DISTRESS OXIDES & GOOSEBUMPS

As we've just received our new 12 colours of the Distress Oxide inks I thought we should have another play with them.  I also wanted to touch again on a product we last used about 5 years ago, Goosebumps Texture Spray.  The Goosebumps acts as a textured resist when sprayed onto a plain white card and allowed to dry before applying inks (or indeed other methods of adding colour).  After you've applied your colour you will find the Goosebumps will have dulled but they simply need a wipe over with a baby wipe to remove the excess ink and they are back to brilliant white again.  Obviously, if you have coloured a card first and then spray the Goosebumps, the colour will be whatever is under the Goosebumps as it simply acts as a resist, but with the added bonus of wonderful texture!  

The last card, Art of Drawing, doesn't have any Goosebumps on it.  After colouring the card using Distress Oxides I have then used a Perfect Pearl Spray (water in a spritz bottle with some Perfect Pearl in the white colour mixed together) and flicked large droplets on and allowed to dry.  This creates shimmery droplets on top of the Distress Oxides for a different effect.  

Once again I'm wishing the computer screen allowed you to see how these cards look in real life. 

"Power of Glitter"...

"People will stare"...

"Too alien"...

"Look up at the stars"...

"Art of Drawing"...

WEBBING EMBOSS

Many years ago I stumbled across the use of Hemming Web Tape to make amazing embossing textures.  As I come from a sewing background, of course I had this little roll of tape in my sewing stash.  For this class I have purchased the fusible webbing by the metre.  This is the exact same product as Hemming Web Tape but the tape is only around 15mm wide, by the metre it's about 45cm wide!  This can be used on a pre-made background as I have done in samples below, it just adds a little more texture and interest to your background.  I found it best to place a piece of the fusible webbing on the background (it can just be a strip or a larger piece), heat with a heat gun (the low blow one works best!) until it starts to melt and shrivel, then working quickly, add your embossing powder.  Tip off the excess powder and heat.  It should create a lacy texture as the embossing powder melts and the fusible webbing shrivels and makes holes.  Take care not to overheat as you don't want to melt your embossing powder totally into the background!

"Salty but sweet"...

"Medicine & Poison"...

"Reality"...

"Life is short"...

"Dark & Dreadful"...

Finally, the last sample from the shrink plastic class last week.  The cat and dog are from the Stampotique cat & dog cubes so yes they are small to start with and they are even smaller when shrunk!!!

"Today the dog"...