(2019 c78) Hero Arts & Distress Oxides

Once again I followed Jennifer McGuire’s Embossed Watercolor Lift Technique.  And once again I had a little snafoo …. After applying Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Blueprint Sketch & Salty Ocean  Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger to the background, I made the mistake of adding water spray & drying it, This changed the color so much, I didn’t think that after stamping and lifting that the stamped images would show up because the background was so oxidized & light.

Boy was I pleasantly surprised when I stamped Hero Arts  SB104 Color Layering Butterflies Bundle  and Hero Arts Hello Flowers  with Versamark Ink and heat embossing with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder :  the result as you can see is that it DARKENED & INTENSIFIED THE COLORS BENEATH!   Oh joy, HAPPY DANCE!  So instead of the intended color lift I accidentally achieved much the same look by oxidizing the inks on the background first.  And I love how that looks like soft suede, kind of mimicking the look of pastel chalks on suede.  Another HAPPY DANCE!

I stamped the sentiment onto vellum & heat embossed with black and wrapped around the edges to attach.

Challenges Entered:

ABlogNamedHero:  Stretch Your Stamps (this background technique by Jen McGuire is a cool way to use this stamp even though my attempt went awry)

PowerPoppy:  Creative Challenge – One Challenge 3 ways (I used #1 Nature)

SimonSaysStamp: Clean & Simple

• Posted in: Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger ♦ Hero Arts ♦ Ranger Embossing Powder ♦ Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE Inks by Ranger ♦ Vellum ♦ Versamark