O. M. G. Until now, I've had a love/hate relationship with Distress Oxides. After using them on the Ranger Glossy Card Stock with water and Distress Glaze, I'm totally in love. The photo below does not do this background justice at all. And of course, the CDD Merman Lagoon was the perfect stamp set to use on this beautiful blue bubbly background!
I did not capture the process step by step, as I was just playing around to see how it worked and didn't have filming or photographing on my mind. So...I'll just tell you what I did. I smooshed some Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Oxide onto my craft mat and sprayed with water. I took a piece of Ranger Glossy Card Stock and smooshed it into the ink puddle, dried it, smooshed it again, dried, and one more time. Then I spritzed with clean clear water and let it sit to dry. The page was rather "chalky" looking after drying. I then used Distress Glaze on a mini ink blender and rubbed the glaze onto the card stock. I then buffed it off with a micro fiber cloth and this background simply shines! I cut down the background using the Crazy Stitched Frame Dies. I stamped a few images from the Merman Lagoon stamp set, colored with Copics, fussy cut and adhered to the front using Nuvo adhesive and foam tape. If you are going to stamp on the glossy background after applying the glaze, be sure to use an ink such as Staz-On.
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