Thursday, July 20, 2023

WAXED STAMP EMBOSSED BACKGROUND WITH WOBBLERS

Action wobblers are a great way to add a little something extra to your atc's or cards. It's been a few years since I've used them in a class so to keep it interesting, I came up with a different background technique to use with the wobblers. I started with a base of Distress Oxide Inks either smooshed or blended onto the background, then embossed a stamped image, then used metallic waxes swiped randomly over the embossing to alter the colours. I found the chunky embossing powders worked the best as they have more of a textural look to them. You can make your own action wobblers as they can be expensive to buy and there are lots of instructions and videos of how to do that if you google it. The advantage of doing them yourself is you can control how high to make the wobbler but the pre-made ones are certainly quicker to apply, simply peel off the sticky bits on both sides and apply it.


"Listen to your heart"


Showing the wobbler in action.


"Dragonfly"


"Dance of life"

"Beware"

"Grinning skull"


"Failures"

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

DISTRESS OXIDE INKS & SPRAYS ON PHOTO PAPER

Distress Oxide Inks and Sprays are always water-reactive unless you fix them in some way, eg: Microglaze or Fixing Spray. However, if you use the Oxide Inks or Sprays on the shiny side of photo paper, the emulsion coating the photo paper grips onto the Oxide Inks and Sprays and leaves beautifully bright colours when the ink is washed off the photo paper. I have tried this technique with the regular Distress Inks and Sprays and while it works to some extent, the hybrid combination of the pigment and dye ink in the Oxide Inks and Sprays just works so much better. First up below is the cover for this Technique Book and I can't believe it's book #30! 

The size of this book cover is 20cm x 15cm
(or 8" x 6")


"Be in love"
(This is one of the stamps from the Tim Holtz 
Bold Botanicals)


"Live simply"
(Another stamp from Tim's Bold Botanicals
stamp set)


"Bone appétit"


"Cougar"
(This is one of Dina Wakley Half Faces stamp set)


"Cooler"
(Another of Dina Wakley Half Faces stamps)


"Crazy ideas"