More Oxide

Mom actually made this oxide ink background, but gave it to me.  I used it to make this simple but elegant card.  I started by spraying the oxide ink background with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritz.  I cut a frame and sentiment (HOTP) from gold tag board - adding the sentiment with adhesive foam. 

Happy Oxide

Pictures don't do this one justice.  It is so shiny & sparkly in real life!  This is a continuation of my using up backgrounds I've made and have been sitting in my stash.

CARD FRONT:

• Background: The basic background piece was created with Distress Oxide inks on white card stock.  After it dried, I sprayed it with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritz.  That is wonderful stuff - just adds a gorgeous shimmer.  
• Frame: Using Spellbinder's Elegant Labels Four, I cut this pretty frame out of silver tag board & backed it with pink card stock.
• Sentiment: Die cut with a HOTP die.

INSIDE:  Border created with bits of the background, pink card stock, and silver tag board. 

Gelato Thanks

Yes, I had a lot of backgrounds I hadn't used.  Here's another.  This one was made with gelatos scribbled on plain card stock & blended with a baby wipe.

CARD FRONT:

• Background: This time I ran the background through an embossing folder (Darice - Damask) before trimming it to size and matting it on green card stock.
• Border: Another strip of green card stock with a smaller scrap of the background paper was added near the bottom of the card & then 3 green shimmer foam pieces from my stash were added to the right-hand side.
• Focal: The focal was created using Spellbinder's Labels One cutting dies - cutting and embossing one from green card stock & the next smaller one from white card stock.  Using the die as a stencil, I added a bit of ink to the edges of the die with a round blending tool in light circular motion.  Then I stamped the sentiment (HOTP - "Happy, Hello, Love & Thanks") with a dark green ink.

INSIDE: The inside was done in a similar way using a smaller piece of card stock & gelato background for the border, and smaller dies from the set for the sentiment.  The sentiment itself is from a JustRite set called "For All You Do".

A Bunch of Color Burst

Use up the background continued.  This card uses just a narrow piece of another Color Burst background. (watercolor paper with Color Burst sprinkled on it & then misted with water).

CARD FRONT:

• Background - An orchid colored paper was topped with a strip of the Color Burst background piece.  This was matted on a black piece of card stock.  A couple of bright pink sticker strips were used to edge the background strip.
• Focal - Using a die (Momenta) I cut out the branch from black card stock.  The bird was cut and stamped from HOTP 11 labels & trims.  I colored it with a bit of Smooch ink & mounted it with foam tape.
• Sentiment - stamped in black ink from Matching Borders & Focals stamp set (HOTP).