Showing posts with label Leafy Background. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leafy Background. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Obsessed with Distress Oxides: One Set Four Ways with Michelle


Michelle is up on the blog today showcasing four fabulous ways to create with our Leafy Background Stamp! Check out her full post below!

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You can do pretty much anything with this stamp!!!!

One of my favorite craft must-haves is coordinating paper!!!
If I don't have any on hand.... I can color some up with Distress Oxide Ink!!!

First Card


Here's how to create this look:
  1. Select your colored cardstock. I chose light pink.
  2. Die cut two tags and set them aside.
  3. Heat emboss the leafy background stamp onto the colored cardstock.
  4. Select your ink. I chose Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink.
  5. Ink up the embossed cardstock. 
  6. Use a die to cut any shape.
Finishing touches: I added some splatters of gold paint, added my sentiment, adhered my tags with a twine bow, and scattered some sequins.


DESIGN TIP: I made sure to fade the ink on the top and bottom for an ombre effect.

Card Two
This card uses the same technique and same steps. I used Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink.

DESIGN TIP: Always test the ink on cardstock first to see if you like the desired color. 


Have fun mixing and matching cardstock and ink...the possibilities are endless!!!

Card Three


Ombré backgrounds are a very popular technique!

Here's how to create this look:
  1. Choose two complimenting distress oxide inks.
  2. Heat emboss the image.
  3. Ink up the top and bottom portions of the embossed paper. 
  4. Keep it darker at the edges and lighter toward the center.
Finishing touches: I added a few splatters of white paint and finished my card off with sentiments, gold thread and sequins.

Card Four


Here's how to create this look:
  1. Heat emboss the stamped image onto watercolor cardstock.
  2. Lightly wet the cardstock.
  3. Add Distress Oxides with a paintbrush and some water.
  4. Colors Used: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, and Carved Pumpkin.
  5. I trimmed up the bottom part of the watercolored leaves so they appeared to be cascading.
DESIGN TIP: Deposit saturated color at the base of the leaf... add very little water to the brush and pull the color to the tip of the leaf. 

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Hope you give any of these techniques a try and don't forget to show us!!!!!
Use #craftindesertdivas so we can find you on social media!

Michelle

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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Obsessed with Distress Oxides: Beautiful Blended Backgrounds by Ashley




Ashley is kicking off our Obsessed with Distress Oxides week today with a fabulous new video on our . All week long, our design team will be sharing their favorite techniques and showing some new, unexpected ways to use these popular inks. Follow along here on our blog, and for all things OXIDE! 

Craftin Desert Divas carries the in the shop. Be sure to check them out after you watch today's video.

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Friday, August 17, 2018

August Release Blog Hop Day 1 + Product Reveal


Welcome to the first day of our August Release Blog Hop and Product Reveal! 

We're SOOOO excited to kick off the fall season with adorable new characters like trolls and fun fairies plus brand new dies and stencils that provide SO many uses! Just wait until you see them all.

When you shop today through Sunday 8/19, you'll get 5% off your ENTIRE order (including new releases!) when you use the code AUGUST2018. 

Here's a look at all the new products:




Critter Punnies is a 4x6" clear stamp set that's packed with adorable animals and fabulous coordinating smaller images (like the rabbit and carrot!). Rounding out the set are punny sentiments that coordinate with each image.


Dam Shame is a 4x6" clear stamp featuring a fun, modern-whimsy line style that coordinates with all the other sets in our August release. Dam Shame features busy little beavers with punny sentiments that will be sure to raise a few eyebrows and cause lots of laughs. (One of Tara's absolute FAVORITES! 😻)
Fall Fairies is a 4x6" clear stamp set featuring fairies with sweet details like a floral crown and a petal hat. The sentiments are great for fall and you'll love the woodland friends that coordinate with the fairies. They make such a sweet pair!

Favorite Nut is a 4x6" clear stamp set with a cute name and an even cuter collection of line art images and sentiments. The images in this set are sized generously, which makes coloring SO much fun with more room to add shading and sweet details.



Grateful Trolls is a 4x6" clear stamp set that features your favorite troll characters in a variety of sweet fall scenes. Each stamp is ready to stamp, color, cut and adhere to your card backgrounds. More time coloring and less time masking? Yes, please!




Leafy Background is a 4.5” x 6.5” clear background stamp with a beautiful leaf pattern that can be used year-round! Color it in, heat emboss it, use watercolor over the top - there are SO many options!




Both Hill Scene stencils are fantastic for creating borders, paths, clouds and any background you can dream up! They're so versatile and work beautifully with Distress Oxide inks, too (available in our shop).



The Inside Scalloped Oval Dies are PERFECT for your shaker cards! The double-stitching details are gorgeous and make your cards look polished right out of the die cutter. The borders are nice and thick, making it a go-to for your shaker cards!



The Mushroom Border Die is must-have for anyone's die-cutting toolkit! There are so many little images in one border that can be used together our August stamps. Use them as embellishments on your cards, put them in a shaker, or add them into a background scene.

And did we mention the digis? If you love coloring as much as we do (of course you do!) we have some SUPER cute digital stamps that we released throught this week as well. You'll notice our digital designers using them throughout the hop. Here's a quick peek at all the NEW digis:



Hop with our Design Team today and tomorrow as we showcase the brand new products. 
Let us know in the comments below what your favorite new sets are.

The Full Hop list for Day 1 is below:

Craftin Desert Divas: You're Here

Joy

Take a closer look at our dies and stencils in this video by Elaine:


See you back here tomorrow with more inspiration from our Design Team!
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

August Release Sneak Peek Day 5: Leafy Background


Welcome to Day 5 of our August New Release Week!
Today we're excited to share our final peek before the full reveal! Our Leafy Background Stamp will be released tomorrow!

What we love about today's featured products


Leafy Background is a 4.5” x 6.5” clear background stamp with a beautiful leaf pattern that can be used year-round! Color it in, heat emboss it, use watercolor over the top - there are SO many options!

If you haven't joined our Facebook Event yet, be sure to do that after you've checked out all the beautiful projects our DT is showcasing today. We're announcing the final discount and will be giving away the promo code tonight - use tomorrow through Sunday!! :)

(be sure to mark "going" so you don't miss a single peek!)
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Design Team Inspiration

Click here to view more on Anna's Blog


Click here to view more on Ashley's Blog

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Digi Stamp Release
The next set of digi stamps we're releasing is below.  The lion and sloth are the final digis we're releasing this month, aren't they adorable?!

Our digital designers will join us tomorrow and Saturday for an all-team 2 Day Blog Hop that you won't want to miss!

Now Available: 


Now Available:

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Stay Inspired


Be sure to follow along with us in our August Release Week Facebook Event for an exclusive demo video from Tara that will be posted tonight. See the sets before anyone else does tomorrow!! 

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