Paper Rose Leafy Circle with Stencil Stamped Distress Background

Another amazing Paper Rose die! I can see this being used for almost any occasion.

You could also use any kind of background or sentiment. The background I chose was one that I made some time ago when I was demo'ing how to do stencil stamping. The cardstock was watercolor, and the colors were added from mini Distress pads, direct to paper. You can see posts describing stencil stamping here, here, here and here.

I sprayed the stencil with pearly water (perfect pearls powder mixed with water), so there is a sheen to the background that I could not capture in a photograph, even with this closeup.

The Paper Rose die I used is 17922 Leafy Circle. Of course I made it a birthday card!

Products Used:

Paper Rose die 17922 Leafy Circle

Savvy 1425D Best Birthday stamp

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Distress ink: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Perfect Pearls powder

Stencil unknown provenance

Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock

Neenah Solar White cardstock 110#

So Silk Glamour Green Cardstock

Distress Oxide Glaze Technique: Black and White

I have a friend who really likes darker, more somber colors. This is the opposite of me! I love rich, jewel tones, but I respect my friend's preferences, so every year I make her a birthday card in black and white.

This year I thought I would try to make her card using black alcohol ink, but I couldn't make it work. When thinned with additional alcohol, the black alcohol ink turns into shades of pink and blue. It's very odd. So I decided to use the Distress Oxide glaze technique instead; which usually ends up looking a little like alcohol ink to me.

You can see my post on how to do the Distress Oxide glaze technique here. For this card, I used only the Black Soot Distress Oxide. I put it on my mat and spritzed it with water and "smooshed" the glossy cardstock into the ink several times; drying in between each smoosh. I intentionally left  a little more white space on this panel that previous ones.

I die cut the glazed panel and also a piece of black cardstock with the MFT-463 Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die to give them my favorite finished edge. I then cut both pieces at an angle, like the cards in my previous post.

Using a stamp positioner platform, I took a lovely new floral stamp that I recently acquired from Gina K Designs, 4365 "You Make Me Smile" and stamped it simultaneously onto the black and the glazed pieces of cardstock, using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I embossed the black panel with JudiKins Opaque White embossing powder, and the glazed panel using JudiKins detail clear embossing powder. Although I have learned that inks other that StazOn do not dry properly on the glazed surface, you can emboss your stamping, and it doesn't hurt the surface.

I stamped the sentiment from Savvy Stamps at the top of the black panel, and embossed it with white embossing powder as well. I adhered both panels to a piece of Stardream Silver cardstock and used a small strip of the silver across the seam of the two pieces. I mounted the whole thing onto a card base of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

I hope you like how it turned out, and even more, I hope she did! Before you go, here's a photo (sorry for the quality, it was taken with my phone) of her card from last year. It was a specially made mini masterpiece card. In real life this card turned out very pretty with some silver foil accents. You can see how the mini masterpiece cards are made here, here, and some die cut mini masterpieces here, here, and here. There are more too; just search the blog for mini masterpiece. So fun. 

Products Used (Oxide Glaze card)

Gina K Designs stamp 4365 You Make Me Smile

Savvy Stamp 1425D Best Birthday

Distress Oxide - Black Soot

Distress Glaze Medium

Versamark ink

Versafine Onyx Black ink

JudiKins Clear Detail embossing powder

JudiKins Opaque White embossing powder

Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock

Papertrey Ink True Black cardstock

Stardream Silver cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die

Distress Oxide Glaze Technique: Two Cards from Each Background

I love the layout I used on these cards because it actually helps stretch the beautiful backgrounds that you have made. Since these cards are cut in half diagonally, you can get two cards with each background panel. To see my post about how to make a panel using the Distress Oxide Glaze technique, please click here. After making multiple panels using this technique, I have been posting cards using them.

I made four cards using this layout and this first one was for my daughter's birthday. The top image is a really lovely stamp from Magenta's 2018 Spring catalog. I stamped it with Hero Arts White Unicorn ink onto Patertrey Ink's True Black cardstock, and colored on top of the white ink with colored pencils. 

Stamping and coloring onto black cardstock using this stamp was inspired by my friend Pam Nelson. She stamped this image onto black cardstock with Versamark ink, embossed it with white embossing powder, and colored with Copic markers. Her cards using this technique are stunning, and I hope soon you will be able to see them on the Magenta blog.

One of the things I discovered early on in working with the Distress Oxide Glazed panels is that ink doesn't dry well on the glaze sealed surface. Happily, I also found that you can put clear embossing powder over your stamping, and it doesn't seem to hurt the surface to heat emboss over it, as I did with my daughter's card.

Another thing you can do is to add a die cut sentiment to the card, and that is what I did with the card above, where I used a Savvy Stacked Happy Birthday sentiment cut from True Black cardstock from Papertrey Ink.

In each of these cards I tried to match the colors of the flowers to the colors on the Oxide panel, and I also tried out two different types of colored pencils. The two cards above are done with Prismacolors.

The card above uses another Savvy birthday die, and I used Polychromos pencils from Faber-Castell. Maybe it's because I'm so much more used to Prismacolor pencils, or maybe it's because I only have 36 colors of the Polychromos, but I have to say that I am still a fan of the Prismacolors. I found the Polychromos pencils harder to blend, although initially they go down more smoothly.

I made these cards mostly Happy Birthday cards because I have a lot of birthdays coming up that I need cards for, but this last one is a "Thinking of You" - another type of card that I like to send.

Both the black panel and glazed panel were cut out using the Die-Namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die, which cut them to 5.25" x 4". After coloring the black panels, I cut them and also the Distress Oxide glazed panels at an angle. I pieced them together onto a piece of colored cardstock and added a strip of the same color as the mat to cover the seam between the pieces.  After adding the sentiment to each panel, I adhered them to a base card of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.

I will list all of my materials, including the specific mat cardstock, Distress Oxide colors and pencils I used below. There are links to the Magenta website for any Magenta stamps used.

I will have one more card to share with you soon, using this same layout. I think you might find it surprising. After that, I promise I will have some cards using the Distress Oxide Glazed panels that have different layouts.  One of the things that some people have told me is hard for them is to use busy backgrounds like this. These backgrounds are so beautiful, and they remind me of alcohol inked panels. Stay tuned!

Products used for all the cards:

Magenta Floral Burst 14.664.P

Papertrey Ink True Black cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Hero Arts Unicorn White ink

Distress Glaze Medium

Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock

MFT-463 Die-namics Blueprints 13 die

Card #1 Happy Birthday Morgan

Additional products used:

Savvy stamp 1425D Best Birthday

Versafine Onyx Black ink

JudiKins clear detail embossing powder

Distress Oxide inks: Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry,

Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey

Prismacolor Pencils: PC917 Sunburst Yellow, PC1002 Yellowed Orange, 

PC921 Pale Vermillion, PC928 Blush Pink, PC029 Pink,

PC994 Process Red, PC1005 Lime peel, PC988 Marine Green

Curious Metallics Super Gold cardstock

Card #2 Stacked Happy Birthday

Additional products used:

Magenta Floral Center 18.089.E

Savvy die #10227 Happy Birthday Stacked

Distress Oxide inks: Lucky Clover, Peacock Feathers, 

Salty Ocean, Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet,

Squeezed Lemonade

Prismacolor Pencils: PC917 Sunburst Yellow, PC1002 Yellowed Orange, 

PC921 Pale Vermillion, PC992 Light Aqua, PC905 Aquamarine,

PC105 Cobalt Turquoise, PC1005 Lime peel, PC988 Marine Green

So Silk Glamour Green cardstock

Card #3 Script Happy Birthday

Additional products used:

Savvy die #10221 Happy Birthday

Distress Oxide inks: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry,

Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey

Polychromos Pencils: 168 Earth Green Yellowish, 112 Leaf Green,

107 Cadmium Yellow, 184 Dark Naples Ochre, 249 Mauve, 

133 Magenta, 101 White, 110 Pthalo Blue, 153 Cobalt Turquoise

So Silk Passion Purple cardstock

Card #4 Thinking of You

Additional Products used:

Papertrey Ink die PTD1273 Thinking of You

Distress Oxide inks: Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, 

Wild Honey, mermaid Lagoon, Peeled Paint

Prismacolor Pencils: PC928 Blush Pink, PC029 Pink,

PC994 Process Red, PC917 Sunburst Yellow, PC1002 Yellowed Orange, 

PC921 Pale Vermillion, PC1005 Lime peel, PC988 Marine Green

So Silk Beauty Pink cardstock