Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Distress Oxide Stamping w/Dawn ft. BEATIFUL BUTTERFLIES

Who doesn't love hexagons and butterflies?

I know I do. Put them together, and it's a recipe for design success as far as I'm concerned. Throw in a little watercolor and it's a trifecta of fun!

Today's cards are not only fun to create, but easy as well. I used the "stamps from dies" technique along with our new Beautiful Butterflies stamp and dies with our Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon Die to create a modern card set with a slightly vintage feel.


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I stamped the all-over background pattern using a little water and Distress Oxide Inks in Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint onto watercolor paper. The stamped pattern looked so stunning all on it's own, that it didn't require much fuss after that to pull them together into cards.

I die cut the "BEAUTIFUL" stacked sentiment from one of the medium sized hexagons and adhered a die cut "birthday" from our Happy Birthday Die on top. I colored each using an ink blending tool and matching Oxide Ink color to match each background. I finished off the sentiment with "wishes" from our Birthday Wishes stamp set stamped in PURE COLOR dye ink in Warm Wool.

I may have found a new favorite Autumn color palette!

Thanks much for stopping by today!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock
Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock
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EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip
EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip
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Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
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Sizzix BIG SHOT
Sizzix BIG SHOT
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9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack
9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack
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Warm Wool PURE COLOR Dye Ink
Warm Wool PURE COLOR Dye Ink
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Sizzix Magnetic Platform
Sizzix Magnetic Platform
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Birthday Wishes
Birthday Wishes
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Happy Birthday Die
Happy Birthday Die
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Fiskars 4 Acrylic BLOCKS SET w Storage
Fiskars 4 Acrylic BLOCKS SET w Storage
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Beautiful Butterflies
Beautiful Butterflies
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Beautiful Butterflies Die
Beautiful Butterflies Die
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Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon
Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon
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Lawn Fawn Glue Tube
Lawn Fawn Glue Tube
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEELED PAINT
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEELED PAINT
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER
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Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Brush
Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Brush
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Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT
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4 comments:

  1. That's a beautiful background. I can't wait to give this a try!

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  2. WOW!! Your backgrounds are amazing!! I LOVE the colors that you chose!!

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  3. Lovely cards and I like how you combined the two dies to make the card focal point! And what a fun background! Thanks for showing this technique! I'm inspired to try with distress inks, don't have the oxides, but I'm sure it should work! Also looking forward to seeing your projects using the Bee watercolor paper--I bought some from Amazon but glad to hear you found it at Michaels--will check my local store.

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  4. Fab set of cards and this loose water colour technique is so pretty. Thanks for the inspiration.

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