Watercolour oxides.

Hi Brenda here.

I recently had some fun making up a masterboard with some of the oxides and gesso to produce this set of small (4x4) cards.

Take a piece of card that will take watery layers and dip it in separate washes of spiced marmalade and worn lipstick distress oxides and also a wash of fired brick distress ink. Dry between each wash.

Next mix some gesso with water and create another wash and dip it into this and heat dry. Depending on the size of your card you may need to do this quite a few times (my card was A4 size). Now you have a soft shabby feel to the background.

Cut the card to make backgrounds for whatever size card you are making - I decided to do some small cards and make them into a set to sell. First I chose the wildflowers stamps and dies to use and practised the watercolour technique with the oxides on a stamp, misting it and stamping to see what effects I got. Love it.

So with core'dinations cut flowers, the oxides, walnut stain DI and greetings made on the computer I set to work.

If you haven't tried using watery gesso for the shabby look or even to tone down colours you're not sure of it's well worth a go.

Thanks for stopping by.

hugs Brenda xxx

Ranger - Tim Holtz® - Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick Ranger - Tim Holtz® - Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Spiced Marmalade Tim Holtz® - Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Peeled Paint DecoArt Mixed Media - White Gesso Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Wildflowers #2 By Tim Holtz CMS253 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Cling Mounted Stamp Set - Wildflowers Tim Holtz distress ink pad - Ground Espresso

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