide Panel and stamped the white panel only, a couple more times.

I took the white panel out of the stamping tool, and applied JudiKins Gold Detail embossing powder to the inked image. Since Versafine is a pigment ink, you can emboss it, and if you are using an opaque embossing powder like gold, it doesn't matter what color you are using for your stamping.

I took this photo at an angle so you could see how pretty the gold is in real life. I absolutely love the effect the embossing has on the textured cardstock.

I put the panel back in the stamping tool and lined up the sentiment, Magenta 07.969.F Have a Beautiful Day, and stamped it with the Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I lined up the Oxide panel carefully onto the white panel and adhered it down, making sure that the leaf fronds matched. The panel is matted with Malmero Pearle blue cardstock.

Whenever I use sequins these days, I add just a little dot of Stickles, and that hides the hole.

I hope you enjoy! More to come.

Magenta Products Used:

0648.N Wild Miscanthus

07.969.F have a Beautiful day!

Other Products Used:

Die-Namics MFT-482 Vertical Stitched Strips

Die-Namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13

Distress Oxide inks: Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China

JudiKins Detail Gold embossing powder

Recollections white textured cardstock 80#

Blue Malmero Pearle cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Distress Oxides: Overview

I have been playing with Ranger/Tim Holtz's Distress Oxide inks quite a bit lately. My friend Pam Nelson and I were laughing at ourselves recently, because when these inks first came out, our first reaction was "oh, I'm not going to need these...don't really like them." These actually turned out to be one of the inks that I love the most, and trust me when I say I have a lot of inks.

Here's a card that I previously made and has been previously posted, using Distress Oxides. I really love this card, and it illustrates something that I think that the Oxides do best: backgrounds. Don't get me wrong! These inks stamp beautifully, and due to the pigment component in them, you can heat emboss with them - typically using clear embossing powder, or a glitter/iridescent powder such as JudiKins Iridescent Sparkle, which gives a beautiful, sparkly look to your stamping.

The original post for this card is here. It features some stamps that I designed for Magenta. The technique featured here is smooshing to get a blend of lots of colors and lots of movement.

Another technique that works well with Oxides is blending colors on a background with a blending tool. Oxides blend so well because they are a hybrid of pigment and dye inks. The pigment component in the ink stays on top of the paper for some time, so it's easy to continue to move it around when you're blending. Another factor of the pigment is that the inks are somewhat opaque, so that when you are blending, you should go back and forth with your colors so that one doesn't overwhelm or cover up the other.

Here's a card that I made using blending, and then splattered with water and more Distress Oxide ink. This card was also previously posted here. The top of the flower is foil, but the background, including the stamped sentiment is Oxide ink.

I also really like this one, using this same blending technique, and using stamps that I designed for Magenta. The images were stamped on a blended Oxide background using Versamark ink, and embossed with White Diamond embossing power from JudiKins. You can see the original post here, where I show blending with these inks.

I was talking to another friend who pointed out that these ink colors don't look just like the regular Distress inks of the same names. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to do some blends of these inks. I'm not going to show blends in regular Distress, just the Oxides for this post. I hope the colors translate well enough on the screen for you to see them.

I know this is a shock, but I DON'T have all of the colors! There are currently 36 colors out, and I have 31 of them. For blending, I grouped them into color families, and then put the neutrals together.

First are the reds: I love bright colors, and I like all of these.

Oranges and Yellows:

I'm not super happy with my photography on this one. The Spiced Marmalade really blends into the Carved Pumpkin above it, and the Wild Honey below it. In real life, the Spiced Marmalade has more of a rusty tone to it. Carved Pumpkin and especially Wild Honey have more yellow in them. Fossilized Amber turned out looking darker than I usually get when I blend with it. Squeezed Lemonade was a great addition in the latest round of colors released.

Greens:

Love them all, and my special favorite is Twisted Citron, that looks almost yellow sometimes. I did not get the Forest Moss color, but may still add it to my collection. I'm looking forward to a really green, green like Mowed Lawn.

Blues

I absolutely love all of the blues, and wouldn't want to do without any of them.

Pinks and Purples:

I really like all of these colors too, and my favorite is Wilted Violet. I think it's just a luscious purple. I have always thought that Seedless Preserves is a hard color to blend. I don't know what it is about the properties of this color, but it's hard for me to blend in the regular Distress and also the Oxide. I found that with the Oxide Seedless Preserves if I press harder, I get a smoother blend. I have come to recently have an appreciation for this color because it looks to me like a dark pink, and is really pretty on a card.

Neutrals

Since I'm not a big fan of the neutrals, I don't have all of them. I don't really use them for making backgrounds much, and I only occasionally stamp with them. Everyone is different though. I was showing these blends to some friends and one of my friends exclaimed "oh I love these" over the neutrals. There is definitely a place for these in a collection.

Here are all of them together. There will be 2 more releases of colors according to Ranger and Tim Holtz. One should be released in the Spring/Summer and the other in the Fall. Each of them will have 12 more colors, until all 60 colors in the Distress line are available in Oxides. Although Tim has said that due to the special properties of the Oxide inks, there could not be mini pads for the Oxides, he has recently said that the chemists are working on it...it just might be a while. I for one, wouldn't have wanted to wait to see if they are able to come up with the minis.

I'm going to be working on some cards using the Oxide blends in the next few weeks.

I'm also working on some cards using a new technique that Tim Holtz came up with called Glazed Oxide Backgrounds. These have a completely different look to them that I think you're going to like.

And making both kinds is addictive.

Products:

I'm going to include links to the Magenta stamps used in the above examples, but if you want to know everything I used in the above cards, you can link to the original posts.

07.969.F Magenta have a Beautiful day!

44.018.K Magenta Zen Dragonfly

07.869.D Magenta Thinking of You

44.024.Q Magenta Zen Bouquet

07.968.H Magenta You are Amazing

Die-cut Mini Masterpiece: Birthday Flower

This is the last one of these for a while, but I have had so much fun making them. They will be go-to cards for me for a while. I do try to keep track of cards that I send out. I take a photo of the card and put it in a file on my desktop labeled "Cards for People". I label the photo with the name of the person I sent it to and the date. I really want to try not to send the same or similar cards to people, but I know that I may have been guilty of that in the past.

I wanted to use a flower die-cut that resembles a poppy (from Savvy) so I made a masterboard with some reds in it. I think this one turned out fun (remember, they all look like a hot mess until you cut them).

Here's the card. It said celebration to me

Kind of crazy, I know, but the person that it's intended for will love it! I added lots of gold stickles to it, and some gold foil that is hard to pick up in the photograph.

These card designs are based on the Mini Masterpieces that we did in a class by Sally Penley. You can look at my Mini Masterpieces here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Sally is still teaching the Mini Masterpiece class, so if you are local, I highly recommend it. You will get so much from this class. You can access her website here to sign up for her classes or buy her beautiful artwork.

Sally has all of my originals from all of my posts, plus a few others from my talented friend Pam Nelson, who has a different interpretation for her die-cut mini masterpieces, and they are beautiful. If you take a class from Sally, you can see them there.

Products used:

Savvy 10018 Poppy

Simon Says Stamp SSS10170 Thoughtful Messages stamp set

Die-namics MFT463 Blueprints 13 (stitched rectangle 5.25" x 4")

Curious Metallics Super Gold cardstock

Stardream Red Jupiter cardstock

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Die-cut Mini Masterpiece: Maple Leaves

I have two cards in the post today. I wanted to use this great Impression Obsession maple leaf die for a die-cut mini masterpiece. It's the perfect size and well, I just like maple leaves. The last masterboard that I made using oranges and yellows was already cut up into 2" squares to make regular mini masterpieces, but luckily, the maple leaf die fits perfectly into a 2" square.

The first card uses 3 leaves.

I continue to marvel at how great these mini masterpiece masterboards turn out using dies to cut them into shapes. I absolutely love this one.

Even cooler is what you have left when you cut this leaf out of a 2" square. Using the negative piece seemed perfect for a sympathy card.

I used copper Stickles on these that did not show well in the photograph, but it lends a little bit of beauty to the finished product.

These card designs are based on the Mini Masterpieces that we did in a class by Sally Penley. You can look at my Mini Masterpieces here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Sally is still teaching the Mini Masterpiece class, so if you are local, I highly recommend it. You will get so much from this class. You can access her website here to sign up for her classes or buy her beautiful artwork.

Both stamps used on these cards are from Magenta, and if you want to purchase them you can click on the links below. ( I do not receive compensation for these links).

Products Used:

Card #1

Impression Obsession DIE030-S Leaves (this die set has 5 beautiful leaves)

Die-namics MFT-482 Vertical Stitched Strips

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

07.969.F Magenta Have a Beautiful day!

Card #2

Impression Obsession DIE030-S Leaves (this die set has 5 beautiful leaves)

Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 (stitched rectangle that cuts to 5.25" x 4")

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

So Silk Black cardstock

07.928.I Magenta with Sympathy

Die-cut Mini Masterpiece: Greetings from Washington!

Another die-cut mini masterpiece cut from the masterboard done in shades of blue. I love this one because I love the rainy gray weather we have here in Western Washington in the winter, and love the snow we get also.

My husband said that native Washingtonians would not be using an umbrella. OK maybe true, but umbrellas, rain and snow are iconic for Washington, and I love this cute umbrella die by Impress. I used a dark blue cardstock for the square, and flicked some white paint onto it.

Here's the blue masterboard again.

Can you see where I cut the umbrella from? I can make lots and lots of great cards before I've used this piece up.

This card design is based on the Mini Masterpieces that we did in a class by Sally Penley. You can look at my Mini Masterpieces here, here, here, here, here, and here. Sally is still teaching the Mini Masterpiece class, so if you are local, I highly recommend it. You will get so much from this class. You can access her website here to sign up for her classes or buy her beautiful artwork.

Products Used:

Umbrella die from Impress Rubber Stamps

Impress Rubber Stamps 5526D-Greetings

Die-namics MFT463 Blueprints 13 - stitched rectangle 5.25" x 4"

raindrops from Pretty Pink Posh

Deco silver foil