Change the World with these unexpected card ideas…

October 3, 2022

I wanted to try out some fun ideas how to use and colour the flowers in the Operation Smile™ stamp set Change the World.

Not only did I get to create & have fun exploring ideas, but by buying this stamp set a $7 USD was donated to the life saving mission of Operation Smile™.

For You Ink Smooshing Background

For this card to create the colour for the flowers I used the Smooshing Background Technique

Smooshed Distress Oxide™ Ink onto a All-purpose Mat
Spray with water
Lay Distress Watercolor Cardstock over the sprayed ink for a few seconds then lift and leave to dry
When dry repeat the process several times for a more intense colour wash

Once dry I stamped over the background with the main floral image & decorated with the For You Thin Cuts dies.

For You Ink Bleeding Background

Normally you don’t want your ink to bleed, but in this case it makes an abstract background & is a fun way to play with your stamp image.

Apply white Gesso over some cardstock, I find a gesso background helps with this techniques
Use a Sponge Daubers to apply Distress Oxide™ Ink onto your stamp image, this allows you to apply the colours where you want them
Stamp the image onto the gesso background
Spray with water
Allow it to run, using a heat tool to dry it & control the bleeding
When dry repeat the process but spray less water.
Do one final stamped image with a colour dye ink (I used Harbour as it tied in well with the Distress Oxide Ink colours)

Once the background was completed I created a frame to focus on the abstract background & decorated with the For You Thin Cuts dies.

Brighten Your Day with Watercolour Distress Oxide ink

So I found out by accident that Speckled Egg Distress Oxide™ Ink looks amazing on Harbour Cardstock so I really wanted to see how I could use this for one of my cards. So I decided to water colour my flowers with the Distress Oxide Ink.