Doodling with Debby: Quick & Easy Distress Oxide Background
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by! I’m so happy to share the latest Doodling with Debby Feature! Please read on and enjoy!
Hi It’s Debby here and I’m delighted to be joining you with this month’s Doodle With Debby feature. Today I have a video playing with a couple of new products to me – the Distress Oxide inks from Tim Holtz and the Nuvo Jewel Drops. I’m pairing them with one of my favorite stamps, the Leaves Background, and the Big U dies and matching Big U words stamp set.
I started this card with a piece of Neenah Solar White card and stamped the Leaves Background in clear embossing ink before sprinkling with clear embossing powder and heat setting. I then blended Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Fossilzed Amber Distress Oxide inks over the card, letting the heat embossed leaves resist the ink. I must say how gorgeously these Distress Oxide inks blend! So smooth and create lovely new colors where the areas of each ink overlapped.
I spritz and splattered the background with water and lifted some of the wet ink with a paper towel to give variation and interest. In addition, I can’t leave an inky background as done until I splattered with a shimmery solution of Perfect Pearls. With the background now complete I cut the panel with a Stitched Rectangle and put it to one side while I worked on the sentiment.
I wanted to keep the rest of the card clean and simple so as not to cover up or compete with the pretty background. I cut one of the YOU dies from the Big U die set from white card and paired it with a sentiment from the Big U Words stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in clear embossing ink and then embossed with white embossing powder before trimming to a skinny strip. I mounted all the elements on the panel foam adhesive and then accented around the sentiment area with toning colors of Nuvo Jewel Drops; Limoncello, Sea Breeze and Key Lime. Finally I mounted the panel on a side folding Audrey Blue card base.
Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you for next month’s Doodle With Debby feature.
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Beautiful card, these inks look like a dream to work with.
Lovely card. Love the soft Spring colors you used:)
Very pretty card. Great background stamp and soft spring colors. I think these oxide inks are a must try.
DebbieC
Great card. I’m looking forward to blending with distress oxides when my order arrives.
Looks like fun!
Lovely card. Love the design and the colors!
This is a beautiful card! I really like the look of Distress Oxide inks :)
Love this card!
pretty card Debby! Just received a few of those inks from SSS and as soon as I feel better I will be playing along:)
Such a fresh and cheery card, Debby! I love the colour combination – it makes me think that spring might actually arrive.
Pretty card…such bright and cheerful colors!
I love this card, Debby! The colors are so pretty. And, the Nuvo drops are just the right touch for the beautiful background you made.
Like the wonderful background and how the word YOU pops.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Such a pretty color combo!
Really Beautiful card Debby!!!!
Gorgeous background on this card!
Beautiful card. I really want to get some the Distress Oxide inks…
Simple and lovely!I would love to try these Distress oxide inks!Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful soft, Spring colors…those oxides are gorgeous!
Such a lovely delicate card!
Such a beautiful card, Debby!! Love the soft and delicate look.
Great tips and tricks on your lovely card example.
This is so beautiful. The Distress Oxides look like they would be amazing to use and I love the “YOU” die. Just awesome!
Just beautiful!! Love the colors, very spring like! Thanks for sharing .
Love your card.
Such a beautiful card! I especially love the color scheme with the background stamp.
Great card! :)
Very beautiful background!
Gorgeous color choices!
Beautiful card! Wonderful colors and design!
Just got my distress oxide inks so excited to use them! Thanks for the great video!
So pretty Debby. Can’t wait to get my inks!
Pretty cards. Love the new inks!
Great card and love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Beautiful card, love the spring color combo and the big YOU!
Such a beautiful card
What a beatiful combo!
Stunning card, Debbie! Just got my Oxide inks and can’t wait to try your technique. Thanks for the video too.
Beautiful card–I follow Debby’s blog and love her work. I’ve ordered several covers of Nuvo drops, and they are fantastic!
Beautiful card, I love the colours you chose :)
Debby’s card is beautiful! Thank you for the video! I can’t wait to try Distress Oxides!
Lovely; must try this.
So springlike and lovely.
Beautiful card–love the soft colors you have used.
Such a beautiful card Debby. I love the soft feel and I’m so in love with these inks.
Your card is so pretty! Great idea to use the distress inks with the emboss resist technique, I’ll have to give this a try.
Thanks for your video Debby, you’ve inspired me to try the new distress oxide inks. Your card is beautiful, the colors are lovely!
So very pretty!!!
Lovely card!
Beautiful spring-like card!