Sunday, 9 March 2014

More Greens and OLCs

These cards use a technique using distressing inks.
The technique was recently demonstrated by Zoe on the fb group Mad Crafters Giggles.

 I was looking for greens
according to this colour combo:


Probably the distress inks are a little more muddy...


The idea is to tape down the card blank with masking tape, tear a piece of scrap paper down the middle and tape the pieces over the base leaving a gap.

Distress ink is then applied to this gap.
 I used 'forest moss', 'shabby shutters' and 'evergreen bough'.

I then overprinted with this lovely stamp - Star Flowers from darkroom door in Australia.
  
 Here's one of my green cards:



I am linking this card to Colour Q Challenge 231

Star Flowers - reliably flower all year round in Australia.

Having seen the above picture I decided to do a pink version.

This time I used a cream card base rather than white
 and 'Victorian velvet', 'spun sugar' and 'worn lipstick'.



Happy Crafting!


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8 comments:

  1. Unknown9 March 2014 at 18:37

    Wow!! CAS...I like the way you have used the distress inks..

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  2. Les idées de Magouille10 March 2014 at 05:03

    really nice, I like it very much

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  3. Tracey McNeely10 March 2014 at 06:58

    Very cool effect! Thank you so much for sharing with us at the colourQ!

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  4. Anne10 March 2014 at 08:02

    Super creations, fun technique!
    Thanks for taking part in the one layer challenge at LIM this week
    Anne (Guest LIM commenter)

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  5. Jen Nelson10 March 2014 at 08:03

    great effect

    Thanks for joining us this week
    Jen xx
    Less Is More

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  6. Jen Mitchell10 March 2014 at 11:00

    What a cool technique! It's perfect for a one layer card and adds such interest! Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

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  7. Mandi11 March 2014 at 05:52

    Fabulous, terrifically cool cards

    Thank you for supporting LIM
    Mandi
    LIM

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  8. Sarah12 March 2014 at 18:41

    Fab card, love your technique, thanks for joining us at ColourQ, hugs, Sarah x

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