Oxide Ink Easter Egg Cards
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by the blog today! Please give a big Simon welcome to our special guest designer, Heather Ruwe! She did some very cool and clever outside-of-the-box thinking using brand new oxide inks! Be sure to read on to learn how to create this cool concept for yourself and enjoy!
Hello and welcome. I’ve been having so much fun playing with the new Distress Oxide Inks. I’ve been experimenting and creating many backgrounds. The finished look reminded me of Easter eggs after they have been color dyed, which inspired these cards…
I applied the ink to a craft sheet and then sprayed with water. I swiped a piece of watercolor cardstock through the ink and dried it with my heat gun, spraying with water as it dries.
I wanted to make an egg shaped card but didn’t have a large egg die, so I used the largest balloon of the Simon Says Stamp’s balloon die set. After die-cutting the backgrounds, I trimmed off the end piece off the bottom of the balloon and turned it upside down, creating an egg shape!
I white heat embossed a sentiment from the Easter Greetings stamp set on to a strip of black cardstock cut with the stitched banner die. I also die-cut some hearts and dry embossed them with an embossing folder. I finished the cards with a sprinkling of clear sequins.
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Heather for being our guest!
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These cards are beautiful! I really like the look of Distress Oxide Inks and I love those embossed hearts :)
Such fun eggs, love them!
Love the colors here. Need to get my hands on these inks.
Ooooh love the inks on that egg!
How cute, and clever using the balloon die!
Great card! Love the colors.
Easter egg perfection, Heather! What a great way to create egg-shaped cards. Now I’m inspired to try it, too! ♡
These look like Tie Die. Such a flashback! TFS
Now I really “need” the balloon dies
Wow! So creative.
Wow, great coloring with the new distress inks. Can’t wait to get my hands on them!!! Love the balloon turned egg effect too!!!
Great card. I love the Distress Oxide inks.
Have the inks but haven’t tried them.
Love how the Easter Eggs look.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful colored eggs!!! Great idea!!!
Whoot WHoot – so fabulous – TFS –
Beautiful cards, what a clever idea for the egg shape!
Beautiful inking and
so fun to look at!
Also thanks for the
blog candy, love seeing
that I was a winner.
Carla from Utah
Perfect for Easter eggs and Easter cards.
Such pretty eggs!!
I love shaped cards! This is so cute and perfect for Easter.
Perfect for making cards and decorations for Easter. Thanks for sharing.
So pretty. I love the Oxide inks, can’t get enough of them.
Wow these Easter eggs are scrumptious!!
This is such a neat technique–I can’t wait to try it.
What a fun card! Love the colors!!
Love these cards! Can’t wait to play around with my Distress Oxide pads.
So pretty and clever use of balloon die!
Gorgeous cards! Way to use a balloon die for these egg shaped cards!
Love the gorgeous colors on this clever “egg” card!
Love the effect these inks make !
Great way to use the new ink oxide pads and a great idea to create the eggs from a balloon dies. Your cards are lovely and your technique tutorial so helpful. Thanks for both.
Wonderful artsy look of the oxide inks for the egg.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I was just thinking about adding distress oxide inks to my cart and was trying to convince myself that I don’t NEED them. Then I checked the blog. Looks like I do NEED them!
These cards look like real dyed eggs. I have to try these oxidize inks.
How clever to use the balloon to make an egg! I am totally stealing, uhm, I mean borrowing this idea!!
Thanks a bunch for sharing!
Very sweet cards!I love the colors!!!!
Great cards! :)
Love your egg card. I’m hoping to get the distress oxide inks soon!
Wow!! These are beautiful and perfect for Easter!!
sweet cards and a very clever and creative way to make the egg shapes!
Everything I have heard about this ink tells me I need to get some!!
Fabulous backgrounds for Easter Egg cards!!! So pretty!
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
I love the colors.
Beautiful eggs – love the Oxide inks !
Great Easter Egg look with the Oxides.
Love your egg=shaped card and the beautiful colors!
delicious eggs with heart. . . yummy!
Love those lovely colours and the way the inks flow! Congrats to the winners of blog candy!
I love the backgrounds–such a neat effect with the Distress Oxide inks!
Beautiful! Love the way you coloured and created the eggs!