DCM - Oh Man!

This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog the focus is on perhaps one of the hardest aspects of cardmaking for many - making cards for men!

I decided to take on this challenge and try out a technique I'd had on my to-do list for a while.

Namely Distress Oxide ink smooshing on gloss paper....

Here's the before:

Looks pretty dull and uninteresting right?

Well, once you take the oxide off by rubbing at it with Distress Glaze, it reveals something much more vibrant:

Now that I had a background made, it was time to make a card:

Stamps and die: MFT - Happy Birthday Blend
Inks: Distress Oxides, Lawn Fawn
Other: Distress Glaze, Glossy paper

I've listed all the Distress Oxide inks I used below. I wanted a nice mix of bold shades, but also a hit of black. I cannot tell you how cool it is to rub away at the Oxide layer to uncover the results below. Really wow!

And it looks even better in real life too. I have made a couple more ink smooshing experiments with the oxides on gloss card, so they may make it to a card.

I had a new greeting and die combo to try out for this card, and that's the new MFT - Happy Birthday Blended set. I tried to mirror the colours of the background with Lawn Fawn die inks and I think they worked quite well. :)

So that's it for this week, here's to a crafty weekend!

Make sure you check out the fab card ideas from the rest of the team!

Happy crafting!

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MFT - Happy Birthday Blend stamps Shop at: SHC	MFT - Happy Birthday Blend dies Shop at: SHC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Black Soot Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Blueprint Sketch Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad - Chipped Sapphire Shop at: EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Salty Ocean Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Wilted Violet Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Blue Jay ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC | SSS
Lawn Fawn - Fish Tank ink pad Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS	Ranger Gloss paper Shop at: AZ | SSS	Tim Holtz - Distress Micro Glaze Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Ranger - Mini round ink blending tools Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Svenja]

Ha, and that was me wondering how you stamped and cut the sentiment! I love the background and especially the colours.