I've been watching videos and hearing people rave about the distress oxide pads for a while now. So When I saw them at the make it show I decided to give them a go.
After some time playing with them I'm not really sure what to think of them.
While I was quite pleased with the background result on this card stock, I have to say most of my efforts went in the bin.
I am not sure if the poor results I've been getting is down to the inks , the paper or me.
The best results seem to be on glossy card stock, but then my Versafine black ink doesn't want to stay on the glossy card.
So I tried water colour paper... I quite like this one, but I don't want to be working on water colour paper. The colours are not as vibrant as they appear in the photograph.
The colours are more muted on this glossy paper. (This glossy paper is the back 0f a piece of packaging that came in a pack of card stock.)
I've not quite finished playing with this one, but I decided to share it Because I love the sentiment here, it's so fitting for me and most crafters who use glitter. Although I am not sure that is the way it is meant to be interpreted. LOL.
I will keep trying different card stocks until one that reacts perfectly with the ink and technique I am using.
2 comments:
I haven't used the Distress Oxide inks yet. I have the plain Distress ink from Tim Holz and use that quite a lot. I wondered what the difference was and I really am not sure even now. It seems most folks say the oxide one blends better. I think your vibrant cards are quite lovely.
Hi Tonilea.thanks for yout comment..yes youre right they are a blend of dye and pigment ink.
They seem go on well with a brayer but that s not the look i wanted to achieve. Apparently you can layer the ink too.. but I m impatient so lay down several colours on a baking sheet and spritz with water then squish my paper into the beaded ink. You can only do this once as when you lift the paper all the colours mix and make brown. I have tried this technique with SU inks the effect is very simple but the oxides are more opaque.. i havent tried blending with them yet.
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