Playing with my new Oxide inks!

Har bursdag om ei uke og som vanlig er enhver anledning (Jul og Tilbake-på-skatten osv.) en kjempefin unnskyldning til å unne meg en masse nytt scrappestæsj ;) Bare se på mine flotte kosteligste skatter! Alle de nye Distress Oxide blekkputene fra Tim Holtz, andre blekkputer, embossingpulver, masse dies og stempler, blader med freebies og annet snop ♥ Elsker å gå gjennom nye ting og putte dem der du hører hjemme, organisere og lage etiketter, fargeprøver og putte ez-mount på de nye gummistemplene. *Lykkelig*

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Congratulations & Mothers day

My birthday is next week and as usual I just have to take the chance to justify going wild with the visa and shop new goodies for myself ;) Up top is a photo of some of the stuff I got ♥ My preciouss! I have the best of times organizing, labeling, making color swatches, and ez-mounting n cutting the new rubbers!
And Oh, I LOVE the new Distress Oxide inkpads from Tim Holtz ~ so creamy and great to work with ♥ ♥ ♥

All my backgrounds has been made using the Oxides, with a smooshing and splatter technique. Below I have attempted to explain how you Dry emboss with diecuts, as it really helped me in coloring in the 'holes' in the butterfly diecut. But if you go to youtube and watch any of theese fab tutorials by Jennifer McGuire (goddess of scrapping!). You'll see how much you can be able to get out of the dies you have.
* Embossing With Dies 
* Embossed Impressions
* Faux Detailed Letterpress
* Dry Embossing With Die Cuts
and also Yana Smakula has this here video that I love on this technique,
* Embossing with dies. Stylish Happy Holidays Card

Such a cool way of using your dies! It's been years since I last did this, so I had to re-educate myself to make sure I didn't accidentally ruin any dies or the Big Shot. Now, there is a cheat sheet on the platform, but I like watching a technique before trying it, just in case ;)

I enter my cards into theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Viva Las Vegas Stamps March ~ Use VLVS + inspiration photo [March 31st.]
(PS: all cards besides the butterfly card is fitting for this challenge)
● Lemon Shortbread #38. ~ Anything goes [April 9th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #54. ~ Anything goes [April 1st.]
● Southern Girls #156. ~ Use A Die Cut! (2nd.entry)[April 4th.]
● Crafting-With-Friends #40. ~ Anything goes [April 12th.]
● QKR Stampede #237. ~ Up, Up and Away (butterfly card) or AG [April 6th.]
● Color Crazy Wk.13. ~ Anything goes (2nd.entry)[April 14th.]
● Simon Says Wed. ~ Anything goes! (2nd.entry)[April 4th.]

inside detail of all four cards, 
and below are the backs of the cards.
 

Stamps/Images: Viva Las Vegas Stamps 'VLVS - Wildflowers Silhouette 19646', 'Wildflowers Silhouette 19666', 'Blowing Dandelion and Extra Seed 19045', 'Gnome In Mushrooms', 'Fly from Plate 827', 'Banksy Balloon Girl' & 'Banksy Girl Floating w Balloons'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Graphic 45 'Artisan style' 6x6 pp. Panuro Hobby 'Country escape' 12x12 pp.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals Large', 'Oval Classic Scallop Large S4111', 'Deckled Edge Classic Ovals Large'. Memory Box die 'Marielle Butterflies'. Papirgleder Linda Design Dies 'Gratulerer'. Scrapmagasinet dies 'Farsdag Morsdag'. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nest Dies PCD46'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Marvy Uchida punch 'corner rounder small 1'. Anita's Tacky glue. Rangers glossy accents and clear embossing powder. Glue gun heat tool.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed). My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers as well as the new Oxide inks to watercolor and distress image and papers. And I doodled the balloon (on the back of a card) with a fineline micron black marker pen.