playing with new Distress Oxides

Hey Yall, Sorry I haven't posted. I had not created much lately. I have been under the weather alot latly. I had bronchitis and a bad sinus infection. NO! It wasn't covid thank you GOD!! I see a pulmonologist for my asthma and I catch everything but praise God I have not caught that. I got some Oxide inks (Tim Holtz Distress Oxides) for our anniversary. I got them on black friday.(great deal on them THanks Janelle) Our anniversary was on blackfriday and I told John thats what I wanted. There are several things though you need with them that I didnt have but I made do. (to do the card I wanted to do) I had been watching Jennifer McGuire videos regarding the distress Oxides and I couldnt wait to play with them. when they got here I discovered I had no idea where my embossing ink was. but it was probably dried up anyway. I had not used it in yearrrrs. Im talking like 5 or more. I got on Amazon and it was expensive on there. I got on scrapbook.com and it was more sensibly priced AND my crystal stickles and Gold stickles had come in so I ordered a couple of those and some embossing ink. I figured 2 days (the usual time) they would be here. 2 weeeks laterrrr I finally got them.. gosh thee postal service is in a mess. John took them and said ". great stocking stuffers" so I have to wait a couple days to play. II also ordered a flowery back ground stamp it doesnt even give a time it is to be delivered but shows it has been purchased and its coming. It feels like forever before I get to make this card by Jennifer McGuire the way she did it. I made it the Nancy way and made a few improvisions though. I used Dried Marigold Distress oxide ink

and abandoned coral distressed oxide ink

also a blender mini tool and 2 of the sponge tips (one tip per color)

***** money saving tip for you.. The sponge circular tips that you use on the mini blender tool instead of buying more and more for each color. What most crafters are doing is once they use one for a certain color, they velcro underneath the bottom of the ink and velcro just the blender top that has the removable pad that has the color distress ink on it underneath the distress ink, so next time they need to use it they just peel the piece off and put it on their blender tool and they can use the same colored one again instead of throwing them away and having to buy more with each use. Clear as mud? if you don't understand just ask you can message me or email me at Nancywithajones@gmail.com and I will be glad to help you. Here is the card and what I did with it. Its not JUST LIKE Jennifer McGuires. I used an embossing folder and didnt heat emboss on mine. (I didnt have the stuff for that step but its coming!!!)I cant wait to try that. Yall will try with me? I hope so. Im so new to this oxide ink this is my first thing I have made with it. BUt I did it like regular inks till after Christmas when i get all my accessories and stuff!

So I used watercolor paper (it is in a paper pad I got it fro -Hobby Lobby The size paper is 8 x 6 i think? its bigger than a card. It has about 25 in a pad and works just as well as the expensive brands of watercolor paper this one i have no idea what the name of it is has some one painting on the front of it all in a light purple) -so I cutthe paper down to about 5 x7 to run my paper through my big shot with this flower and vine print embossing folder, I ran it through twice so you could really see it on this thick paper. -next Imked up my mini ink blender tool with a new sponge thingy on the end, and i inked it up with Dried Marigold. I went over the bottom of my paper over that embossed image getting it kinda heavy on there. I inked it several times getting it covered good. -next I inked up a different sponge head with abandoned coral and started out in the middle with a heavy hand and worked outward. I then got the edge where the dried Marigold meets I sponged over it and all the edges just on the edge of it. Ill come back with more dried Marigold in the end so i wanna make sure I have all the white filled in and the Abandoned Coral represented well. I cover the middle of the page and the embossed image comes out. -I comme back to the top of the paper with Dried Marigold again starting with a heavy hand in the center covering up all the white. Then blending over the edges well especially where the abandoned Coral is. I want to blend it NOT cover it up so IM not using a heavy amount of ink. Im using a little ink in round circular motions and inking my blending tool often so I can see where I need to add more. You can always add more but you can't take it off once it is on there! so blend with a light hand. after I get my blending done. I measure the length of my card then I cut my inked paper across (so I may have some left over to use in the future for crafting) to the length of the paper (at the bottom or top) then i cut down one side leaving the other side id say about 1 3/4 inches to 2 1/2 inches however wide you like your strip to be mine was right about 3 inches. Then make a small little cut up at the bottom and cut a half diagonal ending in your first cut (to make a sideways triangle) and do the same on the bottom of the other side. so you have a banner. I inked my edges lightly with a darker brown (not the darkest brown but a medium brown done lightly) ink can be distress ink doesnt have to be an oxide. I used my crop a dile tool to cut on the largest hole punch (one side is smaller the other side is larger. 2 holes a thumb print apart so I could put my ribbon bow on there. The ribbon was left from a swap I had the lady tied my gift up with it and had a tag with it. I just loved this ribbon had to keep it.

-Next I added bling in red, onto the banner in varios places. THEN I added these metal words I have had foreverrr.. I glued it all down with Bearly art Glue (my favorite for no wrinkles and I love the tips) and you can get it from everywhere EVEN WAL MART and IT IS GREAT GLUE!!!!(put pin back in it immediately dont let it sit open it dries up fast. just a tip)